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From: werd@interlog.com (Drew Williamson)
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 22:32:43 -0400 (EDT)
Fwd Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 23:39:10 -0400
Subject: Have aliens landed in Moray?

SOURCE: Toronto Globe and Mail - p.D4
DATE: JUNE 28, 1997
SECTION: The Local Story

Scotland: Have aliens landed in Moray?
Everybody has heard of corn circles, but it
now appears that "aliens" have decided to
make their mark on the heather slopes.
Intricate patterns were spotted recently on the
hills near Rothes by a pilot from the nearby
Highland Gliding Club Visible only from the
air, the patterns include human and animal
forms and geometric images cut into the
heather. Investigations by The Northern Scot
this week have revealed that Moray is not
about to hit the world headlines with proven
alien markings. The explanation. it appears, is
much more mundane. Due to the proximity of
trees the managers of the moorland agreed
that it was too dangerous to continue heather
burning. Instead, the old heather is being
topped by a tractor-drawn machine to provide
new growth for the grouse population. Normal
methods of burning and cutting of old heather
leave large tracts of bare ground on which the
heather gradually regenerates. During that
time birds feeding on the young growth out on
the bare patches find themselves well away
from protective cover when predators appear.
In an experiment to provide accessible cover
the contractor involved has cut patterns which
always allow feeding grouse to be within easy
range of deep heather.
       -The Northern Soot (Elgin)

Drew Williamson