By Tim Binnall
A British man filming around an ancient monument with his drone was taken aback when the UAV cruised over a field featuring a sizeable crop formation depicting a spider. According to a local media report, the design was discovered on Thursday morning in the county of Dorset by photographer Thorlak Hallett. "I spotted it whilst flying over the Cerne Abbas Giant and surrounding area," he explained, marveling "this is an interesting one, very big, an alien spider maybe?" To that end, as seen in Hallett's video above, the abdomen of the spider features what appears to be a pair of eyes and a mouth, giving it an otherworldly appearance.
While some may find the formation fantastic, the owner of the field apparently did not. In a social media post on Thursday afternoon, the Dorset Police Rural Crime Team made note of the newly discovered design and asked the public for any information concerning the creation of the enormous arachnid. "This act of criminal damage has had a significant financial impact on the farmer," explained Constable Kate Schofield in the call to action. As one might imagine, the response from the community was mixed with some expressing appreciation for the artwork, others lambasting the individuals responsible, and a handful of residents who jokingly suggested that the design was the work of aliens.