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August 11, 2008

#461: Google Maps

Google Maps

Narrator: MY ROAD TRIP WITH MY BROTHER RAN INTO TROUBLE AROUND PAGE THREE OF THE GOOGLE MAPS PRINTOUT

Google Maps Printout:

<- 70. SLIGHT LEFT AT RT-22 – GO 6.8 MI

-> 71. TURN RIGHT TO STAY ON RT-22 – GO 2.6 MI

<- 72. TURN LEFT AT LAKE SHORE RD GO – 312 FT

-> 73. TURN RIGHT AT DOCK ST – GO 427 FT

[[water replaces an arrow]] 74. TAKE THE FERRY ACROSS THE LAKE – GO 2.8 MI

[[A car is driving in the dark]]

Person 1: OKAY, NOW TAKE DOCK ST TOWARD THE FERRY

Person 2: WE’RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE A FERRY? IT’S PAST MIDNIGHT, AND THESE WOODS ARE CREEPY

Person 1: GOOGLE MAPS WOULDN’T STEER US WRONG.

[[Person 1 and Person 2 stand outside the car. The ferry has a sign on it reading CLOSED.

[[Person 1 stands holding the google map print out next to Person 2 in the dark]]

[[Still standing in the dark]]

Person 1: LET ME SEE THOSE DIRECTIONS.

Google Maps Printout:

[[water replaces an arrow]] 74. TAKE THE FERRY ACROSS THE LAKE – GO 2.8 MI

[[a diagonal upward arrow]] 75. CLIMB THE HILL TOWARD HANGMAN’S RIDGE, AVOIDING ANY MOUNTAIN LIONS – UP 1,172 FT

[[a “u-turn” arrow]] 76. WHEN YOU REACH AN OLD BARN, GO AROUND BACK, KNOCK ON THE SECOND DOOR, AND ASK FOR CHARLIE – GO 52 FT

[[a van]] 77. TELL CHARLIE THE DANCING STONES ARE RESTLESS. HE WILL GIVE YOU HIS VAN. – CAREFUL

[[a picture of the straw man]] 78. TAKE CHARLIE’S VAN DOWN OLD MINE ROAD. DO NOT WAKE THE STRAW MAN. – GO 97 MI

-> 79. TURN LEFT ON COMSTOCK. WHEN YOU FEEL THE BLOOD CHILL IN YOUR VEINS, STOP THE VAN AND GET OUT. – GO 3.2 MI

[[down arrow]] 80. STAND VERY STILL. EXITS ARE NORTH, SOUTH, AND EAST, BUT ARE BLOCKED BY A SPECTRAL WOLF. – GO 0 FT

[[a picture of a spectral wolf]] 81. THE SPECTRAL WOLF FEARS ONLY FIRE. THE GOOGLE MAPS TEAM CAN NO LONGER HELP YOU, BUT IF YOU MASTER THE WOLF, HE WILL GUIDE YOU. GODSPEED. – GO ?? MI.