Thread by @VictorBaissait

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Let's debunk this. I know some may take what this person is saying seriously. The person is a real person and even has a Wikipedia page. Her name is Baba Vanga. But let's look at these predictions from the past.
Before that you need to know that she passed away in 1996

https://twitter.com/NewsForAllUK/status/1475435666985177088

They said she predicted 9/11 (2001) ? Ok but let's be specific: She just said the United States would be attacked by "steel birds". As Forbes says the planes weren't made of steel. And it's easy to relate an event to a totally vague prediction.

forbes.com/sites/ericmack…

They said she predicted Brexit, again let's look at what she said: There will be a World War III especially in Europe between 2010-2014 and that our continent as it exists will no longer exist in 2016. From there read the Brexit. The tabloid won't tell you about World War III

[TW: cancer]
Let's see what were his predictions for the year 2021

A cure for cancer, a terrible Tsunami in Asia, Donald Trump who would catch a strange disease, A mighty dragon will take hold of humanity and not the end of the world

here is the source: dailyrecord.co.uk/news/weird-new…

Some media will highlight her predictions, because it generates a lot of views. As a lot people like those kinds of things. They said she predicts among other things for 2022 a new virus coming from Siberia and those kinds of media knows it's gonna makes the buzz!

But there are two problems: First most of her predictions spread in the newspapers you can't find a source other than some random newspaper/tabloid. So some of the prediction is not even something that she said or interpretation of what she said.

Second she passed away in August 1996. So how can she make a prediction about Poutine, a person I'm sure she didn't who he was. As a reminder "In June 1996, Sobchak lost his bid for re-election in Saint Petersburg, and Putin [led] his election campaign" (source: Wikipedia)

At the time Poutine was probably not well known. She also made prediction about Trump. Some could say she predicted something about the leader of Russia (and not Poutine directly) and same for Trump. But even there, not sure we will be able to an original reliable source.

I am not saying that she is not sincere in what she says and that she does not believe what she says. I know absolutely nothing about this point and I am not trying to denigrate his sincerity, because I do not know anything about it.

I'm just saying it's important to remember old predictions because there is a huge gap between prediction & interpretation made by buzz-seeking newspapers that don't hesitate to cut shortcuts. She never directly predicted Brexit

Saying she predicted Brexit, that can be impressive except that the prediction is a World War III between 2010 and 2014, especially in Europe and the end of Europe as we know it in 2016 ...

So always checks the facts and don't stop at: "she predicts 9/11" or "the Brexit", try to find her own words and check the sources and if the only source is from tabloids, beware !