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Google had an epic NSFW mix-up with an innocent English village

Poor Skellow.

Aug 11th 2014, 8:19 PM 4,569 Views 0 Comments

HAVE YOU GOOGLED the village of Skellow in Yorkshire recently? No?

Because if you had, you would have seen a short description of the village, a map… and a rather surprising picture.

In case you’re wondering, yes, that is a gentleman with a towel hanging over his erect member.

It’s not known whether the preview image was a comment on the residents of the rural Yorkshire village near Doncaster, but its appearance caused a bit of a flurry after being spotted on Twitter by David Firth.

Don't think the people of Skellow, South Yorkshire would be happy with how Google pictures them. pic.twitter.com/eVTXFtRA6x
— David Firth (Salad Fingers) (@DAVID_FIRTH) August 9, 2014

Source: David Firth/Twitter

Do not ... I repeat NOT ... enquireth of Google the village of "Skellow" - by typing "Skellow" one will be shocked. Do not type "Skellow".
— Dan O'Mahony (dan0mah@mastodon.social) (@dan0mah) August 10, 2014

Source: Daniel O'Mahony/Twitter

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Even Skellow’s local rivals got in on the action.

We might try to raise the profile of Cantley in the same way as Skellow have done, but not sure we could pull it off. #doncasterisgreat
— Doncaster's Okay (@Doncasterisokay) August 11, 2014

Source: Doncaster's Okay/Twitter

Somewhat sadly, Google has now removed the photo – leaving people searching for information about the village with no information whatsoever about its residents’ preferences.

We can only wonder at what image they’ll select next.

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Google had an epic NSFW mix-up with an innocent English village