In 1998, the Paul Brown Crop Circles Foundation awarded a grant of £2 million to Professor Nigel Gak of Stoke College to research crop circles. Gak, who rose to fame for inventing the word "Henmania" earlier in the decade, and is not a real professor but insists on using the title, was to study crop circles to determine their origin. He also claims to have gone undercover into several groups who were creating man-made circles.
Gak says he studied all the crop circles found in Stoke from 1998 to 2000. He concluded that 50% of all the circles he studied were definitely man-made. Gak could not account for the remaining 50%, saying they were caused by undetermined phenomena.
Gak says he studied all the crop circles found in Stoke from 1998 to 2000. He concluded that 50% of all the circles he studied were definitely man-made. Gak could not account for the remaining 50%, saying they were caused by undetermined phenomena.
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| Professor Nigel Gak |
Gak's figures have been disputed by the Stoke City Council, who argued that the "professor" had done no work and just made up the figures. "It's a bit too much of a coincidence that it works out at exactly 50-50," said Councillor Steve Krabz in 2002. "And he won't show us his research or working out."
The Stoke Paranormal Society tried to contact Gak at his log cabin at Lake Burslem but he refused to comment.
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