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The Löhningen Venn

2012 · Between Guntmadingen and Löhningen · Schaffhausen · Switzerland

The Löhningen Venn (2012, Between Guntmadingen and Löhningen · Schaffhausen · Switzerland)
◈ PHOTO: KECKO · CC BY 2.0

WHAT IT IS

Three overlapping rings knotted inside a circle, with a small trailing tail, found by a railway crossing. Police said: 'We do not know how the crop circle was made, nor who made it.'

WHERE IT STANDS

Disputed. No maker has claimed it. Sceptics say people made it; proponents point to what they say people could not do.

STATUS IS OUR CURRENT ASSESSMENT, NOT A VERDICT · REVIEWED 5 OCT 2026

THE RECORD

DATE
2012
PLACE
Between Guntmadingen and Löhningen · Schaffhausen · Switzerland
MADE BY
Unclaimed
TYPE
Fractals & geometry
TECHNICAL
Wheat · trefoil of three rings in a circle · discovered 12 July 2012 · the farmer, 300 m away, noticed nothing and filed a complaint; police appealed for witnesses

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