“The dinosaurs might agree with you there,” he says in support as they would be the only creatures on land to have ever come close. Her suggestions propose a limitation for size, “Hibernation decreases metabolic related rates to less than 15% in most mammals. So let’s hope it is hibernating and not merely asleep.” Otherwise, it will still be gigantic enough to star in a movie film destroying a city.

February. The mention immediately recalls the earthquakes and tsunami, “The earthquake in January was a 4.5 if I remember correctly. Minor overall. I went back later and saw some smaller tremors were recorded following it until the tsunami. It could have been moving around all that time.” He puts his hand to his chin to consider it further, “The first major quake epicenter was at the mouth of the river, but the second one that caused the tsunami was out underwater... So did it move that far, or could it be a separate cause?” Two giants, or one giant and something entirely unrelated?

Hypothesizing will only get them so far however and he looks down the tunnel, “...we have to get a look at it.”