Crop circle creators - studying Lancashire fields?

Strange things over the Lancashire farmlands 

The origin of crop (corn) circles remains a divisive issue. Are they created by strange phenomena or simply manmade?  
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_circle 




















Above: the golden ripening fields of Lancashire with the ancient town of Ormskirk in the distance.

We hear many claims about what causes crop circles but very little about what is seen around these sites.

One particular photo I took later revealed some rather inexplicable o...