A geologist, who is an Oxford University graduate, pretended to attack his colleague with a hammer on a field trip after spotting the Google Street View car.

Gideon Futerman says he was on the North of the Isle of Lewis in Scotland when the pair played the prank.

They spotted the mapping camera and decided to create a ''masterpiece''.

The camera caught him pretending to hit his friend with ''a geological hammer''.

Mr Futerman wrote: ''Over the summer, I went to the very North of the Isle of Lewis on a field trip to map the geology there with a close friend of mine. 

A geologist on a field trip spotted the Google Street View car - and pretended to attack his colleague with a hammer (Image: Google Street View / SWNS) READ MORE: Oxford: New shop is opening at the Westgate Centre

''The Google Street View car went past. We had a geological hammer. The following masterpiece, now on Google Street View, was the result.

''I know I mostly post serious stuff on here, but this was simply too funny to not share.''

The hammer attack prank on Street View The hammer attack prank on Street View (Image: Google Street View / SWNS) He is listed as a University of Oxford graduate "researching SRM and GCR. Interested in Animal Ethics, slowing AI and complex XRisk''.

One commenter wrote in response: ''Love how it goes past you first time, giving you time to think of your plot, then when it returns...genius.''

Another wrote: ''Excellent job."