I'm sure it was neither nor, but the real culprit is something else.

My theory is that there existed an ancient culture that was clever enough to design and use a calendar that actually can roll over and restart from zero (unlike modern calendars) so the folks coming long after them will have reason for pointless panicking and making movies which entirely consist of special effects even if they are not programmers for whose it's always a good reason for feeling agitated when something rolls over. And now that this event just occured we have to expect strange things like destroyed villages to happen just out of nowhere.

Now unfortunately there are two possible hidden variables...
First: IT'S ALL REAL!!!!
Second: OH MY... WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!