By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-12-28 20:04:45 | Updated at 2024-12-29 11:10:48
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A grieving woman was left in tears after spotting her late father sat in his favourite spot on Google Street View 11 years after he died.
Katie Scott, 49, found he had been immortalised on the search engine's 360 street imagery this month.
Arthur Scott passed away in 2013 aged 83, after being diagnosed with stage three kidney failure.
The Google image captured in 2009 shows Arthur sat on the bench outside his home where he used to enjoy soaking up the sun.
In another photo, his German Shepherd, Elsa, is spotted wandering into the house. Elsa passed away four years before Arthur.
'When I found the image, I was so emotional,' said Katie, from Salford, Greater Manchester.
'I cried when I found it. All those memories came flooding back.
'That was his favourite spot. As soon as the sun came out, he was on that bench.'
Arthur Scott pictured on a Google Street View image sitting on the bench outside his home where he loved to soak up the sun
His daughter Katie was surprised to find him immortalised on the search engine's Street View feature
She added: 'It was upsetting but I was happy. I don't have many photos of my dad, but we were very close.
'I've screenshotted it so I can see him all the time.'
Arthur was diagnosed with kidney failure in 2008, when Katie moved into his council house with him to become his full time carer.
She said: 'When he was diagnosed, we were told that he'd only have a few years left so I moved in with him to look after him. He managed to live another five years.
'It was a shock when he was diagnosed and it heartbreaking to think about losing him.
'He was so funny. He had a brilliant sense of humour and our relationship was mostly based on humour. It's been hard living without him.'
Katie first discovered the image of Arthur just after he passed away.
But she was 'heartbroken' when Google updated the image shortly after and thought it was lost forever.
Last month, though, she learned that she could access older Google Street View images.
Katie (pictured) moved in with her father in his social home to care for him full time after he was diagnosed with kidney failure in 2008
Arthur passed away in 2013 aged 83 after being diagnosed with stage three kidney failure
Katie with her father Arthur when she was a child. She found the picture of her father while looking at his old home on Google Maps, using the site's historic Street View images
Google Maps features a tool which allows you to view historic images from previous years, with some dating back to when Street View was first launched in 2007.
Katie added: 'Just after he passed away, we were looking through old photos and we looked at the house on Google Maps and there he was.
'I looked at it a lot. When it got updated, I was heartbroken thinking I'd never see it again. I was still grieving.
'I found out on TikTok that you can look at older photos and it was lovely to see him again.'
Many bereaved families have found comfort after finding pictures of their loved ones on Street View.
Bereaved families have found comfort in pictures of loved ones on Street View. One found their late mother who died in January 2022 during a period when the front of her house was being renovated
One X user posted this picture of their grandparents returning home with bags of shopping, clearly having spotted Google's Street View camera
One saw her dead mother sitting outside a cafe enjoying a cup of coffee four years before she passed away.
And another recounted how his girlfriend had found her grandmother standing at a bus stop waiting to catch a bus in 2008.
Others found their pets using Google's feature.
Another user on X, formerly Twitter was delighted to find their grandparents walking back from a shopping trip together, clearly having spotted Google's Street View camera.
