The mayor of a town in France was left mystified earlier this week after a rather sizeable crop formation appeared near his home. According to a local media report, the design was discovered on Wednesday in the community of Saint-Babel. Found in a wheat field, the formation (seen in the video above) is comprised of three embossed circles connecting to a sizable ring which contains a shape similar to a crescent moon. The curious design left the town's mayor, Guy Archimbaud, scratching his head as he marveled that "I didn't hear anything even though I live next door" to the farm where the formation was discovered.

Neighbor Didier Archimbaud, who owns the wheat field, was equally perplexed by what had occurred on his property, observing that "there is no trace of footsteps or even of a car. I don't know how this could have been achieved." As is often the case with such incidents, the man's wonderment at how the design could have been formed was overshadowed by the damage done in its creation. To that end, he lamented that a staggering 3,000 square meters of wheat was seemingly wiped out when it was used as a canvas for the crop circle. While Archimbaud expressed hope that the grain can somehow be salvaged, that may be the most optimistic scenario for him as history suggests that the creator of the crop circle will likely never be found nor brought to justice.