When I mean serious, I mean serious. Google Maps has a huge bug. And by bug, I don't mean a technical glitch, I mean a real bug. Take a look at this map of Germany, zoomed in, and you will notice what bug I am talking about. Yea, that is a huge bug, taking over the German landscape.
As I said at Search Engine Watch Blog;
Don't worry, it is not some alien from outer-space. It appears that a bug got stuck between the "glass plate and the film during the scanning process."

Discovered at Google Sightseeing..
Forum discussion at DigitalPoint Forums.

Comments:
Julie
09/28/2006 05:00 pm
That's funny! Great catch! Looks like a scarecrow + shadow?
Aaron Shear
09/28/2006 07:28 pm
Alien bugs rule!
Nils Williams
09/30/2006 11:56 am
It was probably born here: http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/484568/ That's that weird site in the desert of China where the army recreated the entire region of Aksai Chin (occupied since the 1962 war with India) in 1:500 scale. What it's being used for, that's what nobody can figure out. Lacking any other clear answers, I'd say it's for raising giant insects.
Bjen
10/02/2006 02:50 pm
I for one Welcome our new Bug Overlords!!
Riley
07/30/2007 03:26 pm
whe did google maps come out? it seems that google maps is just bad in general. like clouds or weather ballons counfused for ufos. now this? its a major prob.what if a small child was searching google maps for fun and thay found somthing like that? thaey would totaly freak out!!! i did when i found somthing i will, never forget. im scared ofcocaroaches u know...i found a jiant cocaroach!!! ahhhh!!!!
Your Evil Bug Overlord
08/16/2007 03:18 am
that thing is sooooooooo cool. find more 4 us 2 look at pleez!
vinay
09/02/2007 06:45 am
well it does look kool but it mite be a bug stuck on the sateliite screen giving it that big impression!
juliana
10/12/2007 05:50 pm
muito bom tudo isso d+...
Vivian
10/25/2007 06:46 pm
I guess that bug has been fixed.... great debugging by Google
ta
12/03/2007 10:43 pm
where is that? what coordinates?
asem
12/15/2007 07:06 pm
I think the bug is very slow
umfa
11/18/2008 07:42 pm
to vinay: - satellites are in the outerspace - there are no bugs in the outerspace - if there were they would die and disappear instatly for forever Do you really think there's alien bugs in the outerspace? :P I think it's just photoshopped. But a really good and fun idea! ;D
anahy martinez
03/27/2009 05:16 pm
i thing thats a bug but i cAN NOT SEE VERY VERY CLIR
joeten10
04/28/2009 05:59 pm
stupid to belive that thats a uh whatever ALIAN umm thing! that is so a cocroach put on drugs!!!!!! ha ha i now your sceems!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!but that is ONE FREAKY PUT ON DRUGS COCROACH!! im a kid but a smart kid
yuvaraj
06/16/2009 06:05 am
may be bug on ur monitor
cheapo
11/17/2009 09:15 pm
Wow! The search for Animal Chin is finally over!
jayson
06/07/2010 04:03 pm
WOW a alien bug do you think there real? but a good catch for google they would earn £1000,0000000000 pounds for that. lets hope there not coming to eat us!
jayson
06/07/2010 04:12 pm
It looks like an alien bug imagine if a little toddler found that he would POO HIS PANTS!!! serious i mean he realy would. imagine if it was the scary GHOAST FACE at ghoast caught on tape and click on the green room (note: only the people who are not scared will click on this) realy you will POO YOUR PANT when you watch the video!!
Jay Lee
07/15/2010 04:45 am
wait.... what did you type in to get that kind of image?
Rob Abdul
07/15/2010 11:16 am
It makes for a a great metaphor!
martha
09/06/2010 10:55 pm
what is that it looks like a a lobster bug what cool is that?okay for real what is that some bug?it prombley is
Rrrssrrssereeesasa
01/15/2012 06:29 pm
you spastics it is just a fucking bug flying close to the camera
Dumbass
08/01/2012 08:51 pm
@5abcb05aba3dcb3bb49c7eb44cf2ef51:disqus your a idiot how can a bug be flying close to the camera when the camera is in space. that is a satellite image you dumbass