Stoned Wallabies Responsible for Crop Circles
08/03/2011
Not out-of-space but spaced-out
For years people blamed the strange crop circles in cornfields found around the world on aliens visiting our planet. But what Australian officials now say causes the patterns found in Australia might be even more bizarre: wallabies high on opium.
An Australian government official told BBC that the marsupials are eating opium poppies and get “as high as a kite.” Presumably the drugs make them hop around in circles, creating the mysterious patterns found in farmland down under.
Australia produces 50% of the legally grown opium intended for medicine such as morphine. The problem, however, is that animals get into the fields and eat the poppies. Substance-abusing sheep have also been seen behaving unusually.
Are trippy Skippys really responsible for these intricate agricultural designs? Maybe. We will just wait for the videos!
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Hmm, I guess in the United States we somehow have invisible wallabies who hitch-hiked over here and only come out when they're stoned too? ;P
Maybe the Native Americans who said they got in touch with another realm when they got high, were really onto something, considering the intricacy of crop circles...
Or rather, I bet the wallabies just hop in circles and that's all they make, circles.
Posted by: ZaCloud | 08/04/2011 at 10:59 AM
That is an even more outlandish explanation than aliens!
Also, it does not explain the crop circles in other parts of the world.
The truth is out there.....
Posted by: A.F. for Animal Planet | 08/04/2011 at 12:27 PM
That's right! When we can't explain something, point the finger at a drugged animal.
Posted by: B.H | 08/04/2011 at 12:58 PM
This claim was made in 2009 by the Tasmanian attorney general and it concerned only circles in fields of opium poppies.
If crop circles are created by aliens trying to communicate with us, you'd think that someone who had mastered inter-stellar travel would have better communication skills. Maybe they're all nerds (-:
Posted by: rusty | 08/04/2011 at 11:56 PM
This is too funny. Wallabies on opium, huh!
Talk about reaching......
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