Since the appearance of the 7-7-7-formation, it only seemed logical and fair to receive a giant formation at 8-8-8.
And with a bit of luck, we would be able to film it too, as had Winston Keech done the year before!
Thus, many dozens of night watchers took their position in the hills of Wiltshire on the night of August 7. Countless
cameras were waiting on their tripods to catch the creation of the 8-8-8-whopper… I was waiting in my car at the foot
of the East Field, Alton Barnes, together with my friend Andrew Fowlds. Not a very original spot by the sight of countless
others, including quite a few members of my 2nd Dutch group to visit the crop circles. Nothing happened: no anomalous
lights were seen, no dogs were barking like mad, no army activity. It was just a circus of night-watchers having a
wonderful time…
At about 1.00 am Andrew and I decided to drive around. We visited other hotspots, such as the White Horse of Pewsey, but
nothing happened. There seemed to be no energy at all. Even our photographs showed NO balls of light whatsoever, very
unusual for hotspots. And so, finally at about 2.00 a.m., most night watchers including myself left their positions and
went to bed.
The next morning we heard of the appearance of the long-expected 8-8-8-whopper at the foot of Milk Hill. Nobody had seen
or heard a thing. The only two people who were able to tell me more were my friends Rob and Gill Nicholas who had actually
been IN the field only moments before the formation was created. The described the air as electrically charged, they
smelled a metallic smell and saw something in the dark clouds that seemed to be moving in a spiralling way, as if a vortex
was manifesting before their very eyes. Then all of a sudden, they felt a strong urge to leave the field. It wasn’t caused
by fear but by a strong thought popping up: “Leave the field NOW!” And they did…
Were they warned and protected by the Circle Makers? I think so. When we consider the burn and scorch marks on some of the
plants and the explosion of plant nodes from the inside out, I don’t think I would like to be in a field when a formation
comes down.
The formation itself made a deep impression on me. Not only was it absolutely massive, it also showed biophysical anomalies
(including swollen and blown nodes) and interesting lay features.
The underlying construction line that run like a backbone
all the way through the eternity spiral (8) had been flattened AFTER the central quintuplet had been formed. I did not
expect to find that, as in most cases the construction lines are the parts that go down before anything else.
How do I know for sure that in this case the construction line of the 8 went down after the central part of the formation?
The construction line itself gave it away! At the point where it reached the inner quintuplet, it was laid down on top of
the quintuplet. In other words, the quintuplet had gone down first, then came the construction line as the backbone of the
8, after which the circles and the ‘tears’ were created.
