This exact spot is where “Me at the Zoo” (First ever YouTube video) was filmed.
“Me at the zoo” is a YouTube video uploaded on April 23, 2005, recognized as the first video uploaded to the platform. The 19-second video features Jawed Karim, one of the co-founders of YouTube, being recorded by his high school friend, Yakov Lapitsky. Source: Wikipedia
(thanks Bruno 902)
This image of the Elephant Rock near Hague, New York was taken in November 2021.
From a different angle and with the image “quality” of Google Maps from 2009 it makes even more sense:
Larger (thanks Jørn)
An elephant can be seen here in Chobe National Park, Botswana. You can also see some other animals in the background.
Google take privacy seriously and decide to blur an elephant:
