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The strange and weird things captured on Google Maps
I love Google Maps. It’s one of those everyday tech tools that actually makes life easier. From finding late-night tacos to dodging traffic like a pro, it’s still the gold standard in navigation. (Sorry, Apple Maps, you’re catching up but not quite there yet.)
🗺️ Google Maps has charted nearly every inch of the planet, capturing jaw-dropping landscapes to hidden alleyways you didn’t know existed. And yes, every once in a while, it’ll still take you on the “scenic” route to work just to keep things interesting.
Along the way, its cameras have picked up some seriously strange and unexplained sights. Here are a few that’ll make you stop and think, “What on Earth is going on there?”
The desert ‘star’ of Kazakhstan
In a remote area of Kazakhstan, there’s a 1,200-foot five-pointed star carved into the land. Hello, conspiracy theories! We’re talking about secret societies and all manner of the occult.
But the real explanation? It’s an abandoned Soviet-era campground. The star is the outline of old walking paths.
The mysterious ‘doorway’ in Antarctica
A weird rectangular formation spotted in Antarctica sparked wild theories about a hidden “doorway” in the ice. Is it a secret compound or a door to an ancient civilization? Oh, the stories it could tell. I bet it’s a natural phenomenon, say an iceberg melting in place.
UFO-ish structure in New Mexico
In a remote mountainous region of New Mexico, there’s a big, white, disc-shaped object the collective internet really wants to believe is a crashed alien ship. It’s been there since at least 2003, with signs of wear and vegetation over time. A rainwater catchment basin is my best guess.
The island that ‘doesn’t exist’
There was once a mystery island in the Pacific Ocean that appeared on Google Maps but didn’t exist in real life. Sandy Island was marked on paper maps for over a century, yet when explorers tried to find it, there was nothing.
Scientists later determined that a cartography mistake somehow made its way into digital maps. For years, people believed it was a real place that had mysteriously disappeared. Gotta admit, that story is more fun.
The mystery man
Out in the middle of South Australia’s dusty outback, Google Maps picked up something wild. It’s a giant geoglyph called the Marree Man. It’s over 2.6 miles long and shows an Indigenous Australian figure holding what looks like a boomerang or a hunting stick.
Here’s the twist: No one really knows who made it or why. Some say it’s ancient Aboriginal art, others think it’s an elaborate modern-day hoax. Either way, it’s massive, mysterious and totally worth a zoom-in.
🇰🇷 Last year, I was visiting South Korea. I left my phone in the hotel room, and I had no map. Let me tell you, it was a true Seoul searching day. (I saw that smirk!)
Tags: Apple, conspiracy theories, Google, Google Maps, internet
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