Random Terrifying Google Maps Led People Into Horror Country (13 items)

• (#13) Just A Creepy Looking Shack At The End Of A Dirt Path

  From Redditor /u/arnivold

  I was going to a nature preserve to go hiking for a bit. I plugged in the address, and instead of taking me to the nature preserve itself, I was taken to a worn-down looking shack a few blocks away from the nature preserve, where I parked in bewilderment. And I mean this thing looked like it was barely holding itself up. No animals, no farmland, no cars around, just a creepy-looking shack at the end of a dirt path. Next thing I knew, this guy who looked to be in his early to mid fifties walks out of the shack with a shotgun aimed right at me while I'm still in the car, screaming at me to get the hell off his property. He didn't even finish shouting at me before I hit reverse and nope'd the f*ck away.

  I eventually found the preserve and went hiking but that's the closest I've come to getting shot.
• (#12) The Church of Scientology's Private Prison

  From Redditor /u/Gromann

  I think my creepiest detour was when I accidentally stumbled across this really odd mansion like building that had spiked fences all around with trees encompassing the entire thing.

  Gave me the impression of it being something like a concentration camp, just a few large buildings with a single house in some non-popular area of southern California.

  About 2 years later I find out the Church of Scientology has a private prison in southern California and I skimmed its entrance.
• (#1) If Y'All Hurt One Of My Dogs I'm Gunna Shoot You

  From Redditor /u/girlingboyer

  Balmorhea, Texas.

  Driving across the country with my girlfriend from NYC. Google Maps takes us off the main road, but I zoom out to double check and it looks like a good shortcut to get where we’re going. The trail gets dustier, and suddenly we’re at an open gate through which the “road” keeps going. I check the map again, and it looks OK, so we enter through. I figure, if the gate is wide open, we’re probably safe.

  Passing a large barn, suddenly about 15 huge dogs come running after us. Real big dogs. Barking, angry dogs. We keep driving as per Google’s instructions but the “road” suddenly ends and there’s a creek that we could in no way cross to keep driving. So, we manage to turn around with these huge dogs surrounding us and slowly drive back the other way. Only when we get back to the gate this time, it’s closed.

  In our rear-view, we see a golf cart sputtering towards us. It’s an old lady. We roll down the window, not long before we hear “Y’all better get the hell out of here NOW!” We try to tell her we’re sorry and explain what happened, but she’s not hearing it. “If y’all hurt one of my dogs, I’m gon SHOOT YOU!”

  My girlfriend is freaking out, but the gate is closed, so the old lady pretty hilariously has to explain to us that it will open automatically if we approach it closer. “It’ll OPEN automatically if you just PULL UP!” So we drive up and it starts to open, but we’re too close to it, and awkwardly back up to let it open all the way before hightailing the F out of there. Never taking the “shortcut” in the middle of nowhere ever again.

  I actually submitted a report to Google about this and never heard back from them.
• (#4) A Scraggily Looking Guy Opened the Door and Waved for Me to Come In

  From Redditor /u/roseblack18

  I once applied for a job at a tanning salon at the next town over. The online ad made it seem really chill and like it would work well with my school hours. They were specifically looking for high school or college girls, so that fit the bill -- plus free tanning or whatever. I sent in my resume and they emailed for me to come to a job interview.

  When I followed Google Maps to the address (there aren't any Street Views of it) it was a dilapidated looking old house. A scraggly looking guy opened the door and waved for me to come in. I noped out of there really fast. 
• (#8) The Bombing Site

  From Redditor /u/Pichikuin

  I once was cruising along Arizona or California on Google Maps (satellite mode) and had gone way way way off the beaten path. Like, it was only desert, for miles, and the only “road” I had seen was a dried up stream bed.

  Then suddenly I came across this bizarre carving in the ground. It was huge. I can best describe it as a circle, with increasing, smaller circles inside. It had a small metal building next to it and that was it. No roads, no houses, no cars, just a circle. I thought it might have been a farm. But if it was it’s the most nonsensical farm ever. All that space, and you made a perfect circle. In the desert, where it’s hard to grow things. Miles away from any road. And no water. If anyone can explain, I would appreciate it.
• (#7) Sometimes When I'm Bored I Find Nuclear Missile Silos

  From Redditor /u/830_L

  I live not so far from a nuclear missile wing. Sometimes when I'm bored, I find nuclear missile silos on Google Maps.

  The closest I've found is 45 miles from my house. Though it may not be deemed creepy by everyone, nuclear missiles creep me the hell out. How many people does each one have the power to kill? And what's going to happen to me if they have to be fired someday? Sometimes, when you're driving around out in the country here, you'll see a bare, fenced off rectangle in a farmer's field, and that's a silo. Or you'll see a control bunker, which on the surface is basically a ranch style house surrounded by a giant fence with barbed wire around the top.

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