The power of the sea is awesome. Its large waves have three tons of pressure per square foot. A wave ten feet high and one mile wide has more than three hundred million pounds of power, a force equal to an atom bomb. In Search of s4e1 … Tidal Waves, 1979
They are born miles below the surface underneath the seemingly tranquil ocean floor. Strong underwater disturbances such as a volcanic eruption may generate a tsunami. Underwater earthquakes are the most common cause of a tidal wave. Unsolved Mysteries: Tsunami Spirits, Netflix 2020
On March 11 2011 a massive tsunami devastated the coast of the Tohoku region of Northeastern Japan. Nearly 20,000 lives were lost. In the months that followed, hundreds of strange encounters were reported. ibid.
Maximum height of the tsunami: 131 feet; Confirmed dead: 15,854; Still missing 2,533. ibid.
‘In June 2011 and I started hearing rumours of ghosts. By October there were dozens of them. So I started documenting people who had supernatural experiences.’ ibid. journalist
‘When he [taxi driver] looked back the passenger was gone. There were several taxi drivers who had similar experiences. In all these cases, the meters would continue to log their travels giving us evidence of these ghostly phenomena.’ ibid. lecturer
An earthquake in the Indian ocean has triggered a massive tsunami. The 2000s: The Decade We Saw It All III, National Geographic 2017