I’ve just been informed by Karl Mogel that we’re all doomed. A creature of immense size has been spotted on Google maps—it’s an insect longer than a football field, and it is devastating Germay.
Despite all the discussion, no one is talking about the important issue: how to get rid of it. From my knowledge of giant monsters, I can say one thing: don’t nuke it. It will only make it stronger.
What we really need to do is to rouse a giant lizard from the Sea of Japan and lure him to Europe.
Dave Hone says
Or perhaps the giant 5-armed octopus from “It came from beneath the sea”? That turned up in the US, so that’s much nearer to me in Germany than Japan.Should be easier to lure it over……
Cathy in Seattle says
I think what we need is a large newspaper, say, roughly the size of a football field, into which we’ve put several tons of lettuce inside, roll it up all loosely, and set it behind some trees or forest or something.
If left overnight, we most likely will find the giant beast in the morning, snuggled up inside his new home. At that point we can simply shake it into a city water tower that’s had gallons of Dr. Bronner’s dumped into it (to break the surface tension), and there it will quickly drown.
Cathy in Seattle says
Wait – Did anyone think to call Mothra, or Godzilla?
deanbcurtis says
What we’ve seen speaks for itself. Germany has been taken over, “conquered”, if you will, by a giant race of Earwigs. It’s difficult to tell from this vantage point whether they will consume the captive Germans, or merely enslave them. One thing is for certain, there is no stopping them, the Earwigs will soon be here.
gravitybear says
I, for one, welcome our new earwig overlords.
quork says
This monster is in Germany – did you mean an American football field, or a soccer field?
Should we really get that excited about what happens to ‘Old Europe’?
SN says
Germay? One seventh of the country has apparently been devastated already…
Johan says
The Germans are f*cked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lo says
What we need to do is show the world that this is what the the Flood was back in the days. It is a sign of god`s scorn towards all those non-believers and infidel scum in this world.
Oh and since it is over germany, it may just as equally serve as some ominous sign of a hitler ressurection or whatever view favorable to each cult respectively.
I mean just look at the scale in the picture, this creature is obviously humongous and it also disproves evolution since no creature could suddenly become that big based merely on evolutionary principles.
God put it there. period!
quork says
Stingray leaps into boat, stabs man in chest
This did not happen in Germany.
guthrie says
Well, I’m sure Nessie or one of those scandinavian lake monsters will eat it.
Torbjörn Larsson says
Evidently Google Maps needs more debugging.
DouglasG says
There is a large selection of monsters to choose from on Monster Island (actually a penninsula). I suggest Spiga (Spider) or one of the Kamacuras (Praying Mantis).
Bronze Dog says
So, does this mean that square-cubed law thing is bunk?
Arakasi says
I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords
(hey, someone had to say it)
Arakasi says
And if I hadn’t been rushing through this, I would have noticed that someone DID say it
(slinks off into well deserved obscurity)
ajay says
Germay? One seventh of the country has apparently been devastated already…
I think what he’s trying to say is that the N is nigh.
Apikoros says
What I’m wondering is, why didn’t it happen in Australia? Hey, you Stingrays, it was the Ozzies who tried to avenge Steve Irwin! Leave America out of your gang war!
Umilik says
Since this thing was apparently spotted near my hometown I alerted my family who was blissfully ignorant of the pending doom. But I am sure that the Bavarian homeland security boys have donned their finest lederhosen and are already in hot pursuit.
But seriosuly, why can’t we get some crawfish that size rather than having to put up with those itty bitty little tails.
kyle says
They already invented giant crawfish. They were brought here by teenage aliens (make sure to look at the second screenshot).
Warren says
See? This is what happens when you don’t join the Coalition of the Willing!
Greco says
They are roughly the same length.
Jim Lund says
And when the folks at Google Maps headquarters heard about it, they said, “That’s not a bug, that’s a feature!”.
Buffalo Gal says
Cathy in Seattle – LOL! Sounds like you have some experience with slugs.
RCP says
And when the folks at Google Maps headquarters heard about it, they said, “That’s not a bug, that’s a feature!”.
They’re just testing Google Earth Invasion: Beta.
andy says
Well, it’s obvious that the anwer to your problem here has to be Gamera. And what could be cooler than a fifty meter tall flying turtle?
Nix says
Of course this would never happen in India.
The Garuda Bird would eat it.
Graham Douglas says
I say we take off and nuke it from space. It’s the only way to be sure.
JJR says
Hail Earwigs!
John Peloquin says
That insect is not an earwig (too small and has no pincer-like cerci) and is pretty likely a thrips- a tiny bug most of you have never seen up close. FWIW, they have about 4 times as much DNA per cell as does Drosophila.
Demma Down Under says
Perhaps we should mount gun turrets on some of Western Australia’s flying cars and send them over for battle.
Gentlewoman says
Dr. Bronner’s works on monsters? It doesn’t say that on the label. Perhaps there wasn’t room, but one would think that such an important and potentially life-saving application would have been included.
quork says
You’ve got a point there – I have no intention of getting too close to a giant insect.
Nymphalidae says
I just looked at the thrips in my collection, because I was curious. I think it is probably a thrips. Can’t tell what family though, because the last abdominal segment is squished.
JohnnieCanuck says
It’s part of their newest high speed organic computer that will direct you from any starting point to a destination. It’s called a thrips planner.
Thysanoptera, apparently.
JohnnieCanuck says
Let me go out on a limb and be the first to welcome our new thrips overlords.
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