Given how 2020 & 2021 have been, if we hear the news that Godzilla has actually attacked Tokyo in real life, we wouldn’t be surprised. 

Especially, given how some Japanese scientists have been conducting experiments on the ocean floor.

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A team of Japanese scientists has apparently drilled a hole on the ocean floor that goes as deep as 5 miles in an attempt to study the history of earthquakes in Japan, and to better prepare for it. 

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People who have keenly followed the Godzilla movies will know just how eerily similar this is to the Godzilla & King Kong films.

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In pop-culture, especially Japanese pop culture, the Godzilla is an enormous and violent pre-historic sea creature that stays below the earth’s surface, which gets awakened by awakened and empowered by nuclear radiation. 

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The monster’s first appearance in films was in the year 1954, in a movie named Godzilla.  

Ever since then, the creature has been an integral part of Asian, as well as American pop-culture. Ever since its inception, it has been portrayed as a contemporary and a rival of King Kong. 

People on Twitter though, felt that this isn’t exactly the ideal year when such experiments should be conducted. They meme-ed the heck out of this piece of news. 

This is a headline you'd spot in the background during the first ten minutes of a Godzilla movie. pic.twitter.com/c09cBqgVFn

— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome May 27, 2021

pic.twitter.com/3NoQwq2x1k

— Sammy Time (@sam_colson May 27, 2021

“That’s a Godzilla hole!” pic.twitter.com/eoXkYtWFcQ

— Diane N Sevenay (@DianeSevenay May 27, 2021

Remember Fukushima? Well...

Japan did have a nuclear meltdown.....years ago....now they dig a hole to find it....nuclear powers were given to whatever is down there...they wrote it and it happened 🤯

— Goose (@Goose62562991 May 27, 2021

Of course, whether we should be worried all depends on which era of Godzilla it is: is it serious and scary early (and modern Godzilla, or the more lighthearted version that does...this? pic.twitter.com/YiRlqxEzBO

— Wang Sum Luk (@wayland_cycle May 27, 2021

Another movie that could be played out in real life...

Time to start building jaegers. pic.twitter.com/qyFwiRWqyb

— Tom Shafer (@TomShafShafer May 27, 2021

This one’s actually funny.

Japanese researchers have released a new statement: "oh shit... run"

— Dad Jokes Panda (@TrashPandaFTW May 27, 2021

As we said, this might as well be the year where we go out all guns blazing...

The Japanese are sick of the global chaos at hand.

"What the hell--now is as good a time as any to see if Godzilla is really down there."

— Agent K ➖️‍♂️ ️ ⏱️ ⚖️ ➖ (@gary_kline May 27, 2021

Now all we need is a headline about an island expedition gone wrong. pic.twitter.com/kuPL6wHQDg

— Rena (@XGirlNYC May 27, 2021

Oh no! There goes Tokyo! 🦖

— Scott Maier (@samaier May 27, 2021 

Well, given how the last two years have been, this is not exactly a good time to go for experiments like these.

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