Google Maps
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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.
{{Alt Text: Apparently Google assumes you're traveling during the ferry's normal operating hours. We lost two hours circling that damn lake (to say nothing of the Straw Man).}}
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