Homeowner scrawls X-rated message on their roof to ‘mock nosy neighbours’ spying on Google Maps – but stunt backfires
A HOMEOWNER scrawled an X-rated message on their roof to “mock their nosy neighbours” spying on Google Maps, but the stunt backfired.
The property in Lake County, Illinois, US, was spotted by a Facebook user who couldn’t help posting a screenshot of the cheeky giant graffiti.
Google’s images show a birds-eye view of the black roof which has “watch p*rn, not me,” scrawled on top in white-coloured block capitals.
The message appears to be a swipe at Google Maps enthusiasts whose hobby is to search aerial images for interesting discoveries – or perhaps some nosy neighbours.
The Facebook post from July 22 now has more than 120,000 interactions with some saying the homeowners plan has seriously backfired as “the entire world” is now watching their property.
Historical Google Maps images show the text has been on the roof since 2008 and it has faded during the past two years.
The Facebook post by a Google Maps enthusiast said: “Near Chicago. Soon it should be a law to have a quote on your roof.”
One commented: “This poor guy or whoever is probably seeing this and thinking ‘well sh*t, that didn’t work out’.
A second said: “And then suddenly, the entire world was watching THEM.”
One more joked: “I can’t disagree with the homeowner.”
It’s unclear who wrote the taunting message but social media users believe it was the homeowner.
But this isn’t the first time internet users have been left in hysterics from Google Maps finds as in 2021 one Reddit user spotted an angry neighbour’s message etched into a lawn.
A screengrab from the maps website shows the word “b****” spelled out in capital letters in the grass behind a home in Salt Lake City, Utah, with an arrow pointing next door.
And in 2018, lewd pictures of a large penis and breasts were discovered decorating the roofs of two homes on Google Earth.
The illustrations were discovered two years after the apartment blocks were completed in Sweden – leaving homeowners baffled about who painted the X-rated images.