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Dave Chorley

English artist who, with Doug Bower, began creating crop circles in Wiltshire in 1978 and publicly confessed and demonstrated the technique to journalists in 1991.

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Theories & Explanations

Crop Circle Human-Made Explanation
Dave Chorley popularised Crop Circle Human-Made Explanation.

People

Doug Bower
Dave Chorley is frequently compared to Doug Bower — Worked together on crop circles for over a decade before their joint 1991 confession.

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What Are Crop Circles, and What Causes Them?

What actually causes crop circles: the 1991 hoax confession that explained most of them, the science that came before it, and the claims that persist.