There is no lack of people using Google Earth to make amazing discoveries across the world, from a possible key military page in , China , to the largest Coca-Cola brand in , Chile.
Enter the city of , Los Angeles, where a smaller triangular plot of land along the , Los Angeles River , in , Lincoln Heights, near the corner of , Cesar E. Chavez Avenue , and , Mission Road, has garnered the attention of social media users and sparked crime theories and worries about legal activity related to human trafficking and drug cartels.
The term “help” has been spelled out on the piece of land owned by the , Union Pacific Railroad, about a hundred times in the satellite images. The Spanish words for” trafficking”, “federal” and “terrorism” were also spelled out, as well as “LAPD” and “FBI”.
Despite the ominous website alerts, police have yet to ensure that everything wicked is taking place there.
Laura Eimiller, a director for the FBI, referred all inquiries to the , Los Angeles Police Department.
In a speech, the , LAPD , said that it had responded Sunday night to an “unknown problem” visit near , Mission Road , and the 101 Freeway.
Officers arrived on foot and conducted a thorough inspection, finding no signs of any criminal activity or danger in the area, the statement read.
The Police Department , even concluded that the telescope images shared on social media were taken in 2023. The thoughts were still present at the house as of Monday afternoon, according to a news helicopter for KTLA.
The , LAPD , said it had notified , Union Pacific Railroad , about the event and referred more questions to the railroad company.
Emily Micek, a spokeswoman for the business, said in an email reply to The , Times , on Monday night that no one was or is in danger, and that , Union Pacific , is aware of a man who has been trespassing on the company’s property and other business lots” to make false messages”.
” We want to remind the public that it is illegal — and more importantly unsafe — to trespass on , Union Pacific , property”, Micek wrote.
Because of the message and proximity to a shipping yard, the images, which were posted on the social media platform X, sparked conspiracy theories about human trafficking there.
The access points are covered by containers they use cranes to remove, according to” there is a deep subterranean system beneath the surface.” There’s a lot more going on than what’s visible on the surface”, wrote a user by the name of , Cyrus , on X.
A video was created by at least one user on X using AI images of shipping containers containing people, tunnels, and armed men. The video included the message:” The truth is in the tunnels” along with the coordinates of the property. ” Someone took time to place dozens of logs and scrap to write the words ‘ help,’ ‘ trafico,” LAPD’ and’ federal’ big enough to be seen on Google maps”.
Another X user claimed he had visited the location and interviewed local homeless people, and that they had claimed a homeless man had been recording the messages for years. Some who claimed to live there shared those details and posted images of nearby properties that appeared to have written similar messages on the property.
In a response on X, the , LAPD , said officers had spoken to the man behind the mysterious messages on several occasions.
” He has refused housing or a mental health evaluation”, the department , wrote in its post. ” There is no evidence of Human Trafficking. He has resided there for a while.
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