Comments on: Spookier than a crop circle

By: Jon in France

Jon in France — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:18:24 +0000

Look – I’ve got my serious face on. Ah, you can’t.

I am, however, being quite serious. Rooks particularly are highly suspicious of cars (I am told) and their presence can reduce the amount of seed maize that is lost to the birds just after planting quite dramatically.

One our neighbours has been using his daughter-in-law’s Renault Clio for this all week, moving it every couple of days. I saw him last night at our school beano and he is having to give it back after the weekend as she is coming back from her mother’s. He’s planning to use his wife’s next week.

I’ll be in the papers tomorrow, so it must be true, LOL.

By: Boris

Boris — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:27:38 +0000

Jon, the worrying thing is I have not the slightest idea if you are being serious.

By: Jon Doust

Jon Doust — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:02:08 +0000

They are placed by optimistic farmers wishing to scare birds. I know this because I asked one who reckons it is a great success. I notice that some have started draping the compulsory yellow gillet over an adjacent post to enhance the effect.

By: Janice

Janice — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:45:21 +0000

I saw another vehicle in the middle of a field in Haute Garonne on 15th April – this time a blue van. Being a woman I don’t know if it was a Ford, just know the colour and that it was a small van. This is becoming really spooky.

By: Boris

Boris — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:55:47 +0000

You could be on to something Steve. French people tend to think the same thing about all cars that aren’t French, of course, so perhaps the fields will all be be crowded with Hondas, BMWs and Audis in a few months.

By: Steven

Steven — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:47:19 +0000

This is easily explained. It’s a Ford. As such it belongs on a scrapheap or in a field. The cars inherently knows this and acts accordingly by sneaking into a field and hoping nobody will notice.

By: Janice

Janice — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:49:14 +0000

I saw a car in a ploughed field in Haute-Garonne last year, but it was crumpled so I assumed it had got there because of a crash. However, like yours there were no apparent footprints or skidmarks so it was somewhat similar. Also it disappeared very quickly and none of my friends remembered seeing it. How long do your cars stay in the fields?

By: Boris

Boris — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:13:58 +0000

Of course, it’s also possible they are emerging from under the ground, like the alien craft in War of the Worlds, ready to make a scary noise and blast us all with lasers. So yes I would certainly keep my eyes open..

By: Pam

Pam — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:38:06 +0000

That was great, I suddenly started to count how many cars off the road I have seen over here in Center East France (once a UPS van, too), but they usually have tracks and/or a broken fence, but we’ll keep our eyes open, since our farmers are busy plowing here…