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Crazy SCUBA Guys Chase Street View

Tuesday, 9th February 2010 by

Google has today launched brand new Street View imagery for Norway, Finland and large parts of Canada. But it’s in Norway where we’ve now uncovered one of the most utterly bizarre sightings we’ve ever seen on Street View. On arrival to this residential street in Bergen, the Google camera car is greeted by two adults, dressed head to toe in SCUBA gear, sitting in a couple of deck chairs. It’s…

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