When Google Street View launched in the United States two years ago, people soon started to notice odd things that had been accidentally captured by the company's cameras as they patrolled the streets.

In the 24 hours or so since the service launched in the UK, there have been complaints and controversy. But also some very strange sightings indeed, as reported by Times readers and the site Google sightseeing. Here's a rundown of the ones we've heard about so far.

1. Wally found! On Putney High Street in South London. Before the launch, it was rumoured that Wally of Where's Wally? fame would be hidden somewhere on a high street in the UK. Well, he's here.

2. Demonic happenings? The clouds swirl mysteriously above the MI6 headquarters near Vauxhall Bridge.

3. The Stig. The star of the BBC's Top Gear is caught in characteristic relaxed pose, by a window in Shepherd's Bush. Or is it a life-size cut-out?


4. Cycle accident. Did this person in Bristol fall off that bike, or was he or she pushed? The camera captures the instant of a painful fall.


5. Edinburgh salute. Is that a Churchill V for Victory on display in Edinburgh, or something else?


6. Comedian Dave Gorman. He's there, leaning against that classy corner shop in Hackney. His face is blurred, but Gorman admits that it's him on his blog.

7. Man stops to relieve himself. It's in Birmingham, and in public.

8. Paddington Bear. Caught near the British Museum, presumably on a shopping trip for marmalade.

9. Here's Paddington again. This time in Trafalgar Square. We believe it must be the same shopping trip.

10. An East End salute. This is very much like the Edinburgh salute, above, but with only half as many fingers.

11. Illegally parked car being removed. The London borough of Lambeth's ever-vigilant traffic cops make another motorist's day.

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