Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe SALINAS, Calif., Jan. 2 (UPI) -- A California crop circle with unknown origins was destroyed by the land owner tired of the unwanted attention, a security company said. A representative of Echelon Security Company, which was hired by the land owner to protect the Salinas property, said the mysterious pattern that gained worldwide fame when it was photographed by aerial photographer Julie Belanger, was mowed down by the landowner to discourage visits from curious parties, ABC News reported Thursday. Advertisement Belanger said she was surprised to see the intricate crop circle was gone when she flew over the property Monday. Read More 'Elaborate' crop circles appear in British countryside Crop circles appear at Wash. wheat field Crop circles return to Wash. town