# Japanese boat collides with unknown "marine creature".

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**Created:** [March 10, 2019, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-boat-collides-with-unknown-marine-creature/830869 "2019-03-10T03:05:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-boat-collides-with-unknown-marine-creature/830869/1 "2019-03-10T03:05:15Z")

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From CNN: [Boat’s collision with ‘marine creature’ leaves 87 injured](https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/09/asia/japan-marine-creature-boat-crash-intl/index.html)

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> The crew of the high-speed vessel told officials that “it hit the object [which appeared] to be a marine creature.”
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> The Coast Guard dispatched vessels and helicopters to investigate the cause of the collision, but they have yet to find the alleged animal or any other cause of the crash.

A boat hits a mysterious “marine creature” in Japanese waters; this “marine creature” then vanishes.

I guess this means Tokyo is in for it now. Godzilla is undoubtedly pissed off after being run over by a boat.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-boat-collides-with-unknown-marine-creature/830869/2 "2019-03-10T03:15:47Z")

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[The Japanese Prime Minister has released a response](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E39WWj_RpBc).

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-boat-collides-with-unknown-marine-creature/830869/3 "2019-03-10T03:30:31Z")

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As Blue Oyster Cult would say…_Rinji news o moshiagemasu!_

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**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-boat-collides-with-unknown-marine-creature/830869/4 "2019-03-10T03:37:50Z")

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I guess the Japanese cover story of hunting whales for the “New Scientific Whale Research Program” was wearing a bit thin.

> **[Japanese whale hunters kill 122 pregnant minke](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44307396)**
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> The team caught 333 minkes, many of which were pregnant females, in its Antarctic "field survey".

Now whales must be removed from the sea because they pose a threat to navigation.

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-boat-collides-with-unknown-marine-creature/830869/5 "2019-03-10T20:47:24Z")

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I still think it is Godzilla.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-boat-collides-with-unknown-marine-creature/830869/6 "2019-03-10T20:54:32Z")

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I just watched “It Came from Beneath the Sea.” I think they hit a gigantic octopus. The ships in the movie weren’t so lucky. In the end, it can be killed with a torpedo.

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-boat-collides-with-unknown-marine-creature/830869/7 "2019-03-10T21:25:24Z")

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> [@Baker](#):
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> I still think it is Godzilla.

Sounds a little more eldritch to me. Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn.