Moss Landing, a quiet little coastal town between
Santa Cruz and Monterey, became Godzilla's playground on November
13, 2006. Quickly, he emerged through heavy fog from the Pacific
Ocean and tromped straight for a processing plant where two tall
stacks rose from the middle of the plant. He gleefully broke a stack
in half and seemed amused with it before snapping it in half. He
proudly waved his broken stack pieces overhead like trophies and
released a thunderous bellow, drawing immediate attention from
terrified plant employees.
|
 |
|
The first plant employee to
witness Godzilla's effortless, but destructive playing, was security
guard, Wilden D. Nightstick. He didn't want to be quoted, but stated
that he was polishing his baton and sipping his fourth cup of coffee
when he first noticed concentric circles of waves starting from the
middle of his coffee cup and widening out toward the rim. This was a
vaguely familiar and foreboding sight to Mr. Nightstick. He took a
quick peek outside his guard shack and saw a huge gray form emerging
through the fog and coming straight for him. After Godzilla arrived,
he stopped and stared at one of the stacks. Nightstick shivered as
Godzilla turned to look directly at him, wrapped his claws around
the stack and then snapped it in half. Nightstick quickly dialed in a
series of 9's on his walkie-talkie to alert Bossley Doolittle, the
plant manager, of Godzilla's presence at the plant. Honey Penney,
Doolittle's secretary, answered the page and advised
Nightstick that everyone was aware of the disaster and to
sound the general alarm. The plant was quickly evacuated, led by
Nightstick.
After Godzilla played havoc at
the plant, he headed back toward the beach, but stopped
short at the marina. We later spoke with Captain "Lefty" Hook, a
salty mariner with a low-hung left eye and a parrot on his shoulder.
He recalled seeing Godzilla curiously inspect the various sea craft in
the marina. Godzilla picked up one of the boats to have a closer look.
Said Hook, "G'zilla shar knows how t' pick 'em. That thar boot in
'is 'and is the Mayor's. Fittin' it would be called Sea Toy."
Hook's parrot chimed in with a squawky "that be true". As
Godzilla waved the 'Sea Toy' around, he stomped and bellowed
deafening groinks, seemingly enjoying his find. Godzilla retained
possession of his toy and quickly vanished into the ocean.
With this event, we wonder at
what drew Godzilla to the plant? Did he think it was a nuclear
reactor? We can only guess. And guess is all we can do about where
Godzilla will strike next. We can only hope that he plays with his
new-found toy for awhile before coming on shore to relieve his
boredom.
|