I’ve spent a day reviewing one thread of a huge post, now deleted, by ‘The20th’, on Google Maps Local Guide being used by human traffickers and pedophiles as a platform to communicate.
I’ve dug into the last Google Maps example given in the post and really do believe that something awfully macabre is going on. I just don't have any answers. Hopefully you can help.
A Google Map reviewer by the name of Lee Watkins, (LW), (this is public, ‘Google’, information) posted 3 photos of Trolley Park, near James Alefantis’s Pegasus Museum this month (Jan 2017). There's no review. Just 3 photos and all are ‘sphere photos’ that rotate 360. When you rotate the photos you find manipulated images that are deeply disturbing, to say the least.
The 3 images appear on the LHS of the screen. You might wish to open the links in another window and follow along.
https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/103620145943754859011/place/ChIJUysMbBnIt4kR5GtHOAk1su0/@38.9280735,-77.0308083,16z/data=!4m6!1m5!8m4!1e2!2s103620145943754859011!3m1!1e1
TOP PHOTO – Click on it and rotate it using your mouse or the compass in the lower right hand corner of the screen. Best to rotate slowly.
https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/103620145943754859011/photos/@38.932937,-77.0289865,3a,75y,139h,90t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-Mvenz_At94Q%2FVpqHuqnq5PI%2FAAAAAAAARDQ%2FVhXtYAieSRUpQWCh9bQmV9-kr0wQ8BkigCJkC!2e4!3e12!6s%2F%2Flh6.googleusercontent.com%2F-Mvenz_At94Q%2FVpqHuqnq5PI%2FAAAAAAAARDQ%2FVhXtYAieSRUpQWCh9bQmV9-kr0wQ8BkigCJkC%2Fw203-h100-p-k-no-pi-2.9999962-ya87.5-ro0-fo100%2F!7i7680!8i3840!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1!6m1!1e1
The photo shows 2 children, a boy and young girl, and maybe their mother/carer . It also reveals the back gate of Trolley Park that feeds onto the laneway to James Alefantis’s Pegasus Museum. http://imgur.com/0Y0Yyg6
Photo # 2 (lower left hand pic) shows the little girl’s head superimposed and poking up out of the pavement as though her body is buried. Rotate slowly so you don’t miss it.
https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/103620145943754859011/photos/@38.9328363,-77.0289651,3a,75y,90h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s-jZm7QycwcGw%2FVpqFtlWHPFI%2FAAAAAAAARDY%2F2UnSVvI1nyQt7c9prFHCiCfnX2EtU2-jQCJkC!2e4!6s%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2F-jZm7QycwcGw%2FVpqFtlWHPFI%2FAAAAAAAARDY%2F2UnSVvI1nyQt7c9prFHCiCfnX2EtU2-jQCJkC%2Fw203-h100-p-k-no-pi-2.9999962-ya1.5000052-ro0-fo100%2F!7i7680!8i3840!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1!6m1!1e1
At 8 o’clock you'll see the girl's head – no body.
http://imgur.com/a/tBtXA
Body blurred at 7 o’clock. http://imgur.com/PePlU9Q
Photo # 3
Shows part of the boy’s body – head/upper torso superimposed to look as though he were heading into a dirt bed that’s pegged with a sign ‘Please Stay Out of Plant Bed’.
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9328364,-77.0289536,3a,90y,66.67h,84.83t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-TlwtMVwWres%2FVpqFfNpjYRI%2FAAAAAAAARDU%2FFkypoSIBussV21OHNQzorquHvTM8_8Y4ACJkC!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh6.googleusercontent.com%2F-TlwtMVwWres%2FVpqFfNpjYRI%2FAAAAAAAARDU%2FFkypoSIBussV21OHNQzorquHvTM8_8Y4ACJkC%2Fw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya90.5-ro-0-fo100%2F!7i7680!8i3840
http://imgur.com/X1WuL6O
Study the photo and you will see an Asian girl that looks to be superimposed in the background around 9 o’clock. Her head is not blurred, but she’s missing the lower part of her body.
http://imgur.com/Oq44Ofu
What do you think? Thoughts appreciated.
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Kwijibo ago
This has already been explained as glitches due to multiple pictures being electronically joined together. You can find this all over google maps.
pierrebezukhov ago
Sure but why would a random park goer publish such photo's. Are you assuming they are his children?
Kwijibo ago
I guess he thought it was funny.
pierrebezukhov ago
LW has posted another 8 photos on Google Maps recently which are also worth a good look over.
5 photos are of a courtyard in a block of flats at 1225 Fairmont St NW Washington.
