Massachusetts Data Anomaly Reveals 47 Instances of People Receiving Parking Tickets at Addresses That Don’t Exist on Official Maps
A technical analyst sifting through state traffic records has uncovered a glitch in the Matrix that no one can explain: Massachusetts issued 47 parking tickets at residential street addresses that do not appear on any city planning, Google Maps, or government GIS database. The citations were paid in full, and the geotags attached to the tickets show the vehicles were physically at the coordinates of these phantom locations. One recipient, contacted by the analyst, insisted they “live on that street” and that their house has been there for three decades—despite state records insisting the parcel of land is an empty lot. The analyst is calling it a “syncing error between reality and the database” and has submitted the findings to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation for review.