Giant’snake skeleton’ on Google Maps likely to be of prehistoric Titanoboa – Here’s the complete story
In France, a huge snake skeleton-like object is claimed to have been discovered using Google Maps. The viral video has gone viral, with many believing it is of the extinct Titanoboa.
Exploring the world through Google Maps can lead to some strange, amazing, and wacky discoveries, but the discovery of a massive’snake skeleton’ in France has created a buzz like no other.
According to the Independent, the TikTok account @googlemapsfun posts videos of things discovered while exploring Google Maps. The user posted a video of a massive snake-like item discovered off the coast of France.
“Somewhere in France, we can see something gigantic that can only be seen with satellites and is hidden on Google Earth,” the account says. “Users say this is a massive serpent. It’s around 30 metres long and bigger than any snake ever collected.”
According to the account, the snake skeleton could be that of the extinct Titanoboa genus of extraordinarily huge snakes.
While the video gone viral on TikTok and a snake-like thing can be seen on Google Maps (see here), there is more to this story than meets the eye.
Snopes investigated the popular video and discovered that the’snake skeleton’ is actually a “huge, metallic sculpture known as Le Serpent d’Ocean.” The sculpture stands 425 feet tall and is located on the west coast of France.
Le Serpent d'océan est une immense sculpture (130m) de l'artiste Huang Yong Ping, principalement composée d'aluminium. A découvrir à Saint-Brevin-les-Pins en France.#PaysDeLaLoire #SaintNazaireRenversante #ErenJaeger
👇Full YouTube video #widerfocushttps://t.co/U61apdbEk4 pic.twitter.com/0nHGPmhhvR
— Wider Focus (@WiderFocus) February 28, 2022
Le Serpent d’Ocean was displayed as part of the Estuaire art exhibition in 2012. Huang Yong Ping, a Chinese-French artist, built it, according to Atlas Obscura.
Comments
Finally, the’snake skeleton’ discovered on Google Maps is an artwork.
