Huge ‘Snake Skeleton’ on google maps sparks Titanoboa theories

Exploring the world through Google Maps can lead to some strange and wacky discoveries, but the discovery of a massive snake skeleton’ in France has created a buzz like no other.

According to the Independent, the TikTok account @googlemapsfun posts videos of things discovered while surfing Google Maps. On March 24, the account posted a video of a massive snake-like item discovered off the coast of France.

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“Somewhere in France, we can see something giant you can only see with satellites, hidden on Google Earth, users believe this to be a giant snake. It’s about 30 metres long and bigger than any snake caught before.” the account states.

According to the description, the snake skeleton could be that of an extinct Titanoboa, a genus of extraordinarily huge snakes.

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While the video has over 2 million views on TikTok and there is a snake-like item visible on Google Maps (you can see it here), there is more to this story than meets the eye.

Snopes investigated the popular video and discovered that the snake skeleton’ is actually a “large, metallic sculpture that’s known as Le Serpent ocean.” The artwork, which stands 425 feet tall, is located on the west coast of France.

Users are flooding the comments to the debate over the discovery in France.

While some viewers were taken aback, many others quickly dismissed the video as a scam.

“OK, we’re not going to France,” one of them said.

“The snake is an artwork of an academy, I believe, but I know it isn’t real,” remarked another.

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Le Serpent d’Ocean was unveiled as part of the Estuaire art exhibition in 2012. According to Atlas Obscura, it was built by Chinese-French artist Huang Yong Ping.

Finally, the snake skeleton’ discovered on Google Maps is a work of beauty.