An Oriental resident this week discovered what is thought to be Oriental's first crop circle.

8 straight days of rain may explain how the mushrooms grew, but it does not explain why they form an arc more than 15 feet in length on the lawn near the intersection of Main and South Water Streets. The growth has experts in the field stumped. Few had seen a crop semi-circle before.

No sooner were the mushrooms discovered than the eternal Oriental conversation ensued. Were they 'Born Heres" or "Came Heres"? Or were they "Sent Heres"??

Trained crop circle tracking hound leads TownDock.net staffer to the edge of crop semi-circle

According to one alien invasion theory, the mushrooms are actually part of a network of satellite dishes capable of receiving signals -- and instructions -- from interplanetary vessels. That could explain why the mushrooms are pointed in a variety of directions.

Mel Gibson has not been sighted.

Experts are stunned by the close similarity of the fungal Oriental Crop Circles to those spotted in England (see left).