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MikeLutton · 08-13-2010, 06:38 PM

Google Image Shows 'Dead' Girl Lying Face Down on the Street

'Dead' Girl Was a 9-Year-Old Playing a Prank With Her Friend

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By KI MAE HEUSSNER and NED POTTER

July 13, 2010

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It was just a child's innocent prank. But when people in Worcester, England, saw what looked like a dead body in a Google image of their street, they sounded the alarm.

Dead-looking girl was a 9-year-old playing a prank with her friend.
(Handout)

According to the U.K.'s Telegraph, neighbors were so distressed by a picture showing a brown-haired girl lying face down on the sidewalk that they reached out to the tech giant, worried that a crime had been committed.
But it turned out that the dead-looking girl was mischievous 9-year-old Azura Beebeejaun, playing a prank at the exact moment that a Google Street View car happened by, shooting pictures.
''I didn't know anything about the Google Street View car. I fell over while I was playing with my friend and thought it would be funny to play dead," Azura, now 10, told the Telegraph. ''I heard a car go past me but had no idea I was having my picture taken. I was just playing a joke on my friend."
A spokesman for Google said, ''The imagery in Street View represents a snapshot in time of Britain's streets and is no different to what anyone might expect to see for themselves around the country. … Sometimes that means our cars inadvertently capture odd or inappropriate moments as they drive past."
Over the past few years, Google's mapping applications -- Street View, Google Earth and Google Maps -- have generated several odd and entertaining images.
Take a look at a few more of them below:

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MikeLutton Mike Lutton DVD Legend! Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 05, 2005 Location: usa pennsyvania Posts: 6,887	Google Image Shows 'Dead' Girl Lying Face Down on the Street Google Image Shows 'Dead' Girl Lying Face Down on the Street 'Dead' Girl Was a 9-Year-Old Playing a Prank With Her Friend 3 comments By KI MAE HEUSSNER and NED POTTER July 13, 2010 abcNewsShare.render(false,false,false,'http://feeds.abcnews.com/abcnews/technologyheadlines','11393116','addthis',true, 'story'); Print RSS Font Size: Share: Email Twitter Facebook More Fark Technorati Google Live My Space Newsvine Reddit Delicious Mixx Yahoo It was just a child's innocent prank. But when people in Worcester, England, saw what looked like a dead body in a Google image of their street, they sounded the alarm. Dead-looking girl was a 9-year-old playing a prank with her friend. (Handout) According to the U.K.'s Telegraph, neighbors were so distressed by a picture showing a brown-haired girl lying face down on the sidewalk that they reached out to the tech giant, worried that a crime had been committed. But it turned out that the dead-looking girl was mischievous 9-year-old Azura Beebeejaun, playing a prank at the exact moment that a Google Street View car happened by, shooting pictures. ''I didn't know anything about the Google Street View car. I fell over while I was playing with my friend and thought it would be funny to play dead," Azura, now 10, told the Telegraph. ''I heard a car go past me but had no idea I was having my picture taken. I was just playing a joke on my friend." A spokesman for Google said, ''The imagery in Street View represents a snapshot in time of Britain's streets and is no different to what anyone might expect to see for themselves around the country. … Sometimes that means our cars inadvertently capture odd or inappropriate moments as they drive past." Over the past few years, Google's mapping applications -- Street View, Google Earth and Google Maps -- have generated several odd and entertaining images. Take a look at a few more of them below:
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