Top Gear’s Stig spotted – at Loch Ness

The Stig caught by Google's street view on the shores of Loch Ness

Two of the biggest mysteries in the UK are the Loch Ness Monster and Top Gear’s Stig. And Google has brought them both together by capturing the Stig standing on the side of Loch Ness on one of its street view cameras.

So what’s the Stig doing on the banks of Loch Ness, you may wonder? Some say the BBC are looking at launching an online game to ‘Find the Stig’. And getting his Stigness snapped by Google’s street view cameras at various landmarks round the country – or even round the world – is a good way to hide pictures of the Stig online.

Also apparently in the planning is a Top Gear computer game to go with the new Top Gear Turbo publication that keeps cropping up on the TV. It would seem that the Beeb are intent on milking the Top Gear franchise for all it’s worth. Is that a sign that Top Gear may be entering the last phase of its life? Who knows?

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By Cars UK