It was a hoax, they got a picture of the culprit and are trying to apprehend now.
Posted on 02/25/2009 7:05:47 AM PST by mnehring
The bizarre markings spotted using Google Earth’s new underwater search tool last week unleashed a tsunami of theories and speculation across the Web about the origins of the grid-like pattern.
The most popular theory was that the markings were signs of the lost city of Atlantis. But Bits readers also wondered if the maze of lines could be anything from the mystical island featured on the television show “Lost” to an underwater lair inhabited by former Vice President Dick Cheney.
According to Google, it’s time to shelve those tinfoil hats.
In an interview, Steve Miller, product manager for Ocean in Google Earth, firmly debunked rumors that the crisscross markings were anything other than...
(Excerpt) Read more at bits.blogs.nytimes.com ...
It was a hoax, they got a picture of the culprit and are trying to apprehend now.
Ah, so it was Ellen Degeneres’ fault!!
usually bad data does not show up as a neat box like this
They have Bigfoot in a freezer? Wow this is hugh and series!!!! I have to e-mail everyone.
I dunno, my MIL has rattlers, a humingbird, a huge grasshopper and I don’t know what else in her freezer, maybe I need to look a little closer.
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