Snapshots ~"Circle of Life"
Nov. 14th, 2013 12:17 pm![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
The rotating blades of the Bell helicopter cut the air with a thwup-thwup-thwup-thwup, as Illya Kuryakin, at the controls, kept it hovering above their target site, a field out in the middle of no where in Pennsylvania.
“There it is,” he spoke into the microphone of his headset to his partner.
Napoleon lifted his binoculars to take a closer look at the bizarre pattern etched into the wheat field below them.
“What the heck is it?”
“Your guess is as good as mine my friend. I had heard of such things when I was stationed in London, but never had the opportunity to see one.
"One what?"
"They are referred to as crop circles and have been noted during the 19th century in Europe, though there are writings much older that seem to mention them as far back as 1686. The most renowned being the "Mowing Devil" case, in which a farmer's field was said to have been visited by a devilish entity that trampled the crops down in a circle. The event was captured for posterity on a wood engraving. There has been talk for many years that these things have been made by extraterrestrials.”
Solo shrugged his shoulders, pointing to a spot far enough away from the formation so as to not disturb it.
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