Chris
Google Maps is great for finding directions, checking traffic, and also apparently stumbling into one of the weirdest corners of the internet. You start by zooming in on your old neighborhood out of curiosity, and before you know it, you’re staring at a guy dressed as Spider-Man mowing his lawn or a seagull that somehow looks like it’s two stories tall.
Over the years, the Maps car and satellites have captured some truly hilarious moments, and the real heroes are the people who took the time to screenshot them. I rounded up some of the funniest ones from a subreddit that honestly make it feel like we’re all living inside a glitchy video game.
So scroll down to see what the algorithm saw, and if you spot one that breaks your brain a little, just know you’re not alone.
1. Skater Falling Mid Air
2. So I Guess People Are Renaming Parks Now
3. Someone Call The Poliolice
4. The Parking Lot Flooded So Long That Gmaps Considers It A National Landmark. 44.95533324588065, -93.16464560256318
5. Reminds Me Of A Certain Episode From ‘The Office.’
6. Accidental Beatles In DC
7. I was exploring the Brooklyn Navy Shipyard and decided to do a little drive around, and all of a sudden this guy shows up. At first I thought Google removed the face but when I zoomed in and tried to figure out what it is, the “person” started jumping around like shown in the pics. Also, when you try to drive past him, maps gives me a “server error” message. Got me spooked ngl.
8. Near Tristan da Cunha In The South Atlantic.
9. For Some Reason This Is In Milwaukee
10. Apple Maps Car Overtaking Google Maps Car
11. Google Street View Photographer Attacked By The World’s Deadliest Creature!
12. Creative Naming In Ohio
13. This Is What Happens When You Skip Leg Day And Avoid Walking At All Costs
14. Google Thinks I Am In Ukraine Even Though Im In My Home Country Of Lithuania
15. Swimmining Pool Openining Soon!
16. Four Months Ago, Google Street View Snapped Me And I Snapped It Back
17. Plane Caught On Birds Eye View
18. Coordinates 33.939293, -118.366478 Residential Back Yard Full Of Teslas In Los Angeles
19. A Very Specific Speed Limit
20. Triple Set Of Twins Found On Google Maps. Coordinates If Anyone Is Interested: 14°10’56.6″N 122°39’47.4″E
21. My Buddy Who Left Us In November, Is Still On Google Street View
22. Google’s AI Mistakes Plant For Face
23. Not Sure How This Happened. The Guardrail Looks Undamaged!
24. These Islands Of The Coast Of Dubai That Are Named Like Countries.
25. This Lake In South Carolina.
26. Found The Tiniest Roundabouts In Italy
27. Landslide Caught On Google Maps. This is Brienz in the Kanton of Graubünden near Davos, Switzerland.
28. Wonder What The Door Is For?
29. Google Maps Says You Can Get Through Here. It Was A Really Fun Road That Felt Like An Adventure, So It Was Perfect For Me
30. Anyone Know What This Black Square Means?
31. Would Anyone Know Why These Palm Trees Are In A Perfect Grid On This Uninhabited Atoll In The Cook Islands? (-16.5642491, -154.6216591)
32. Does Anyone Know How To Get To The University?
33. We Should Probably Not Rent Box Trucks To People Who Have Never Driven Anything Bigger Than A Corolla. Coordinates are (30.4879793, -84.4249830).
34. Thank You Google For Keeping Superman’s Identity A Secret
35. Is This A Tribal Area Or Some Random Dude That Likes Peak Isolation In Papua New Guinea?
36. How Many Aura Points Do I Gain From Finding This?
