New information about the request for “HELP” photographed on Google Maps that went viral on social media

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Yesterday, here on the Streetviewfun website I posted about an image taken via satellite where there is a request for help, and it is available on Google Maps, messing with the imagination of users and there is already reason these messages are written on that land and already information about who wrote them.

According to the Newsweek website, a police spokesperson issued a statement regarding this case.

A spokesperson for the Union Pacific Police Department told Newsweek: “Photos circulating on Google maps that show the word ‘help’ on Union Pacific property were created about a year ago – no one was or is in danger. A man trespassed on Union Pacific and other nearby properties to repeatedly create these misleading messages. We want to remind the public that it is illegal – and more importantly unsafe – to trespass on Union Pacific property.”

According to the Los Angeles police, the property belongs to the Union Pacific Railroad.

The messages, however, do not appear to be current, as they were already written almost two years ago, in 2023, according to these Street View images from that year.

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Newsweek Continuation: After hearing about the markings, three of FaZe Clan’s members visited the location and captured the word “help” spelled out with large pipes on video. The group also noticed a drone flying above the yard.

The internet personalities approached people in tents and cars in a nearby alley, asking for interviews. However, individuals in a truck that drove past allegedly told them to “get out.” It is unclear from the video what the people in the car said. As they continued to walk the fence around the yard, they said they saw a guard dog and began sprinting away.

[…] Another user by the handle @nmewrath interviewed one of the individuals living in the alley that the FaZe Clan was trying to enter, asking what those “help” signs were about. The woman credited one man with always putting those up, saying, “It’s just one guy. He always—he puts that,” as she gestured to the signs.

She said his name was Jose, and he was based under the bridge on the other side of the yard.

She said she does not know if there are any real concerns about human trafficking but added that she believes it’s the same man behind all the markings.


[…] The unidentified woman in @nmewrath’s video said: “He is the one that puts it all the time, you know? But he puts it all the time. He writes it everywhere. I don’t know if you see it… They’re supposed to be ‘human trafficking’… We don’t know, I mean, he just always, for some reason, it’s been years that he’s been doing it.”

Josette Caruso, an X user with over 75,700 followers, posted Sunday: “Apparently they’re doing a lot of construction in that area and people, both homeless and not and small businesses are being displaced. It’s mostly Hispanic people living there and many of them have lived and had businesses in the area for 30+ years and are being forced out in favour of this construction. It may be a homeless man mad at being forced to move his encampment like some have said, it may be several locals coming together and trying to scare away the construction, it may even be a street artist like some L.A. residents have speculated.

“But looking at the pictures and the sheer size of some of the materials used to create these “signs” I’d be willing to bet it’s not anyone being trafficked and legitimately looking for help… it’s too obvious and would put them in too much danger. I’d put my money more on some sort of protest from an angry inhabitant(s) of the area.” […]
Source: Newsweek

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