Caught on Google Maps: Are You One?

What's interesting about the rusty van isn't what it looks like, but where it came from.

The very moment Google's 360-degree camera-car was traveling through Antioch, Calif., the van exits the driveway at 1554 Walnut Ave.

It can be seen following the photo-mobile down the street and around the corner.

That address belongs to Phillip Garrido.

It is the house where he and his wife allegedly held Jaycee Dugard for 18 years.

Was the accused kidnapper stalking Google's odd-looking vehicle that day? There's no way to know.

But perhaps it's the other way around.

Google's cameras have been traveling public roads for a couple years now, documenting whatever is visible.

They captured Houston resident Gary Foster doing what he does dozens of times a week: getting into his car.

"My daughter-in-law called me one day and said, hey, you need to look at Google," Foster said. "And I went and looked and there I am, in about the same spot we are right now."

Foster's brief appearance in Google's gargantuan "Street View" database may be mundane.

But the internet search giant's camera-car has happened upon some eyebrow-raising scenes.

A house fire, a kid falling off his bike, a marriage proposal.

A fellow apparently passed out in the grass.

Even a couple guys going at it, with broadswords.

All dutifully collected by web-watchers around the world.

See the Top Ten Moments Caught on Google "Street View":
http://www.urlesque.com/2009/02/05/top-10-moments-caught-on-google-maps-street-view/

See 1554 Walnut Ave., Antioch, CA:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=1554+Walnut+Ave,+Antioch,+CA+94509&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.69072,79.013672&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=38.008623,-121.77112&spn=0.000548,0.001096&z=20&iwloc=A