13 Secrets Revealed By Google Maps

In 2015, employees at a Michigan mortuary home decorated for Christmas. They saw what looked like a car roof in a nearby pond. This solved a nine-year-old missing person case involving a car missing since 2006.The car had been visible on Google Street View the entire time.

Authorities did not suspect foul play. A 72-year-old person appeared involved.Davie Lee Niles.Davie Lee Niles may have driven into the water by accident.

After a teen in Groningen, Holland had his bike taken, he couldn't get the police to act. Six months later, he found photo evidence using Google Street View.Groningen, Holland took his bike. He could not get the police to act. Six months later...He found photo evidence using Google Street View.Street View cameras captured an image of the alleged culprits trailing the victim before taking the bike.

The 14-year-old used the image to help authorities catch two suspects.

Playing with the Google Street View car is fun. However, these mechanics from Edinburgh discovered that too much fun brings consequences. The two goofballs forgot about the pranks until Google uploaded the photos months later, and a concerned citizen called the police. The images showed one man assaulting the other.Mechanics from Edinburgh discovered that too much fun brings consequences.The two goofballs forgot about the pranks until Google uploaded the photos months later, and a concerned citizen called the police. The images depict a man assailing the other.

A police officer who 'solved' the case had a friend whose car was serviced at the mechanic's shop. Dan Thompson, the shop's manager, told authorities, "It was in the spur of the moment [...] It seemed like the obvious thing to do so I threw myself on the ground and Gary grabbed a pick-axe handle from the garage."

In 2013, mapping Manchester, England, a Google Street View car captured a woman servicing a client. Google removed the photos after figuring out what was happening, but the internet keeps proof of Manchester's red-light district.

Pranksters have since played with Google Street View.Temperance Street renamed itself to show the activities shown.Temperance Street renamed itself to show the activities depicted.

In 2013, this image hit the internet and shocked everyone. Why would there be a body in the back of a truck in Wilmington, NC? Why would a woman be sleeping at 70 mph? After some time, suspicion grew, and the police started investigating.Why would there be a body in the back of a truck in Wilmington, NC? Why would a woman catch some Zs at 70 mph?A woman caught sleeping in the back of a truck in Wilmington, NC at 70 mph. Suspicion grew. Police started looking into it.

The person in the image is actually Oscar, a US Coast Guard search-and-rescue dummy.Oscar is a US Coast Guard search-and-rescue dummy..

If you lie to your spouse, try to make it count. Don't do it like Donald Ryding.Donald Ryding was caught smoking.Google Street View caught an image of Ryding trying to hide in his driveway long after he told his wife he quit smoking. The car captured Ryding trying to be secretive outside his Merseyside home in England.Google Street View caught an image of Ryding trying to hide in his driveway long after he told his wife he quit smoking. The car captured Ryding trying to be secretive outside his Merseyside home in England.

Mrs. Ryding said,I could not believe it. We saw him smoking; there was no denying it now.When Street View first launched, it did not blur faces, but there was no need to with him—he was covered by smoke anyway.

In 2010, Steve Hodgson, a career offender, used Google Earth.Steve Hodgson used Google Earth to case the home.An 85-year-old Patricia Thompson died. Hodgson entered her home in Hartburn, England, and killed Thompson before taking her valuables.

Hodgson used his victim's bank card for spending. He also convinced his girlfriend to pawn Thompson's jewelry, including a wedding ring. The Crown Court sent Hodgson to prison for decades.

Google Street View shows an unclothed man leaving a car trunk. A dog either sleeps or looks dead next to him. This photo was taken inThis happened in Mannheim in 2010.

A German newspaper caused this strange discovery.

In 2015, Google Street View caught a picture of a woman relaxing onThe location is Chirurgijnhof Street in Almere.a city in the Netherlands. This means urinating in public while smoking. Specifically, she urinated on a building in broad daylight. The woman remained unidentified.

The Dutch debate public facilities, noting there areurinals for men, but no similar facilities for women.

In 2010, after starting Google Street View in South America,images of bodies began appearing online. It showed a dark side of this world and pointed to the unrest in manyGoogle shows countries in South America..

Google has since removed all captured imagescompletely.

In 2013, a Google Street View car appeared on a street in Chile.The car hit a dog.The images show the dog running into the street, followed by the aftermath.

Google received a request for comment, but this was not the first event like this. The year before, Google faced accusations of accidentallyThe car hit a donkey in Botswana..

People were shocked when a pentagram appeared carved into the ground in a deserted part of Kazakhstan in 2013. Google brought the image to public view. No sign of life seems near the creepy symbol. Lisakovsk is the nearest city, about 12 miles away.

Before theories grew wild, archaeologist Emma Usmanova toldLiveScience.: "It is the outline of a park made in the form of a star." Some people do not believe Usmanova and think it links to a darker secret.

This image was taken in South Africa in 2010. The man in the capture looksA possible offender is on the run in South Africa.from the United States, but many suggest he could be a municipal worker. Some municipal workers in South Africa wear orange as part of their uniform.

We do not know where the man is running from or where he is going.