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| Plea over jellyfish crop circle | Plea over jellyfish crop circle |
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| A 250m-long crop circle of a jellyfish has appeared on farmland causing up to £600 worth of damage. | |
| The owners of the land in Oxfordshire have urged visitors to stay away from the circle, which is also 60m (197ft) wide, to avoid further crop damage. | The owners of the land in Oxfordshire have urged visitors to stay away from the circle, which is also 60m (197ft) wide, to avoid further crop damage. |
| Sally Ann Spence and husband Bill, who own Berry Croft Farm near Ashbury, say hundreds of visitors have been trampling over their field. | Sally Ann Spence and husband Bill, who own Berry Croft Farm near Ashbury, say hundreds of visitors have been trampling over their field. |
| They said it is "beautiful" but the flattened crops are now "useless". | They said it is "beautiful" but the flattened crops are now "useless". |
| "We have not given permission for people to walk on our land," Mrs Spence said. | "We have not given permission for people to walk on our land," Mrs Spence said. |
| "The pattern has already cost a great deal of damage - possibly about £600,000. | "The pattern has already cost a great deal of damage - possibly about £600,000. |
| "People can get a better view from the air." | "People can get a better view from the air." |
| She said she was not concerned about tracking down the culprits and the incident has not been reported to the police. | She said she was not concerned about tracking down the culprits and the incident has not been reported to the police. |
| It is not the first time crop circles have appeared on their land, they said, but the jellyfish is one of the most spectacular. | It is not the first time crop circles have appeared on their land, they said, but the jellyfish is one of the most spectacular. |