What Are the Odd Figures Google Captured in the Swiss Sky That Are Making the Rounds Again?
- Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:22am by
Liz Klimas
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This isn’t the first time this strange black and pink figure in the Switzerland sky has made it on the Internet and Google Street View junkie discussion boards, but it’s making a wave on the Internet again. Perhaps the resurgence is because of the recent hoopla over mysterious structures seen from Google Earth in China’s Gobi Desert. But, regardless, the fact that speculation over this image has been drawn out for more than year reveals how fascinated people are over what they can find using Google’s map and earth functions.
See the image for yourself on Google Maps here. If you use your cursor to move the map down the road, the floating images will follow you, getting blurrier as you move further toward the tunnel. Or, here’s a video that will do the work for you showing what was captured on Google Street View at 8877 Quarten, Switzerland:
The image was first discussed on Google, Yahoo and other like discussion boards, then was reported on by Gawker last year and has sparked Internet fascination ever since. The latest wave of discussion over the image occurred in August of this year and appears to be happening again.
So what have people attributed this anomaly to? Most speculation surrounds something like that of God or even Death and a young girl, which some have liked to Mario Bros. Princess Peach.
Some more realistic speculations have included a smudge on the camera, a bird or the blending of two images, such as a tree branch, together.
What do you think it is?
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Comments (183)
garyM
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:58amIf it was Jesus you’d see people rising to meet him, graves bursting open too! I‘d say photo shopped since people aren’t missing.
Report Post »ICanComment
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 12:15pmBah. There’s nothing supernatural here. When Google takes the images, each vehicle has an array of cameras whose images are post processed and stitched together into a composite image. What I suspect happened here is that a moth, a leaf, mud, or some other debris landed on one of the cameras and none of the others. It‘s out of focus because it’s right on top of one of the lenses. When blended together into a composite image, the blurry debris appears to be floating.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 12:17pmPlease Blaze, dump the self-playing ads that have no pause or volume control. VERY ANNOYING!!!
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 12:36pm@ICanComment
This. And to add the spec of debris went on for miles and stayed relative to the direction of the car when it turned completely around and headed the other way…
[blurry debris appears to be floating.]
And appears on top of power lines and in the tunnels.
Why is this even a story I don’t know…
@KickinBack
Report Post »Ads? I don’t see them. Perhaps you make some effort on your end, stop using IE, get Firefox w/ Adblock Plus, and conserve your own bandwidth.
Uncle Tom
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 12:47pmPontiac, the strange thing is that when the car goes into tunnels, there is nothing there, however, as soon as it is back out in the light, it’s back. So much for the smashed bug theory.
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 12:51pmI see Jesus in that splattered moth.
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 12:52pmWhy would a news site post this kind of headline. It should read, “Morons think a bug splat is Jesus”
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 1:06pmNah- this is the part of the world where Jack and the Beanstalk was told and retold so many years back.
It just turns out that the giant with the house in the clouds was real and has come back, is all…
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 1:15pm@Uncle Tom
[that when the car goes into tunnels, there is nothing there]
And yet, there is, provided there is enough light for it to show up.
http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/2299/duhyb.jpg
Google the coordinates yourselves and follow the road. 47.110579, 9.227568
Report Post »The debris is in front of power lines and anything else over head and it’s position will always be relative to the cars direction. Only trolls and fools will claim this is supernatural.
GayDem4Beck
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 1:18pmBalze – What @KickinBack said. STOP the auto-play videos.
Please, PLEASE, P L E A S E
While your at it, get rid of the ‘Next Story’ fly-out on the page… that’s just as bad.
Report Post »old white guy
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 1:31pmgarym, wrong place for Jesus to return.
Report Post »old white guy
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 1:34pmif it is on a computer it could be anything anyone wanted it to be.
Report Post »superbyelich
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 2:14pm@ICANCOMMENT
A good example of what ICANCOMMENT is saying is here:
http://www.google.com/maps?q=47.110579+9.227568&hl=en&ll=47.109916,9.235942&spn=0.000643,0.004128&sll=41.312555,-81.14371&sspn=0.039584,0.037594&vpsrc=6&t=m&layer=c&cbll=47.109916,9.235942&panoid=NtAiAk0wx9gtfHkStU0rXA&cbp=12,312.67,,0,-29.06&z=19
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 3:02pm@superbyelich
There are 4 camera’s doing panned street shots, and camera(s) on top that do a 360deg shot of the sky. Then a program stitches all the images together (which may crop out much of the debris once the car is in the tunnel). The one(s) doing the sky shots had debris on them. This is the tunnel entry/exit on the road above your link with the car heading in the other direction.
