The little green men seem to have moved on from their longstanding interest in putting weird patterns into grain crops – and turned to ‘snow circles’ instead.

Or at least that’s one potential conclusion we can draw after a walker found a massive owl face drawn into the snow in Wiltshire.

Drone photographer Chris Barrow, 59 spotted the googly-eyed bird of prey on Roundway Hill, Devizes, Wiltshire, on Saturday.

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A single trail of footprints can be seen leading away from the huge shape – but otherwise it appears to be totally undisturbed.


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Civil servant Chris said, ‘I couldn’t believe it when I saw it. I just came across it by chance.



‘It looks like completely virgin snow. It was fantastic to see. I don’t know how they have done it.’

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What strange creatures created this owl face? (Getty)