The flats aligns with James Alefantis’s Pegasus Museum and Trolley Park. http://imgur.com/LWbOF3D
And neighbor DuPont Circle – Need to zoom in. https://www.google.com/maps/place/1225+Fairmont+St+NW,+Washington,+DC+20009/@38.9242715,-77.0312102,15.26z/data=!4m11!1m5!8m4!1e2!2s103620145943754859011!3m1!1e1!3m4!1s0x89b7b7e1ebd976ad:0x413b4fd2012a678d!8m2!3d38.9248863!4d-77.0288104
http://imgur.com/a/hRgXo
This photo is an official ‘Google Street View’ image of the flats.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/1225+Fairmont+St+NW,+Washington,+DC+20009,+USA/@38.9247513,-77.0288494,3a,75y,20h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sBzYsU9rWe4saQlXJbE1RIg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DBzYsU9rWe4saQlXJbE1RIg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dsearch.TACTILE.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D392%26h%3D106%26yaw%3D20.973299%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x89b7b7e1ebd976ad:0x413b4fd2012a678d!8m2!3d38.9248863!4d-77.0288104!6m1!1e1?hl=en
Following are the 5 photos LW has posted to Google Maps of the Courtyard. Please help examine these photos. I would appreciate thoughts on why you think he’d bother posting 5 sphere photos of the exact same courtyard location – all different in their distorted imagery and with thousands of views.
https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/103620145943754859011/photos/@38.9280735,-77.0308083,16z/data=!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1
Top Photo https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/103620145943754859011/photos/@38.9249622,-77.028882,3a,75y,318h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s-CKfGvKeoKdE%2FVplYzR_LY5I%2FAAAAAAAARC8%2Frmh057f4yyol9HyZX8BkkO27vf3wjvBHACJkC!2e4!6s%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2F-CKfGvKeoKdE%2FVplYzR_LY5I%2FAAAAAAAARC8%2Frmh057f4yyol9HyZX8BkkO27vf3wjvBHACJkC%2Fw203-h100-p-k-no-pi-2.9999962-ya313.5-ro0-fo100%2F!7i7680!8i3840!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1!6m1!1e1
NB. Door handle is in one piece. http://imgur.com/9Jb2HPQ
Photo #2 (L-R) https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/103620145943754859011/photos/@38.9249595,-77.0288856,3a,75y,189h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s-NHql92hr0Lw%2FVplZc4BPVDI%2FAAAAAAAARDE%2FBI4_66wOaBUJrPv2jtoYHopgMmjEzqiYgCJkC!2e4!6s%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2F-NHql92hr0Lw%2FVplZc4BPVDI%2FAAAAAAAARDE%2FBI4_66wOaBUJrPv2jtoYHopgMmjEzqiYgCJkC%2Fw203-h100-p-k-no-pi-2.9999962-ya172.50002-ro0-fo100%2F!7i7680!8i3840!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1!6m1!1e1
NB. Door handle is broken. http://imgur.com/pQQXexh NB. Also shows this area to the outside door. http://imgur.com/4H8RSpv
Photo #3 https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/103620145943754859011/photos/@38.9250163,-77.0288965,3a,75y,186h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s-OmCxLUBR6m8%2FVplaK54nAuI%2FAAAAAAAARDI%2FVlUJ8M3HOQkGrjQK33mIFBnwmXM-wN-3QCJkC!2e4!6s%2F%2Flh6.googleusercontent.com%2F-OmCxLUBR6m8%2FVplaK54nAuI%2FAAAAAAAARDI%2FVlUJ8M3HOQkGrjQK33mIFBnwmXM-wN-3QCJkC%2Fw203-h100-p-k-no-pi-2.9999962-ya175.5-ro0-fo100%2F!7i7680!8i3840!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1!6m1!1e1
NB. Railing on Stairs has been manipulated. http://imgur.com/CO7L1lm NB. Kids toys left under flight of stairs in the courtyard. http://imgur.com/tr4jRJP
Photo #4 https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/103620145943754859011/photos/@38.9250344,-77.0288608,3a,75y,102h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s-ee7NvMkcfgM%2FVpla-m3ivvI%2FAAAAAAAARDg%2Fq_LbRZ9DuPcqK_lsobYicX2MElZTlglZQCJkC!2e4!6s%2F%2Flh4.googleusercontent.com%2F-ee7NvMkcfgM%2FVpla-m3ivvI%2FAAAAAAAARDg%2Fq_LbRZ9DuPcqK_lsobYicX2MElZTlglZQCJkC%2Fw203-h100-p-k-no-pi-2.9999962-ya337.5-ro0-fo100%2F!7i7680!8i3840!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1!6m1!1e1
Photo #5 https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/103620145943754859011/photos/@38.925042,-77.028916,3a,90y,82.1h,85.09t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s-RrK5BGvWE7E%2FVplYJaHKOxI%2FAAAAAAAARC4%2F_sQoUAuxXTUuVAwxRDJAY0y71HWryYQkQCJkC!2e4!6s%2F%2Flh6.googleusercontent.com%2F-RrK5BGvWE7E%2FVplYJaHKOxI%2FAAAAAAAARC4%2F_sQoUAuxXTUuVAwxRDJAY0y71HWryYQkQCJkC%2Fw203-h100-p-k-no-pi-2.9999962-ya38.50001-ro0-fo100%2F!7i7680!8i3840!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1!6m1!1e1
Bike on the balcony, blurred top of staircase and broken railing and strange hosing – plants look dead. http://imgur.com/kzJOvDK
Why show a lock on a door? a) http://imgur.com/6IaOEuV Then a broken lock on the same door? b) http://imgur.com/QRDMeSv
Are you sure that these are just glitches in the system? Again why publish them then? Could this person be an ace Google Maps photographer?