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/3959/notsupernatural.jpg
Clearly crap on the enclosure shielding the camera.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 5:34pmSure looks photo shopped to me…
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 5:52pmOh by the way, those figures that appear to be in the clouds are actually part of the camera program, because I played around with Google and the image in the clouds did a complete flip-flop 180 degrees and ended up in the clouds at the opposite end of the highway.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 6:00pmDon’t you geniuses think if that was actually in the clouds that people would be pulling over to get out of their cars to look at it. All I see is people driving.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 6:03pmThey are just trying to create doubt in people‘s minds about other things people see such as UFO’s or the one that flew over New Orleans.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 6:07pmAdditionally if you geniuses zoom in real close to the image in the clouds you can see the difference in the pixels.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 6:13pmMore importantly, if people would carry their behinds outside frequently at night into the country away from the city lights or even sit on their own roof once in a while watching the sky, you may actually see some weird things which can not be explained by “Satellites.” And then, someday when you see someone post a video of exactly the same thing you actually witnessed in real life, then you will know it is the real deal.
Report Post »KingCanon
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:32pmNo matter the distance the perspective and size are the same. Hmmmmmmm…
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 10:40pmI know what this is; Back in 1975 a band called “Crack the Sky” released its first album called, “Crack the Sky”, they were originally known as ArcAngel. They got their second name by putting a taped up shoe box with a slit cut in the top in a mental ward gathering area (or TV room). They came back about a month latter, opened the box, and a single piece of paper inside read, “Crack the Sky”.
The black image is a crack in time and space and the pink image is a Human from a local mental ward, who has died, and ready to pass through the “crack in the sky” to some unknown place.
I hope you had as much fun reading this as I did typing it. And, the story about the band, “Crack the Sky” getting it’s name is true. I met them in Wash, DC. and heard it directly from them. I enjoyed their music back in my younger days. Some of you might enjoy their music now. I still have their album but, have nothing to play it on now. Guess I need to get a USB turntable! LMAO!!!!
Report Post »ILUVJESUS
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 12:37amIt’s fake. It’s so out of focus, and you can see that it was photo shopped and incerted.
Report Post »It may be that a catholic person took a statue of Jesus and an image of a door and has the statute facing it. The idea is that He is at the door waiting or you to let Him in.
tketterer
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 1:20amI’m gonna change my Name to Joseph Smitty, move to Switzerland, witness this god and angel apparition and start a religion :-D
Report Post »coindexter
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 5:12amthe swiss trying to be relevant. boost for tourism. just some google BS.
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:14am@ILUVJESUS
[It’s so out of focus, and you can see that it was photo shopped and inSerted.]
It‘s out of focus because it’s too close.
It wasn’t photo-shopped into the picture you nitwit.
[It may be that a ca~]
Or it may be you were not smart enough to read what was posted in the comments above yours.
@Eliasim
Try making one post for your five post.
I swear, do people read or just hit that first reply button the moment they see it?
Report Post »ltb
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 5:03pmKickinBack, I couldn’t agree with you more. I make a point to not buy from companies that use those types of ads and I’m about ready to stop visiting the Blaze, BECAUSE IT’S REALLY ANNOYING TO BE READING SOMETHING AND HAVE A COMMERCIAL START PLAYING ON YOUR SPEAKERS.
Report Post »mdlwoods
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:54amHere’s the question: Has anyone other than the “video maker” been to this site on Google Earth to see if those images are there? Google Earth only updates every so often.
Report Post »Unix
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 12:00pmEveryone should know what that is – it’s the Washington Monument, it can be seen by the naked eye in the Swiss alps, LOL!
I have nothing else for ya!
Report Post »tallguyjgg
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 12:32pmNah… its a bottle of wine and a bag of chips… someone is going on a picnic!
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 1:15pm@ bibiequotinmoron
Report Post »The only moron on this site is you, I hear the Huffpo callin ya….
Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 1:22pmMDLWOODS
The question is, did YOU take the time to go to google maps to look for yourself or are you waiting to be fed the answer to your question here?
Report Post »forthepeople
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:54amSquashed Moth on the bubble like lens……end of story .
Report Post »Dont-hate-on-me-2
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 12:13pmWhy does it have a shadow within the clouds if it is indeed a bug. Look closely at the base of the flying mountian peak.
Report Post »ICanComment
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 12:16pmThe “Shadow” is a darkened area generated by the post processing that blends the composite of several camera images. When the images are blended together you see a darkened smudge.
Report Post »robmerrill88
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:53amIt looks like Jesus and Mary.
Report Post »lemmings4obama
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 12:02pmI don’t know any better than you, but I thought Jesus wears a white robe not black. Could it be the beast and harlot?
