Google Maps Spots Giant Bug Terrorizing Germany
A giant bug of an unknown type was discovered in a field in Germany during a recent Google Maps survey. The bug, which measures over 120 feet, was spotted in a field northeast of Arlesberg, halfway between Stuttgart and Numberg, and it is assumed that the bug intends to slowly devour all the people living in the nearby small towns.
Here’s the bug as spotted in Google Maps:
Here’s a closeup with the map’s scale placed next to it:
Here it is in Google Earth, at 48°51′27.74″N, 10°12′19.07″E (or just to the left of a search for “hulen germany”:
If anyone has information about the bug, including what type of bug it is, please inform the authorities as soon as possible. The war is coming…
And, on the serious side of things: No, this is not a Photoshop. Here’s the link to Google Maps, where you will clearly see the bug yourself. Run a Technorati search to see who else spotted it. So, what happened? Did a bug get on the camera lens during a flyover? Is that even possible?
Pretty crazy, right?
I’ve never seen so many Men In Black jokes in one place as I do at the original Digg post. General consensus is it could be a thrips (Thysanoptera) that climbed into the scanner as the overhead photos were being scanned for Google from whatever third party they bought these images from. There’s also discussion at the Google Earth community forums, complete with a Google Earth placemark.
great PR trick from these guys at Google! ,-)
Comment by Massimo Moruzzi | September 28, 2006
This looks like a bug on a lense, there is a lot of detail, that leads me to believe that a bug of some type got on the lens. Who knows!?
Comment by Jason | September 28, 2006
This was hilarious!
Comment by Manny Hernandez | September 28, 2006
I don’t want to imagine how big the mosquitos are there…
Comment by Ironicnet | September 28, 2006
If it were a bug on the lens, it would be extremely blurry, but it’s sharply in focus. Even if the lens could focus on something so close, it could not focus on both the bug and the ground.
So it can only be one thing: A giant, man eating insect. Gott speichern uns alle!
Comment by jimothy | September 28, 2006
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I for one welcome our new insect overlords.
Comment by Kent Brockman | September 28, 2006
Where’s the shadow?!!! Unless it’s some latest shadow masking technology of the German military to disguise their defence installations. Who knows, maybe the bug is the first of the new ‘Black’ offence projects!
Comment by Alx! | September 29, 2006
Searching for bugs by address?
Try “Picsfromspace, lookup your place by address” at “www.walweb.nl/picsfromspace” and
fill in the bugs address:
address=Ledergasse 11
zipcode=
city=Huelen
country=Germany
zoomlevel=15
Bug in upperleft corner!
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Bug on the Lens???
If this is a bug on the Lens, it would appear the same size on all zoom levels, and it wouldn’t depend on where the lens is looking on the ground, it would move with the lens, and therefore would appear on all pictures taken by that lens.
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Very Wierd!! It could have been a bug flying really high up??
Comment by Tom | October 13, 2006
Greetz so Starship troopers^^
We need Mobile Infantrie!!!
Comment by Bistyboy | October 17, 2006
[…] Well, now Google Maps has shown that there is a giant species of Dermaptera living in Germany, no doubt, feasting on detritis such as human beings running away screaming. Once again, science is proven wrong and leading geologists now question the fossil record and suggest that the Earth is less than 400 years old to account for this discrepancy. The picture is clearer than any comparable picture of “Nessie” and more identifiable than any of the “dinosaurs” that have washed up on the shore. It shows that the “ancient world” was not that ancient, and we may find a whole colony of dinosaurs fulfillign various anthropocentric roles as vaccuum cleaners a la The Finstones in the nearby German city of Kapfenburg. Yes, this is the smoking gun that will finally put the nail in the coffin of other cheesy metaphors that creationists like to use all the time. […]
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“If this is a bug on the Lens, it would appear the same size on all zoom levels, and it wouldn’t depend on where the lens is looking on the ground, it would move with the lens, and therefore would appear on all pictures taken by that lens.”
thanks Tie Behn, the first LOGICAL comment here o_O
it could also be a proof that Google Earth hasnt used REAL satellite pictured but just connected bird-perspective pictures and one of these had a bug on it….
Besides, I am from German, and as far as I can see there are NO giant bugs invading here… o_O
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My guess is that it was an older sat image which needed to be scanned into digital format… a bug got between the scanned image and the scanner… and there you have it.
plus the bug looks dead, it is missing a few legs and there is what appears to be a liquid coming out its rear end… possibly a result of being squished?
Comment by Roadwolf | April 17, 2007
not there anymore
Comment by dom | April 18, 2007
Looks like a software bug to me.
Comment by Gary Bradski | June 1, 2007
You guys think that is huge?
Actually it is just the beginning.
In my planet, we have much bigger living thing.
Comment by Venus 18 | July 26, 2007