Police probe is launched after farmer's field is damaged by crop circle hoaxers By TOM LAWRENCE and BNPS Published: 19:31 EDT, 10 July 2025 | Updated: 19:31 EDT, 10 July 2025 e-mail View comments Police have launched a criminal investigation after a farmer's field was damaged by crop circle hoaxers. Vandals using planks of wood, rope and GPS technology went to the rural location to create the geometric pattern of a giant spider in a crop field. The crop circle, which some people believe is the work of extra terrestrial beings, was discovered today in a field near the village of Cerne Abbas, Dorset.
PC Kate Schofield, of Dorset Police's Rural Crime Team, said: 'This act of criminal damage has had a significant financial impact on the farmer. 'I would ask anyone who may have information about the damage caused to please come forward and contact Dorset Police.' Members of the public took to social media to comment on the impressive design of the crop circle, with some speculating it must have been the work of extra-terrestrials.
However, one concerned local raised a point that the design could cause a huge headache for the farmer involved They wrote: 'Yes it is a beautiful piece of artwork, but it has not just flattened the crop, which could in most circumstances be salvaged, but this has been cut and scoured down to the chalk thus removing all possibility of restoring the crop, and possibly damaging the topsoil. A spider-like crop circle has appeared in a field in Cerne Abbas, .
