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Kirsty Card & Liam Gilliver

Google Maps user flummoxed after zooming in on park and finding kid 'stuck in a bin'

The internet was left feeling rather baffled after one user found what appears to be a child 'stuck in a bin' on Google Maps.

A social media user named @thegoogleearthguy has racked up a staggering 1.1 million TikTok followers by screen recording the weirdest finds on Google Maps - from active volcanoes to a giant rubber duck floating in the sea.

But even he was confused after spotting a child's head poking out of a green-topped bin in Parc de Valency, Lausanne, Switzerland, reports The Daily Star.

"I have so many questions [as] to how he got there," The video was captioned, and the clip has since garnered more than 624,000 views and nearly 2,000 comments so far.

Viewers were clueless as to how the boy had ended up in the bin... (@thegoogleearthguy/TikTok)

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Many users were equally flummoxed by the boy's situation, with one user asking: "How the hell?".

However, the comments section soon became filled with humorous theories on how the kid ended up in the bin.

"Hide and seek be like," one user commented.

"POV: you didn't do the dishes and your mum is after you," another wrote.

The comments section was filled with amusing theories on how the boy got stuck... (@thegoogleearthgu/TikTok)
"POV: you didn't do the dishes and your mum is after you". (@thegoogleearthguy/TikTok)

Earlier this month, a woman from Ireland sad she was "done dirty" by Google Maps after they took a picture of her on a "lazy day".

Donned in a tracksuit and hoodie, Amanda Byrne, was unexpectedly snapped carrying a takeaway. Her brother later found the photo on Street View and sent it to her.

"When I first saw them I didn't realise they were from Google Maps. I thought I had a stalker outside my my house taking photos of me," she said.

"Google Maps did me dirty. It genuinely looks like I'm off trick or treating".

Her friends also found the photo "hilarious" and appreciated how "real" it looked.

What's the strangest thing you've ever seen on Google Maps? Let us know in the comments below.

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