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Decoding The Unknown

Phantom Settlements: The Places on Google Maps that Don't Exist

Decoding The Unknown

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🗓️ 26 December 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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0:00.0

Hello everybody, welcome back to another episode of Decoding the Unknown as always.

0:02.8

I'm Simon, your host, where I'm still one of my writers, in this case, Danny, thank you, Danny's

0:06.5

writamy of script, Argleton and Beyond, Lost in Phantom Settlements and Map Traps.

0:11.6

I don't know what a Map Trap is, but, uh, and uh, and... and Phantom settlements

0:15.0

settlements.

0:16.0

Look, look, look, look, thank you Danny.

0:17.0

Let's dive in, let's see what it's all about, and, uh, yeah, let's go. After what felt like a long and heavy sleep, you finally drift back into consciousness and find yourself squinting into the morning sun, you appear

0:35.7

to be lying down, fully clothed in a deserted field in the middle of nowhere.

0:40.0

You've got a banging head at least two black eyes, an empty wallet and your clothes are smeared.

0:45.2

In blood and vomit either you were attacked or you had a heavy night down the pub.

0:50.7

More importantly, you've got absolutely no memory of the previous night and no idea where you are or

0:56.3

how you got here.

0:57.3

Again, still could be, like head trauma or alcohol.

1:00.8

That doesn't say much for alcohol, does it? what causes this like horrible situation? Well it's

1:05.2

either getting really drunk or massive head drummer. I really hope it's normally

1:09.5

a boosy night out that ended exactly like this.

1:13.0

I knew Danny was going towards the same joke as me.

1:16.0

He just, he just is there.

1:18.0

It's easy pickings.

1:19.0

It was different in the days before smartphones could track your location

1:22.0

and Google Maps could give you a clue as to how to get home again.

1:24.6

Back in the old days he had to keep wandering around as you hopefully bumped into a farmer or a murderer

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