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Google Earth user discovers ‘creepy men standing in a circle’ in deserted ghost town
A SHOCKED TikTok user has revealed how he spotted ‘creepy men standing in circle’ in a deserted town on Google Earth.
Jason Cline used a TikTok video to demonstrate how he noticed the white cloaked figures but other users quickly provided an explanation.
The TikTok video starts with Cline zooming in on Google Earth to a ghost town called Rhyolite[/caption]
The town in question is called Rhyolite in the state of Nevada.
It used to be a mining town at the start of the 20th century but was deserted by the 1920s and is now a spooky tourist attraction.
Cline was looking at the town on Google Earth when he spotted creepy figures congregating in a circle.
His viral video has been viewed over 17 million times.
Creepy figures in a circle can be seen on Google Earth[/caption]
One of the cloaked figures has a bicycle[/caption]
He talks viewers through his Google Earth search by saying: “You’re gonna go down to the desert, just like this.
“Zoom in right here and once you get all the way down, you are going to find a circular object that kind of looks like a thumb print.”
He adds: “What you are about to see, I cannot explain and I do not understand, I am literally thinking that I don’t supposed to see this.”
Once clicking on the Street View feature, an abandoned house is revealed.
A spooky white cloaked figure with a bicycle is spotted nearby but it’s when Cline turns the Street View around that you spot the weird circle gathering of figures.
Cline says: “But that’s not just it, if you flip it around – there’s a whole lot of them in a circle doing some sort of weird ceremony.”
A lot of people were spooked by the video but some TikTok users gave Cline an explanation.
The figures are actually part of an art installation[/caption]
The figures are actually statues and are part of an art installation.
People can go and visit the statues on a trip to Death Valley.
The installation was created by Belgian artist Albert Szukalski and is called “Last Supper”.
Google Earth – the key facts
Here’s what you need to know…
- Google Earth is a computer program that provides detailed views of Earth
- It renders a 3D representation of Earth, largely based on satellite imagery
- The app first launched on June 11, 2001
- This allows users to see cities and landscapes from different angles
- The app is available on computers and mobile devices
- According to Google, the Earth program covers more than 98% of the world
- Google also claims to have captured more than 10million miles of Street View imagery
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