Cagliari - With two experiments undertaken 2-9 July, Cicap, the Italian Committee for the Verification of Paranormal Events, has refuted the phenomena of crop circles and dowsing. On the night of July 2 members of Cicap Piedmont created a perfect crop circle in a field Bra (Cuneo), as is documented on www.cicap.org/piemonte. They used simple tables located under their feet and used them to print a large shape in the grain, a sort of flying disc.
On July 9, however, Cicap tested dowsing, in the Stadium of Camaiore, where they placed stakes; some located where the dowser felt water, others not. The dowser used branches found on the site. He was blindfolded and moved on a cart between the two stakes, one of which had water underneath it, the other not. This went on for a couple of hours.
He scored 9 out of 20 when a positive result would have been more like 16. The area is practically floating on water, which you can hear by placing an ear to the ground.
See also: Italian Fields Full Of Crop Circles
