The tech wonder that is the Google Street View involves simultaneously
taking images from different angles and overlapping them into one 360-degree view.
And since 2007, Google’s street cameras have gathered over 170 billion images,
derived from about 10 million miles worth of road trips all over the world!
Man: Oh man, where are we? We haven’t even been asleep.
What is this, is this Atlanta? Man 2: We’re in Taiwan.
So naturally, they’ve captured some strange,
inexplicable snaps along the way. Here are 16 WTF Moments caught on Google Street View!
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of alien life here on Earth!
Here come the Google guys! Say “watermelon sugar!”
Man: This is amazing!
#16: Crazy Pranks
Looks like the Google cameras are not welcome in this suburban street in Norway,
where 2 residents in full scuba gear are seen soaking up the sun. Because later on,
they are seen chasing after the cameras… with pitchforks!
Meanwhile, at a roadside in Mexico,
the Google truck was welcomed by these low-rent horror movie characters!
They could definitely learn a thing or two from these pedestrian pranksters, who decided to
photobomb the streets of Tokyo in the creepiest way possible! It’s a freaking pigeon invasion!
Keep watching because no photoshop was involved in our number one pick.
Those are a hundred percent authentic!
#15: When Nature Calls
Google Maps is a gold mine of photos of men answering the call of nature in the
strangest places. Because hey, the whole world’s their toilet!
But apparently, even a few women were caught doing a number one in public!
Unfortunately… the Google cameras were there,
and now photos of them taking a leak have been leaked on the internet.
#14. A Series of Unfortunate Events
Accidents happen all the time. But adding insult to injury is when Google’s got all the receipts!
Take for instance this Brazilian woman, who was captured walking around a corner,
and the next moment, you see her tumbled face down!
Cyclists falling off their bikes are a dime a dozen on Google Maps… but
imagine taking a tumble and these workers just stare at you!
Some accidents are much more serious though, like this car that fell
off the bridge into the river… and this van that caught fire!
Here’s to hoping the Google guys lent a helping hand somehow.
Man: That was awkward.
#13. Penny-farthing in the City
It’s not every day that we get to see a person riding a penny-farthing or a high-wheeled bicycle…
but what makes this all the more peculiar is that the biker… has a penguin in tow!
Turns out, the person behind the wheel is Australian champion penny-farthing rider, Nicky
Armstrong. And the penguin was just a stuffed toy she placed there to help stabilize the bike!
Good to hear no penguins were harmed during the filming of this street.
#12. The Hangover
These people look like they enjoyed a happy hour – or two – and just totally blacked out
wherever their wobbly feet managed to take them… like in the back of a pick-up or on a bench!
And this poor guy was being carried like a
sack of potatoes by his friends when the Google car drove by!
#11. Horsing Around
With so many things going on in the world right now,
here we are figuring out why the heck there’s a herd of horse heads trolling Google Street View!
Here’s one taken in 2010 in Aberdeen, Scotland
dubbed by the media as “horse-boy.” And here’s another Bojack Horseman copycat—or
should I say copy-horse?—that’s spotted out on the streets of Venice in 2014.
And in 2018, there’s another sighting of a thoroughbred man sitting by the roadside which,
judging by his long face, seems to have been stood up by a mare he met around the neigh-borhood.
Bojack: Well that was another in a long series of regrettable life choices.
#10. Animal Alley
It’s definitely a zoo out there,
and here are some animals caught on Google cam roaming the concrete jungle.
There’s this llama out on a date downtown with her favorite person…
and the bird who successfully stole one of their dinner rolls.
And here’s a deer running for dear life… which
may or may not be chased after by this tiger on the loose.
#9. Trash Talk
This little green trash bin at a park in Switzerland hides a little secret.
There’s a man stuck inside of it!
As to how he got stuck in there remains a mystery, but it does look like an
interesting art installation that depicts a man wasting his life away. Or something like that.
Deadpool: Sweet baby Jesus.
Meanwhile, in this photo, we’re hoping the kid was just playing hide and seek
with the Google van, and not actually trying to escape from his abductors.
#8. Indecent Exposures
Some people would really go through great lengths just to get their 15 minutes of interne fame.
And what’s the cheapest, trashiest way to do it? By flashing Google, of course!
Here’s an Aussie lady who waited for the street view car just to show the world her
tig ol’ bitties. The woman said she pulled out her golden globes for a male friend in the UK.
Well, that’s certainly a creative way to cope with long distance relationships.
On the other side of the world,
there’s these men who probably didn’t get cast for Magic Mike for obvious reasons.
And then there’s these guys who got a little too cheeky when the
Google car drove by in St. Louis, Missouri.
#7. Street Fighters
I gotta admit, this next one’s pretty cool!
Check out these two Samurai warriors facing off on the streets of Pittsburgh! Props to their homemade
Hakama costumes made of curtains and bedsheets, while wielding baseball bats instead of katanas!
Now that deserves to be immortalized on Google maps.
#6: Loners’ Lane Girl: You can’t sit with us!
No one can definitely sit with this guy… especially since he cordoned himself
off from the public and decided to sit by his lonesome along the road!
Meanwhile, this creepy person covered head-to-toe in a stark white suit
also decided to sit by himself while waiting for Google to arrive.
I don’t know about you, but this dude is giving me the creeps in broad daylight.
#5. Abandoned Baby
This image, reportedly taken in Taiwan, shows what seems to be an empty shopping district... well,
almost empty, spare for this baby that looks like he’s been left alone in the sidewalk!
Aww, the poor thing must have been waiting for his shopaholic mom outside, because, you know,
women take too much time shopping.
#4. The Full Monty
Remember that scene from The Hangover when they hid a naked Mr. Chow in the trunk of a car?
Well, I wouldn’t be surprised if that scene inspired this bizarre
image of a naked man climbing out of a car trunk… all while his dog is dead asleep on the pavement!
Not sure what’s happening here, but this man was also snapped in his birthday suit
with his face plopped on a pillow like in some weird yoga pose.
Meanwhile, in Florida, a woman was photographed enjoying the fresh air in The Sunshine State while
wearing… um, nothing. But no more free nudes for the eagle-eyed internet lurkers because
Google has blurred her whole body in line with their privacy policy.
#3. Busted!
Google cams have caught some actual criminals out on the streets, but thankfully, these Street
View images prove that our brave police officers are still out there protecting us from danger.
Some of them were captured in the middle of a hot pursuit, looking like heroes in
a real-life action movie, while others were snapped in the middle of an arrest.
Thank you for keeping the streets safe, officers!
#2: The Masked Stranger
In this unconfirmed location, the cameras snapped a man crouched in
between trees in the middle of woodland… while wearing a gas mask! It is unclear
what he was doing there, but it looks like he’s up to no good!
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#1: Aliens Among Us
Has Google finally proven the existence of extraterrestrial life on Earth?!
Paul: Look, the less you guys know, the better. I want you to have plausible deniability.
In this Street View photo, an alien sitting alone by the road was captured by their lenses!
Another Google user discovered that aliens really are among us when he tried to use
Street View to find a parking space… but instead found something from outer space! The green-faced
humanoid was also staring directly into the camera, which makes it all the more chilling!
Still not convinced? Take a look at this image from the skies in Florida, which showed
a UFO-shaped thing peeking out of the clouds! Although a closer look would reveal that it’s
actually half of a butterfly or a moth, which was probably distorted in the stitching of the photos.
So, which of these Street View photos creeped you out the most?
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