extreme egotism.
Long before the 20th century crop circle fad, an English woodcut pamphlet published in 1678, told of a Hartfordshire farmer who refused to pay to have a field mowed by a local laborer. The farmer said he'd rather have the Devil mow his field than pay the high price demanded by the field laborer. Well, lo and behold, that night his field appeared to be all aflame. In the morning the famer found his field was mowed alright, but in circles. The pamphlet written about the Mowing Devil is one of the first recorded instances of British crop circles.
Fast forward to 2009:
In Tasmania,a government official puts crops circles down to the antics of stoned wallabees. Lara Giddings, the attorney general of Tasmania, said "We have a problem with wallabies entering poppy fields, getting as high as a kite and going around in circles. Then they crash..." Australia is responsible for over 50 percent of the world's legal opium grown for medical usage.
The Pig-faced Lady was a urban myth circulated in Georgian times, but it actually originated in the 1630's. In the early 1800's, it was rumored in Dublin that Griselda Steevens, an 18th century woman known for her philanthropy, had become a recluse to hide her pig-like face. In 1814 London another rumor swept through high society claiming a pig-faced lady was alive and well in Marylebone. Several portaits of her were published and the myth perpetuated so far as to have impresarios exhibiting pig-faced ladies at local fairs.
However, these pig-faced ladies weren't real women but shaven bears dressed up in frocks.
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