# Eeriely accurate (but unintended) predictions

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**Created:** [March 31, 2004, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeriely-accurate-but-unintended-predictions/237619 "2004-03-31T22:01:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeriely-accurate-but-unintended-predictions/237619/1 "2004-03-31T22:01:53Z")

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I was reading the article in Wikipedia about the 1989 [Loma Prieta (San Fransisco-Oakland) Earthquake](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loma_Prieta_earthquake). In it, the article notes that on the morning of the earthquake, Kevin Cowherd, writing in the San Jose Mercury News, stated:

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> these are two teams from California and God only knows if they’ll even get all the games in. An earthquake could rip through the Bay Area before they sing the national anthem for Game 3.

And, of course, an earthquake wracked the area right before they sung the national anthem for the game (Game 3).

Any other such eeriely accurate predictions that you can think of?

Zev Steinhardt

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeriely-accurate-but-unintended-predictions/237619/2 "2004-03-31T22:15:38Z")

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There was a joke on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In (mid 1960s) that began

“News from the future, 1988. Today in Washington, President of the United States Ronald Reagan…”

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeriely-accurate-but-unintended-predictions/237619/3 "2004-04-01T02:38:02Z")

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After the 1993 WTC bombing, I clearly remember an expert saying, “They were trying to topple the towers. They’ll be back to finish the job.”

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**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeriely-accurate-but-unintended-predictions/237619/4 "2004-04-01T03:54:36Z")

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Not really a prediction, but kind of spooky nonetheless:

In the movie _Say Anything_, Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) is into kickboxing. At one point, he mentions three famous kickboxers. One is Don “The Dragon” Wilson; the second is Benny “The Jet” Urquidez.

At the end of the movie, Don Wilson makes a cameo as Dobler’s kickboxing sparring partner at the gym.

Here’s the spooky part: Almost a decade later, John Cusack makes the film _Grosse Point Blank_ in which he has a knock-down, drag-out fight with a fellow assassin, played by Benny Urquidez.

Presumably, in 2007 or 2008, Cusack will release a movie where he fights the third guy. 😃