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Nude Guy in Trunk Stumps Google Street View Fans

What the hell was he doing?

By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 24, 2010 2:53 AM CST | Updated Nov 24, 2010 5:45 AM CST

(Newser) – Why would a naked man calmly climb into the trunk of a car parked in a driveway? That's what the world wants to know after eagle-eyed Street View fans spotted the unusual scene and posted their intriguing find online. The shot, which has been taken down by Google, showed the man scrunched in the trunk of a blue Mercedes outside a house in Mannheim, Germany. A dog lies next to the car, near the spewed contents of the trunk. One viewer speculates that the man must be wearing skin-colored shorts, and climbed into the trunk to fix a busted brake light, reports the Telegraph. (Click here for another odd Street View sighting.)

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laslow

Nov 24, 2010 11:37 PM CST

Who's really stumped by this... dude is cleaning his trunk or like the article says fixing something

Snarfeh

Nov 24, 2010 10:30 PM CST

I don't give a crap about the naked guy, but I do wonder why part of the dog's ass is missing....

iddydog

Nov 24, 2010 4:59 PM CST

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