Is Metal Gear Solid V somehow linked to the frighteningly real prospect of a head transplantation? If the internet conspiracy calculations are correct, then the answer is "yes."

Of course, to reach that conclusion, you need to follow a convoluted trail of scant evidence, hearsay and conjecture, which makes it oddly appropriate given the series to which the theory is tied. Put on your tin-foil hats, you don't want the government reading your thoughts about this one.First pointed out on NeoGAF, the real-life Italian doctor behind the proposed world's first head transplant bears more than a passing resemblance to a doctor that appears in Metal Gear Solid 5.

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In an old interview, Kojima said Metal Gear Solid V will deal with taboos and themes that are "quite risky." This was then linked to Japanese negative cultural attitudes toward organ transplants, along with a tweet from Kojima on March 16 with a caption that simply reads "Heading off."

The doctor behind this whole conspiracy theory was surprised by the resemblance to the game character, and told Kotaku that he was considering suing Kojima for using his likeness without his permission.So what does this mean for Metal Gear? Is this some insane viral campaign that will culminate in some sort of story arc revolving around a head transplant for Snake in the upcoming Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Stranger things have happened, but it becomes equally exciting to imagine the doctor in the game looks like a bespectacled Mike Ehrmantraut from Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad. Someone put together an entire image to make sense of it all, which is a real time saver.What do you make of this theory? Is there some connection between the world's first head transplant and the upcoming Metal Gear Solid game? Or is this just another case of the internet making a mountain out of a molehill? Get the conspiracy theories going in the comment section.

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