Perusing Google Maps led me to find some sort of high tech lab/supervillain’s lair on the French possession of Clipperton Island about 600 miles off of Mexico’s west coast.
I discovered that if I zoomed in on the island’s ‘trou sans fond’ (bottomless hole) in the southern bit of the lagoon, then dropped the little man icon used for browsing street images into the hole, I was transported to the facility pictured below the map of the island.
It takes a couple attempts to get him sucked into the hole/facility, so don’t give up too quick!
Full disclosure: I’m fascinated by small islands, and am on some sites devoted to us fans. I was told there that Clipperton island (long a fave of mine) had an easter egg. I looked, I found. The pic can be found if you hover the streetview icon man over the right spot. Then drop him.
But yes, I’m nicely retired, still slowed down by my cancer treatment and love wandering the globe remotely.
Same! Not exactly sure why, but maybe it’s because of my exploration of the San Juan and Gulf Islands. I did find the hidden room by clicking around.
I recently learned of the shark through a Tom Scott Youtube video. Naturally I went to Google Earth to take a look. I have a hard time reading articles or watching videos about locations without taking a local look through GE.
Lighthouse keeper Victoriano Álvarez was the last man on the island, together with 15 women and children. Álvarez proclaimed himself ‘king’, and began a campaign of rape and murder, before being killed by Tirza Rendón, who was his favourite victim. Almost immediately after Álvarez’s death, four women and seven children, the last survivors, were picked up by the U.S. Navy gunship Yorktownon 18 July 1917.
