Wielkopolska is something of a hotspot for the paranormal, and it’s not just the ghosts we’ve warned you about that go bump in the night. The district has also earned a bit of a reputation for UFOs (or NOLs as they are called in Poland). To date the most infamous case can be tracked
to 2001 when a 20 year old woman happened upon an alien near Sieraków Lake. The 1.5 metre tall mantis-like extra-terrestrial allegedly stared emotionless into the eyes of the startled female before beating a speedy retreat into the surrounding cornfields. Small footprints were found the following day at the site, though efforts to later identify them drew a blank. Most recently reports of aerial weirdness have been filed in the region of Lake Malta, as well as Jeżyce Forest. Świerkowski claims that 95% of such claims can be put down to changes in atmosphere that mankind simply hasn’t discovered yet, though the other 5% of sightings remain an utter mystery. Real enthusiasts though will head nowhere else but Wylatowo, a small rural village situated halfway between Toruń and Poznań. It’s in this backwater a strange cigar shaped object was photographed floating in the skies last year, with lab tests since confirming that there were no camera tricks or other such jiggery pokery involved. But that’s not the only peculiar happening; since 2000 when crop circles first started appearing in the neighbouring fields Wylatowo has established itself as a Mecca for Polski ufologists, While some claim the circles are the work of savvy farmers looking to make a quick buck. X-Files style investigations have yet to determine the cause of this annual summer phenomena.