Crazy images caught on Google Street View
From crazy camera glitches to timely pranks to elaborate performance art pieces, Google Street View has captured some surprising images.

No fresh powder
Google Street View began in 2007 with coverage of just five cities. Over the past decade, the camera-equipped car, aerial drones and the on-foot trekkers have captured some interesting images from locations around the world.
For example, here's a picture of a skier on the very green slopes of Mont Blanc, near the border of France and Italy.
Originally published April 23, 2018 and updated as weird new Google Street View images are spotted.
Two guys on a bike transporting a dentist chair
We kind of hope these two men in Dhaka, Bangladesh are operating a mobile dentist pop-up.
These creepy scarecrows
1000 scarecrows stand in a field in Finland. They're called "The Silent People," and they're the work of artist Reijo Kela.
Scuba guys
These two men in Bergen, Norway were dressed up in scuba gear just as the Google Street View car drove by.
Smoking on a mailbox
Neither snow nor rain, nor men smoking cigarettes on the mailbox, nor gloom of night shall keep Manhattan's mail couriers from picking up your tax return on time.
A seagull influencer
This daring seagull, photographed in Rockaway Park, Queens, wears white 365 days a year, even after Labor Day.
This sharpshooter
Here's a scene, captured in Wallingford, Connecticut, of a man preparing to shoot an arrow at a can atop another man's head.
When nature calls
When you gotta go, you gotta go. This man had to go while walking in La Paz, Mexico.
A portrait of this artist
This painter in Kensington Gardens in London is capturing the scene the old-fashioned way. Street View captured him capturing the scene.
An alligator
Dogs aren't the only animals spotted by the Google Street View car. This alligator was hanging out near a rack of canoes in the Florida Everglades.
And here's a bear getting ready for a fish dinner
A drone snapped a photo of a bear fishing in Kurile Lake in Russia.
We found Rudolph
Maybe Santa's missing a reindeer. This one ran across the road in northern Norway at just the right moment for the Street View car to snap its picture.
This cockatoo and its human
This Portland man took a relaxing summer stroll with a cockatoo perched on his hand.
Pittsburgh performance art
Artist Ben Kinsley choreographed several vignettes on Sampsonia Way, in the Pittsburgh historic district, timed to coincide with the arrival of the Google Street View car in 2008. One of these vignettes was a parade with a marching band, a color guard team and...
And just down the road...
Kinsley created a vignette of a mad scientist zapping two people into heart-eyed lovebirds.
Look closely...
Those aren't humans waiting at the bus stop in Nagoro, Japan. Those are just a few of the hundreds of rag dolls created by Tsukimi Ayano as stand-ins for her former neighbors, who have either moved away from the village or died.
AT-AT walker
This Raleigh, North Carolina house either has an AT-AT walker lawn ornament, or it's about to get blasted off the (Google) map by the Imperial ground forces.
A horse enjoying a banana
This person in a horse mask and cozy bathrobe created this scene for the Street View vehicle in Victoria, British Columbia.
A corn maze you can actually get lost in
You can enter the Edmonton Corn Maze in Alberta, Canada via Street View, but good luck finding your way out.
This woman walking in the middle of nowhere
This woman in a dress and heels was seen rolling a suitcase through the New Mexico desert, just outside of Roswell. There is nothing but desert for miles in either direction.
This toilet-papered house
This Wisconsin home had been freshly pranked when the Google Street View car drove by.
More pranks
Did someone order a sedan to go? This car in Santa Cruz, California was wrapped in plastic by local pranksters.
This house on fire
The fire department in Sherwood, Arkansas put out this fire, but not before the Street View car captured their heroic efforts.
A Welsh wedding
This wedding in Cardiff, Wales was photographed in 2008. By 2014, this location had been converted into a Subway sandwich shop.
Wedding march, Kyoto style
Google Street View captured this bride and groom, trailed by their wedding guests, walking near the Shimogamo-Jinja Shrine in Kyoto, Japan.
Nothing to see here
These terrifying Halloween decorations in Chicago were preserved for posterity. We checked twice to be sure this photo was taken in October.
Feet that just kept walking
These cyclists in Poland were separated from their feet by a glitch in the camera.
Someone is missing some legs
If anyone in Anchorage, Alaska is missing two pairs of legs, we found them.
Fancy meeting you here
These two Google Street View vehicles found each other in northern Argentina.
They're everywhere
There were are a whole lot of Street View cars in Monterey, California in March of 2012.
This cyclist dabbing for the camera
This cyclist found himself behind the Street View car in Victoria, Australia. So, he did what many people in December 2016 did to celebrate the presence of a camera: He dabbed all the way down the street.
Four years, four white vans
Every time the Google Street View car passes by this corner in Belfast, Northern Ireland, there happen to be white utility vans ready for their close-up.
These Google employees
Working at Google has its perks. One is knowing just when the Street View car is going to pass. These people from the company's London office decided to organize a "flash mob" for the occasion.
Diagon Alley
Here's an Easter egg for Harry Potter fans: You can take a stroll down Diagon Alley via Google Street View. The street is located inside of Warner Bros. Studio in London.
Is this why they call it Black Canyon freeway?
This aptly-named Arizona freeway was photographed at night... or does it look like that all the time?
Sea creature in San Diego
Here is someone -- or something -- dressed as a sea creature at Mission Beach in San Diego.
Cherry blossoms in Japan
This eye-catching cherry blossom is the main attraction at Maruyama Park in Kyoto, Japan.
The Field of Dreams
Here's the street view where the Kevin Costner-led classic Field of Dreams was filmed in Dyersville, Iowa.
Rocking out with a shovel guitar
A worker plays shovel guitar on the side of the road in Marseilles, Illinois.
Smelly cat
Here's a snapshot of a cat pooping in Tver Oblast, Russia.
The floating Ramones fan
A Google Street View glitch captures the upper body of a Ramones fan in New York.
Headless in Amsterdam
Another Google Street View glitch completely messes up this woman's head in Amsterdam.