Google Earth reveals hidden message from feuding neighbors

Revenge is best served via satellite.
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Brian Koerber
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Revenge is best served via satellite.

Finding little gems on Google Earth and Google Maps is a great way to explore the world from the comfort of your home. In the past, people have discovered shipwrecks, a lost forest, and even minefields. Recently, people creeping around on Google Earth have found a person that really, really hates their neighbor.

If you zoom in on the satellite shot of Google Earth to a home in Sequim, Washington, you will see a hidden message cut into a field, directed towards another house.

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Craftily carved into the field, the words "A Hole" can be clearly seen. Just in case anyone poking around was confused as to who the message was for, the neighbor included an arrow pointing directly at a home.

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Nice.

It seems as if people started noticing the secret message this year, though this photo was snapped in July of 2016. Going back into the historical imagery function on Google Earth, it appears as if the earliest version of the message was carved sometime between November 2011 and July 2013.

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We just hope the A Hole neighbor has no idea, and will find out themselves when they wander onto Google Earth one day.

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Brian Koerber

Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.

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