Spooky ‘GHOST child’ spotted on Google Maps is freaking everyone out

A CHILLING shadowy outline of a small kid running across a beach has been spotted by Google Maps explorers.

The scary discovery has been dubbed the “spooky ghost child” by a user who pointed it out on Reddit.

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The ominous figure is seen running across a beach towards another child dipping their feet in the sea.

It’s not clear whether the silhouette is merely a camera fault – which isn’t uncommon on Google Street View – or something more sinister.

The child-like appearance was seen on a tiny island in the South Pacific Ocean.

Nauru – formerly known as Pleasant Island – lies east-northeast of Papua New Guinea.

Australia, which is a five and half hour flight away, has used the island to host a controversial offshore Australian immigration detention facility on-and-off for years.

You can see the ghostly child along the island’s Anibare Bay yourself by visiting Google Maps.

It’s not the first creepy sighting on the mapping platform either.

Users have previously seen all sorts of ghost-like shapes, including several along a street in New York.

But such pictures are not a window into the spirit world and sadly for lovers of the supernatural, there is a much simpler explanation.

Their ghostly appearance is usually down to an error in the way the pictures were taken.

But there are also some naughtier observations on the site as well.

One shocked Street View-er recently saw a woman flashing as the Google car drove past.

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An ancient mega-landslide deep under the ocean has been uncovered which could cause a massive tsunami with “just a little shake in the wrong place”.

Samsung has been accused of throttling the performance of more than 10,000 apps running on its latest smartphone.

And Nasa will let you send your name on a flight around the Moon – for FREE.

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