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Crazy Polar-suited Norwegians in Street View Fight

Monday, 30th April 2012 by

It looks as if our Crazy SCUBA Guys have made a comeback! This time the two Norwegian men have been captured wearing bright red polar suits, and can be seen apparently attempting to beat each other to death at the site of a (rather picturesque) historic island fortress. We originally found the men over 300 kilometres away, when they memorably chased the Street View car down the street in full…

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Crazy Polar-suited Norwegians in Street View Fight

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