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Google's Inside-Business Photos Sure Are Getting Surreal
Yes, that is a body being sucked down a toilet, and it only gets weirder.
Ah, Google Business Photos: The perfect place to display your wares, showcase the smiles of your staff and freak out potential customers with a human body being eaten by a toilet.
That last photo, recently spotted by Google Street View World, is part of the virtual tour of Manchester creative agency Ideas By Music. Ideas is just one of the 100,000-plus establishments that have paid Google to feature their building's interiors on Street View – but unlike most of these folks trying to pleasantly present their business, the Manchester guys have created a difficult, unsettling experience for viewers. Did I mention the blood in the bathroom?