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(Doug and Dave) Bower and Chorley

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The Resume

    (1978-1991)
    Dave Chorley (1929-1996)
    Doug Bower (1924- )
    Residents of Southampton, England
    Created 20-30 crop circles a year in southern England for 13 years
    Went public in 1991
    Inspired imitators to create ever more elaborate circles
    Inspired gullible people to say UFOs were responsible
    Bower has continued to make the occasional crop circle solo

Why they might be annoying:

    They damaged farmers’ crops.
    Die hard believers continue to insist that supernatural forces are responsible for at least some of the crop circles.
    They went public partly because Bower’s wife noticed the high mileage on his car and suspected he was having an affair.
    Bower later claimed that an ‘unknown force’ had caused him to make the crop circles. (Considering that they made their first circle after a night at the pub, Guinness seems a likely candidate for the unknown force.)

Why they might not be annoying:

    They hoaxed the world with nothing but a couple of boards, some string and a garden roller.
    They said they went public partly because cereologists were demanding that the Ministry of Defense investigate the mystery, which they felt would be a waste of taxpayer money.
    Bower said, ‘Other people made money out of the corn circles, the experts, the farmers who charged entry, but all Dave and I got was a really big laugh.’

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 16 Votes: 31.25% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 21 Votes: 61.90% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 18 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 21 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 30 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 53 Votes: 50.94% Annoying