# Did Nostradamus actually predict WTC bombing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 12, 2001, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-nostradamus-actually-predict-wtc-bombing/81075 "2001-09-12T14:00:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jukeball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@Jukeball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jukeball)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-nostradamus-actually-predict-wtc-bombing/81075/1 "2001-09-12T14:00:46Z")
One of my neighbours was telling me in one of his predictions he gave a reference to birds flying into steel , follwed by events which lead to WWIII and reference to the man with the turban (Osman Bin Laden) . Any verifiers? PS : Contrary to what my name might suggest to some ppl , I’m not a Afghan ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-nostradamus-actually-predict-wtc-bombing/81075/2 "2001-09-12T14:06:22Z")
A better question would be, did Nostradamus actually predict anything, ever? ---
**Author:** ![Vinnie\_Virginslayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/53a042/32.png) [@Vinnie\_Virginslayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vinnie_Virginslayer)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-nostradamus-actually-predict-wtc-bombing/81075/3 "2001-09-12T14:11:09Z")
There’s already another thread here. 1. The supposed quatrain about Nostrodamus was written by a Canadien student and posted on the web a few years ago. Maybe we need to find the student! 2. Nostrodamus wrote his quatrains in French in 1654 and are wiiiiiiiiiiide open to interpretation. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-nostradamus-actually-predict-wtc-bombing/81075/4 "2001-09-12T14:16:54Z")
No, and none of the pyschics did either. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-nostradamus-actually-predict-wtc-bombing/81075/5 "2001-09-12T14:25:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Vinnie Virginslayer \* > \*\*2. Nostrodamus wrote his quatrains in French in 1654 … \*\* Interesting concidering he died in 1566. ---
**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-nostradamus-actually-predict-wtc-bombing/81075/6 "2001-09-12T14:29:07Z")
He was ahead of his time, of course ---
**Author:** ![Many\_Crows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Many\_Crows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Many_Crows)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-nostradamus-actually-predict-wtc-bombing/81075/7 "2001-09-12T14:58:12Z")
No [http://www.snopes2.com/](http://www.snopes2.com/) ---
**Author:** ![DVous\_Means](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@DVous\_Means](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DVous_Means)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-nostradamus-actually-predict-wtc-bombing/81075/8 "2001-09-12T15:38:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by adam yax \* > \*\*A better question would be, did Nostradamus actually predict anything, ever? \*\* Snap!! Did you read my mind? That was my EXACT thought when I read the title of this thread! BTW, such a silly question got the answer it deserved. ---
**Author:** ![Many\_Crows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Many\_Crows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Many_Crows)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-nostradamus-actually-predict-wtc-bombing/81075/9 "2001-09-12T15:42:23Z")
DVous Means: That was undeserved. The only silly question is the one that remains unasked. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-nostradamus-actually-predict-wtc-bombing/81075/10 "2001-09-12T15:47:18Z")
The student is named Neil Marshall. This is a link to his essay: [http://www.ed.brocku.ca/~nmarshal/nostradamus.htm](http://www.ed.brocku.ca/~nmarshal/nostradamus.htm) He also has opinions on the Canadian Banking crisis, BTW: [http://www.ed.brocku.ca/~nmarshal/banks.htm](http://www.ed.brocku.ca/~nmarshal/banks.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Many\_Crows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Many\_Crows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Many_Crows)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-nostradamus-actually-predict-wtc-bombing/81075/11 "2001-09-12T15:51:46Z")
DVous Means: That was undeserved. The only silly question is the one that remains unasked. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-nostradamus-actually-predict-wtc-bombing/81075/12 "2001-09-12T16:07:26Z")
I remember a film about Nostradamus, hosted by Orsen Wells. Talking about the “Third Antichrist” (Napoleon and Hitler, #1 & #2, respectively), a man with a blue turban. The “New City” so attacked presumably had a longitude and latitude which corresponds to Manhattan. However, the attack was calculated to be sometime around May, 1986. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-nostradamus-actually-predict-wtc-bombing/81075/13 "2001-09-12T16:22:06Z")
As Cecil points out [here](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_051.html), Nostradamus’ reference was to “Hister,” not “Hitler.” In fact, though, Hister is simply the classical name for the Lower Danube, and Nostradamus uses it as such in several instances. If Nostradamus predicted this event, and anyone knew about it, then why didn’t you call the FBI or the FAA and warn them? If you couldn’t, I suggest it’s because the “prediction” was a steaming pile of horsecrap, too vague to be of any use until eagle-eyed observers after the fact start drawing parallels. Just stop it with the Nostradamus crap, OK? - Rick