10 days ago, the Japanese said trouble was coming.
Why?!?
Because something rare happened.
Something was spotted that was only sometimes, occasionally, rarely seen before.
This giant 13 ft oarfish washed up on shore in Toyama Bay.
Then they found another 10 foot one.
Everyone freaked out saying, "Oh my gosh, an earthquake is going to happen! Last time these babies washed up on shore, there was massive doom! And earthquakes and tsunamis, oh my!"
Rough quote from this article, where I happened to also take this big ol' pic from:.
Yeah, that's the earthquake fish.
I mean, Oarfish.
Well... guess what happened?!?
There was a 5.0 earthquake off the coast of Hokkaido yesterday.
Ok, to be honest, looks lik these lil' quakies happen a lot.
I don't know if the fish had anything to do with it.
Or do these fish sense them underwater, and then run for shore because they somehow think that's a smart getaway plan???
I don't think these oarfish are too smart when it comes to escape plans.