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'Horseboy' photo on Scottish road becomes latest Google Street View mystery

A MYSTERY man in a horse mask has become an unlikely internet sensation after his photograph appeared on Google Street View.

Dubbed "Horseboy" in Britain, the picture has the internet world abuzz after being snapped by one of Google's cars on an otherwise unremarkable Aberdeen street.

Now, the search is on to unmask the mystery prankster.

Russell Moffatt, a 50-year-old IT manager, spotted Horseboy in Hardgate in Aberdeen.

He said: 'I needed to get my glasses repaired and was looking for an optician's shop when I suddenly saw this crazy guy.

"I thought it was really funny; he obviously spotted the Google car photographing streets in the area, ran to get a horse-head mask and laid in wait for it.

"I bet he's been quietly smiling to himself ever since, waiting to be discovered."

The StreetView site will allow anyone in the world to type in an address or postcode and instantly see a 360-degree picture of the street, including close-ups of buildings, cars and people.

Closer observation of the website reveals that the joker can be seen from further down the street pulling on the realistic-looking horse's head.

But he is so far away from the camera that his face cannot be seen.

Mr Moffatt, a father of one from Ellon, Aberdeenshire, was so amused by his discovery that he wrote about it on social networking site Twitter.

Now, he is appealing for help to identify Horseboy, who is wearing a purple jumper and  black jeans in the picture.

But, despite the site being inundated with hits from an army of fans looking at the intriguing photograph, nobody has yet come forward to confess.

The picture joins a list of unusual sights captured on Street View. The most famous, from Norway, shows two men dressed in full scuba gear chasing a Google car down the road brandishing a harpoon.