I had a few headlines saved on my phone, mostly from last year, which seem appropriate to our story.
Mysterious underground city in Turkey found in man’s basement
'Almost unbelievable': Rare void from the sun briefly blew up Mars' atmosphere last year, and it could happen to Earth too (the single most atrocious headline of 2023)
NERV Disaster Prevention App will tell Japanese people when and where to evacuate (this is 100% real folks)
Archaeologists may have found ruins of fabled entrance to Zapotec underworld -- Spanish missionaries deemed Lyobaa to be a "back door to hell" and sealed all entrances
A woman bought a Victorian dress at an antique store. It had a secret pocket with a coded message.
Crossing the Darién Gap: Migrants Risk Death on the Journey to the U.S. (this may be somewhat more dangerous in our setting, but still reasonably lethal in real life)
Mysterious underground city in Turkey found in man’s basement
'Almost unbelievable': Rare void from the sun briefly blew up Mars' atmosphere last year, and it could happen to Earth too (the single most atrocious headline of 2023)
NERV Disaster Prevention App will tell Japanese people when and where to evacuate (this is 100% real folks)
Archaeologists may have found ruins of fabled entrance to Zapotec underworld -- Spanish missionaries deemed Lyobaa to be a "back door to hell" and sealed all entrances
A woman bought a Victorian dress at an antique store. It had a secret pocket with a coded message.
Crossing the Darién Gap: Migrants Risk Death on the Journey to the U.S. (this may be somewhat more dangerous in our setting, but still reasonably lethal in real life)
"Kitto daijoubu da yo." - Sakura Kinomoto