THE Bristol-based Crop Circle Connector, founded in 1995, has become the world's leading international website on the crop circle phenomenon, with visitors numbering in the tens of thousands every day during the height of the season, now drawing to a close for this year.

Run by Stuart Dike, of Shepton Mallett, and webmaster Mark Fussell, of Clifton, Bristol, the pioneering site (www.crop circleconnector.com) has long been the first port of call for anyone interested in crop circles and eager to keep up with the latest formations as they appear.

Since 2004, the pair have produced their annual Circle Chasers DVDs, which record their adventures across the landscape – mainly in Wiltshire, the world hotspot for crop circles – following the formations as they unfold, and examining their remarkable geometry. They say their 2008 DVD will be the best yet.

A modest subscription entitles members of the Crop Circle Connector to almost 30 years of unrivalled archives of crop circle reports and photographs, and an emailed newsletter on the latest formations, plus news of books, magazines and merchandise.

Hear the full story of the Crop Circle Connector from Stuart Dike on my Mysterious West podcast this week. I'm also reviewing the Centre for Fortean Zoology's Weird Weekend with Mike Hallowell, from South Shields, Tyne & Wear, a paranormal investigator, freelance journalist and regular speaker at the conference. Hayley Rogers is on the podcast, too, telling me all about the Rocky Mountain Mystery School. Listen at www.westerndailypress.co.uk/ mysteriouswest and on Glastonbury Radio (www.glastonburyradio.net).