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 12:50pmWow! Great work, Rob!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 3:03pm@LEMMINGS…
Report Post »Seems to like… the last Robe that Christ wore… was the Royal Purple of King Herod.
Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 3:55pmLuker, I love how you state that like it’s fact. Blind faith is a heII of a drug.
Report Post »Starkadder
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:53amLooks like bug guts to me. As a practicing Christain I’m ceratain that Gods return will be readily evident to all and indisputable. We will see and hear with our own senses, no chance of data manipulation.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:52amPhoto shopped? Hoax? Maybe, but that is what a lot of people say every time something mysterious shows up in the skies.
Report Post »maumau
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 12:08pmmaybe its google trying to get people to use it more, if you use it everyday you might see something strange or just be pulled in by the ads flying by on the sidelines
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 2:01pmWho you gonna call?
Report Post »korbin
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:51amJesus on a corn tortilla?/? oh wait this isn’t Mexico…
Report Post »BuggiOlleo
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:51ambugoo
Report Post »Bluestraveler
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:51amI don’t know…. but that is right where I grew up. It’s nice to see pictures of my home. I grew up just around the corner,,,,,, we call it God’s Country. So maybe there’s your answer.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:50am.
I sure hope it’s not God and Devil figuring out how soon the end will come……..
I have Sugar Bowl Tickets……Geaux Tigers………
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:50amBug guts.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:43amProbably something Anthony Weiner tweeted.
Report Post »lel2007
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:40amI dowknow.
Report Post »Kaoscontrol
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:53amIt’s a splattered bug. The ‘soft blend’ near the base of the shape is where the the stitching software blended together the two photos from separate cameras.
Report Post »SLEUTH
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:56amits probably a reflection from the dash, at the least
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:39am.
Report Post »Looks like the last think that went thru that bugs mind, after he smacked into the windshield…..
sheephat
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:39amGet real. God is not real but photo shop is….
Report Post »TexasHunter
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 12:21pmPull the sheep hat from your eyes. God Bless You. Jesus died for your sins, hope you repent soon. When the rapture happens one day, you may want to start asking for forgiveness. It takes more faith not to believe in something then what it is to believe. You have been touched by a miracle or two in your life, I am sure that you just can’t shrug it off as just a lucky streak.
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 12:40pm@TexasHunter
Report Post »AHahahahahaha, spoken like a real fundy TH. You had me going.
TexasHunter
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 12:51pm@ Pontiac Please read Hunting for God and Fishing for the Lord. This is an educational book describing why we are here and the purpose for being here.
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:37am@TexasHunter
Report Post »[This is an educational book describing why we are here and the purpose for being here.]
What? I have my own reasons and purpose. I don’t need those of someone that makes their living preaching to sheep.
aiawods
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:38amThe video is almost convincing that there may be something devine here, however, if I had seen a telephone pole or wire between anomoly and the camera, I would certainly rethink how I believe. Curious how the image is only shown to the right of the camera. I’ll need to see another angle of this to convince me that this is anything other than a bug splat.
Report Post »Milo Gold
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:38amIt’s Abe Lincoln the tyrant and his portly wife Mary Todd. Wink..
Report Post »RedHarley
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 6:47amhahaha
Report Post »That is EXACTLY what I thought the first time I looked at it.
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:35amOkay let me put it very simple in this regard…photos shop or someone having way too much fun with the manipulation of data.
Report Post »Kaoscontrol
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:43amBug splattered on the lens.
Question: What was the last thing to go through the bugs mind right before he hit the lens?
Answer: His rear end.
I learned that joke in junior high school.
Report Post »stoptheliesbho
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:35ami think i see a non-story and a slow news day up there…
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:31amlooks like a dirty lens
Report Post »miren
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:31amIt’s a google techie that has nothing better to do than Mess with peoples heads. That’s it.
Report Post »SomeRandomPerson
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:33amThat’s clearly a fake. Anyone can photoshop stuff like this nowadays.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:37amThese are clearly fakes; look carefully at the figures, and you can see how they look trianglular in configuration, while the one on the left has a flat frontal image…photo shop or some other program used for the manipulation.
Report Post »Cat
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 12:23pmIt’s that new IRS tracking system looking for secret Swiss bank accounts
Report Post »bassist237
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:30amIt‘s Bush’s fault.
Report Post »Bookster
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:29amLooks like a bug splat on the camera lens.
Report Post »Discord
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:28amSnape and Dumbledore.
Report Post »BlondeFrenzy
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:38amHa!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:26amSign… of concern about… Evil & Disaster to come!
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