A crop circle that suddenly appeared in a German field lasted just a few days as the farmer who owns the property harvested the design before too many people could swarm the site. The mysterious design was reportedly discovered on July 19th when a balloonist passed over Franz Zerhoch's land and noticed the curious formation (seen below) that resembled the spiked ball atop the Morning Star medieval weapon. With crop circles being fairly rare in Germany, where they are known as Kornkreise, the farmer knew it was only a matter of time before his property was crawling with curious onlookers.

His suspicions proved correct as word of the wondrous discovery quickly spread online, and within days, visitors began arriving at the farm to see the strange formation. On Wednesday of last week, with help from local police who prevented people from venturing onto the property, Zerhoch harvested what he estimated to be "95 percent of the crop" that comprised the design. Had he not acted when he did, the farmer explained "I wouldn't have been able to get the wheat off the ground" due to the "mass influx" of visitors flocking to the location.

Remarkably, while all that remained of the formation was a barren circle (seen featured in the video above), the spot continued to captivate people throughout the week. To that end, Zerhoch recalled meeting two "friendly" women who visited the site and were "not upset that I had mowed everything. They said you just had to walk into the field and you could feel the energy." For his part, the farmer was seemingly immune to such a sensation as he amusingly indicated that "I didn't feel anything when I drove over it."