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The data for the programme was provided by Dutch company Tele Atlas. A spokesman said it would now wipe the non-existent town from the map.

I'm not sure this is a good idea. When we cross the AI event horizon our silicon overlords will take bloody revenge for this orgy of digital destruction.

Seriously though, this has all sorts of possibilities as a sci-fi plot device. Even the name has a delicious sort of HP Lovecraft feel.