Funny Things Caught on Google Earth Street View
It's a weird and wonderful world we live in. And, whether you want to accept it or not, we all contribute to it on a daily basis, especially the weird. Want proof? Well, just point your browser at Google Street View.
With the Big G regularly going for a spin in its funky 360°-camera cars and panoramically photographing millions of miles of roads across the planet, there's no surprise it's caught a few laugh-out-loud sights along the way. After all, where there are roads, there are people. And people are weird.
1. THE STIG HANGING OUT BY LOCH NESS
Some say he's the third member of Daft Punk. Others, that he served Clarkson a cold dinner while smirking under his helmet. But this shot of a moody Stig standing by Loch Ness supports the rumours (that we've just made up) that Top Gear's masked mystery is actually an accomplice of the lake's resident monster. Google Street View: blowing covers since 2009. (The Stig's also been spotted by Google in Legoland.)
2. A COUPLE DOING THE DIRTY ON THEIR CAR BONNET
When the Google Car took a trip down a rural road in Australia, it probably wasn't expecting to come across (so to speak) possibly the most public dogging event in human history. Though it's more likely an opportunistic prank. Despite having now been censored, the pair's family-unfriendly outdoor activity sat proudly on Street View for a number of years before being discovered and smudged out.
3. THIS NIGHTMARE SCENE FOR PIGEON HATERS
Do you duck and cover every time a pigeon takes flight in your general vicinity? Then you're going to want to avoid this nightmarish Japanese street. Why? Well a group of eight human-pigeon hybrids were spotted on a Japanese sidewalk wearing some eerily realistic pigeon head masks. The question is, was this an intentional stunt or were this group of friends actually roaming the streets wearing pigeon heads? Whatever the answer, it makes for a sleep-ruining snapshot.
4. A COUPLE OF SWORD-FIGHTING SAMURAIS
Duels might have gone out of fashion some time ago, but no one told this pair of sword-fighting samurais, who were caught mid-battle on Sampsonia Street in Pittsburgh back in 2008. (Actually they were part of an organised Google-baiting exercise arranged along the street.) Annoyingly, like public sex, Street View doesn't seem to agree with even the softest of violence and blurs out the battle if you get too close. So we can only enjoy the spectacle from a tight angle. Killjoys.
5. AN UNWITTING WEE-ER GETTING CAUGHT SHORT
When you've got to go, you've got to go. But for goodness sake, make sure you have a good look over both shoulders before you let loose on the side of someone's house. This guy's lack of awareness has resulted in a great deal of embarrassment and internet infamy. He's just lucky Google was too far away to see his face. Or anything else.
6. TALK ABOUT CAR-CRASH TV
OK, so this is the internet, not TV, but the joke doesn't work if you're all pedantic about it so shh. Instead, take a trip up to the Scottish Highlands where somebody's had a right mare. God knows how that car ended up in that ditch or how the driver is going to explain that to their partner. But to put the cherry on top of this very embarrassing cake, Google Street View rocked up to capture it all.
7. THESE SCOTTISH SUPERHEROES OUT ON THE LASH
Not only does Google like to expose rally drivers and interrupt tense duels, it's also in the business of gate-crashing fancy dress parties. For once, there was nothing these superheroes could do to stop the force of Google as it cruised past this pub. To be fair, even Spiderman and co deserve to let their hair down.
8. THE LION KING
A dog is a man's best friend. But is the feeling mutual? On this evidence, no. No it isn't. Seeing the Street View wagon looming and sensing his chance to become an internet star, this chap, standing outside his apartment, lifted his adorable dogs above his head with the biggest smile, Lion King style. While he's clearly loving life, the pups, on the other hand, couldn't look more terrified if they tried.
9. AN EDINBURGH MURDER (PRANK)
This shot of a man lying face down on a cobbled Edinburgh street (why are so many of these Street View gaffes in Scotland?) proves at least one Scottish stereotype to be true. Whether that's the one that says Scotland is a violent country or the view that its populace are among the funniest depends on whether that guy is really dead. After a bit of investigating on Google's part, thankfully, it turns out it was the latter.
10. THIS SCARECROW ARMY
At first glance you might ask yourself what an earth are all those people doing standing in a snowy field? But on closer inspection it turns out they're all scarecrows. Horrifying, soulless scarecrows placed among a very cautious famer's crops. As well as looking like the start of a low-budget horror movie, it's fair to say that it'd take a brave bird to chance their arm at feeding on this produce.
11. A HOT TUB PARTY IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
Okay, we'll level with you. We have no idea what's going on here, how it came to pass or why. It appears to be a family having a garden party at the side of a countryside road. We can only hope they own the house just up the street, but even then this remains a weird place to set up camp on a sunny weekend. Each to their own, we guess.
12. THESE SCUBA SAPS HELPING FIND NEMO
We've seen a few jokers play up to the camera, but these two have gone a step further. Putting on some scuba diving gear, as you do, they appear to give chase to the Google Car. Thankfully, Google was too quick for them and managed to escape the mardy pair. Those fins couldn't have helped. Try some running shoes next time, guys.
13. A VERY UNFORTUNATE TIME TO PEE YOUR PANTS
As we've already seen, Street View is no prude when it comes to the call of nature. And that's unfortunate news for this guy who was snapped after an impromptu bowel movement. Sure, he claimed it was a spilt drink when tracked down by the internet, but then you would, wouldn't you?
14. GOOGLE GETTING A BIT OF A CLEAN
Not only has Google been stitching up the general public, catching them in the most embarrassing situations, it's not letting up on its own staff either. Here, the driver is just carrying out some general maintenance on his camera and Google has decided to publish it. That is great banter.
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Source: https://www.digitalspy.com/tech/a807600/weird-and-hilarious-things-you-can-find-on-google-street-view/
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