Villager tells of spy van mystery
Villagers near Whitchurch feared they were being watched when a mysterious van "bristling with cameras" turned up. Villagers near Whitchurch feared they were being watched when a mysterious van "bristling with cameras" turned up. A small white van with cameras on its roof was spotted in Whixall yesterday afternoon. John Harrison, 62, saw the vehicle in Post Office Lane at about 1.30pm. He said it had a sign saying "mapping your area" but the driver made off when he approached the vehicle. Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star
Villagers near Whitchurch feared they were being watched when a mysterious van "bristling with cameras" turned up.
A small white van with cameras on its roof was spotted in Whixall yesterday afternoon.
John Harrison, 62, saw the vehicle in Post Office Lane at about 1.30pm.
He said it had a sign saying "mapping your area" but the driver made off when he approached the vehicle.
He said the vehicle did not appear to be the Google car, which has been spotted in Shropshire recently.
"We had cameras around here yesterday in Whixall, only it's not the Google car it was a small, white van with Belgian number plates and a sign across the back saying 'mapping your area'. It was bristling with cameras on the roof.
"He beat a hasty retreat when we tried to talk to him."
Mr Harrison said the van looked like a Peugeot 206.