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Employees at Longleat Safari Park in Wiltshire, England, started noticing something strange recently. The giant, three-dimensional hedge maze that normally takes 90 minutes of hair-pulling panic to complete was becoming a breeze for many patrons, who were blowing through the attraction in a matter of minutes. Eventually the workers realized that many were ingeniously using their phones to cheat their way through the labyrinth. By pulling up satellite images of the maze on Google Maps and Google Earth, the digital adventurers were able to use GPS to navigate through the nearly two miles of seven-foot-hedge-lined paths. Employees have also reported seeing some wanderers attempting to snap photos with their phones by reaching above the hedge-line, skirting the surprise of upcoming twists and turns.Using GPS and satellite images to cheat your way through a hedge maze is certainly counter to the spirit of the challenge, but we've got to congratulate them on their ingenuity.
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Subscribe to commentsVictorOct 8th 2010 7:15AM
Vote the liberals out!
thomas.houstonOct 8th 2010 9:11AM
out of the maze?
Joel LafargueOct 8th 2010 9:14AM
@(Unverified)
And your comment has WHAT to do with an article about cheaters getting through a maze?
Now, as for the article.....
Does anyone know if the folks at Longleat are going to take measures to prevent future cheating?
joeomarOct 8th 2010 9:48AM
What's the point of paying the price of admission if you're just going to cheat your way out of the maze? Isn't that like getting a crossword puzzle with all the questions answered, so all you do is fill in the little squares?
TEDOct 8th 2010 9:56AM
It's only considered "Cheating" if you didn't think of it first. LOL
waagtodOct 8th 2010 10:08AM
Why dont they just get a cell phone jammer? I am not sure how much area one jammer could cover but if it isnt much, you could place it in a tough area so they would lose connections. They work really well in one restaurant i go to, the sound of silence, ahhhhhhhhhhh nice!
RichOct 8th 2010 10:48AM
Hmmm, seems like a waste of money to me. Pay good money so walk out of a maze in a few minutes? Why bother in the first place?
WillOct 8th 2010 1:53PM
A cell phone jammer is a bad, bad idea for the park. If someone wants to waste their money by paying admission & then "cheating", that's their problem. If someone has a heart attack in the maze or can't be reached in an emergency because of the jammer, the park is toast.
ohwolfman2Oct 8th 2010 1:01PM
Just to be clear: "using their phones to cheat their way through the labyrinth."
You don't have to cheat a labyrinth: There is only one, long, twisty path to a labyrinth.
A maze has several dead-ends that cause one to get lost.
JOct 8th 2010 2:50PM
How is using a map of a maze "ingenuity?"