The truth about the giant snake skeleton on Google Maps makes netizens stir

Not only is a mapping and navigation service, Google Maps also gives users the opportunity to observe almost the entire surface of the earth from above thanks to satellite images. Since then, many people have been able to discover interesting places and strange objects appearing on the surface of the earth that can be seen from above.

Recently, a TikTok account named @GoogleMapsFun shared a video, which shows the appearance of a giant skeleton lying near the coast of France.

“Somewhere on the coast of France we can see something huge. Many believe it is the skeleton of a giant snake. It is about 30 meters long and larger than any other. What snake do you know?” @GoogleMapsFun write on his TikTok page.

This clip quickly attracted millions of views and shares on social networking platforms. Many people believe that this is a fossil skeleton of a Titanoboa, a giant snake with a body length of up to 15 meters, weighing about 1.2 tons and once living on earth 60 to 58 million years ago. .

Even, there are many opinions that this is a giant skeleton of a dragon in legend. However, some comments are skeptical about the reality of this giant skeleton and think that it is just a “product” of computer graphics.

In fact, this giant skeleton image can be completely seen when users access Google Maps here , then select satellite view. This shows that the giant skeleton actually appeared on Google Maps.

The question is, what exactly is this skeleton and is it a rendering error of the Google Maps mapping service?

Many netizens conducted an investigation and the truth about the giant snake skeleton was determined. Accordingly, this is actually a metal sculpture, called “Le Serpent d’Ocean” (meaning “giant snake of the ocean). -Brevin-les-Pins (province Loire-Atlantique, western France).

“Le Serpent d’Ocean” is a sculpture by French-Chinese artist Huang Yong Ping, released in 2012 and has a length of up to 130m, that’s why this work is possible easily seen from satellite images.

Thus, there is no existence of a giant dragon or snake skeleton as netizens argue, but in fact this is just a large-sized sculpture. In fact, this is not the only “bizarre object” that users can see on Google Maps, but scattered in many parts of the world still exist such unusual objects. There are objects that have not yet found an answer to the origin of appearance.

According to Indy/Snopes