Humankind has had a long history -- around 200,000 years worth to be exact.
So -- with that much time and knowledge there have been many a man or woman that have possessed
remarkable foresight -- predicting catastrophes in a catastrophic world.
From events that have shaken us -- to unexplainable tragedies -- we’re going to be listing off
the Top 5 Terrifying Premonitions That Came True.
But, as we know -- history often has a way of rewriting itself to fit the minds of others
-- so the credibility of these premonitions is hazy to say the least -- but some hold
true -- and that’s absolutely terrifying.
Before we begin be sure to stick around until the end of the video where I’ll be responding
to a few comments from one of our previous videos -- alright, let’s jump in.
5 Richard Parker In May of 1884, a ship set sail from Southampton
heading for Sydney, Australia.
However, the ship never arrived -- it sank -- but some of the crew survived.
They clung to live on the shipwreck -- eating the remaining food they hide -- before turning
to other means in order to survive the deadly waters.
They drew straws -- determining which crew member was to be sacrificed in order for the
others to feed.
The short straw was drawn by a cabin boy named Richard Parker, who was subsequently killed
and eaten by the rest of the crew.
In September of the same year the ship was eventually found and rescued -- following
this the Captain of the ship, Tom Dudley -- and his crewmate Edwin Stephens were tried for
the murder of Parker and were both found guilty.
They were sentenced to death, however this was overturned and they served just six months
in jail.
Now -- it seems this entire incident was predicted by none other than Edgar Allan Poe, in his
one and only full-length novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym -- which was published
in 1838.
The novel is a first-person narrative, following the character of Pym -- who recounts his journey
on a whaling ship, the became shipwrecked.
And what exactly followed?
Well -- the crew were forced to resort to cannibalism -- where, once again, a cabin
boy drew the short straw.
The name of the boy -- Richard Parker.
4 Sharon Tate On August 8th, 1969, tragedy struck for the
26 year old actress, Sharon Tate -- who was just two weeks away from giving birth to her
first child with Roman Polanski.
Tate had three friends over to her house -- however -- shortly after midnight they were all murdered
by member of Charles Manson’s cult.
One body was found shot dead in his car, and Tate was found inside her home -- strung by
a rope with up to sixteen stab wounds -- one in her pregnant belly.
Now -- according to an article -- Tate may have foresaw her own demise.
In one interview with Dick Kleiner -- Tate informed him of strange vision she had had.
The vision took place in 1967, at which point Tate was dating hairstylist Jay Sebring.
She was sleeping in Sebring’s house alone while he was out of town, which is when she
reported experiencing a “funny feeling”.She reported seeing a small man in the bedroom
with her.
She said, I quote, “I saw something or some tied to the staircase.
Whoever it was - and I couldn’t tell if it was a man or a woman but knew somehow that
it was either Jay Sebring or me - he or she was cut open at the throat”.
Both Tate and Sebring were ultimately murdered in the night of August 6th 1969 -- Tate being
strung up by a rope.
3 Great Fire of London From Sunday September 2nd to Thursday September
6th of 1666 -- the worst fire in London’s history occurred.
The Great Fire of London.
It gutted the streets and homes of many -- consuming 13,200 houses, 87 parish churches and St Paul’s
Cathedral.
Now -- the death toll has always be questionable, as there were only 6 reported deaths -- however,
it is likely that this was a grave miscalculation and that in fact many, MANY more deaths occurred
from the blaze.
Now -- this deadly catastrophe was in fact predicted by Nostradamus in 1555, in his book
Les Propheties.
In the chapter “Century II” the following two lines appear, “The blood of the just
will be demanded of London, burnt by the fire in the year 66.
It seems oddly accurate to be just a coincidence -- don’t you think?
2 Titanic On April 14th, 1912, the starboard side of
the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg, creating a number of deadly holes below the waterline
of the ship.
Titanic began to sink, bow first, into the freezing cold waters of the North Atlantic.
Now -- all passengers should have survived -- however, the ship of dreams was ill-prepared
for such an event and not enough lifeboats were available -- leaving many passengers
fate left up to the waters below.
Two hours and forty minutes after the initial crash -- Titanic split in two and sank to
the bottom of the Atlantic, taking 1,500 poor souls with it.
Only 710 people survived.
Giving history one of the ocean’s deadliest disasters.
Jumping back to 1898, Morgan Robertson’s novella was published, titled, Futility.
It centred on the ocean liner, Titan, as it hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean
and quickly sinks.
It’s worth noting that in the novella the Titan was described as unsinkable -- sound
familiar?
The crash of Titan occurs in the month of April, but not only that, but the majority
of passengers aboard die due to the lack of lifeboats available.
Creepy.
1 9/11 We’re bringing it back to our good friend
Nostradamus with this number.
On September 11th, 2001, two hijacked planes struck the North and South towers of the World
Trade Centre, killing up to 2,996 people and injuring over 6,000.
An hour and 40 minutes after the strike -- both 110-story towers collapsed -- leaving the
city’s world famous skyline on the concrete floor of Lower Manhattan.
Now, as we know, the legendary sixteenth-century French writer Nostradamus is famous for predicting
many events throughout history, from Hitler, to JFK’s assassination to the Great Fire
of London as previously mentioned -- he was an ambiguous man.
Following the 9/11 attacks, more and more people began to find meaning in a few of his
prophecies particularly the lines “Two steel birds will fall from the sky on the Metropolis/The
sky will burn a forty-five degree latitude/Fire approaches the great new city/ immediately
a huge, scattered flame leaps up/Within months, river will flow with blood/The undead will
roam the earth for little time.”
Now, reading that it’s easy to put two and two together.
Two steel birds -- the two world trade centre buildings.
Fire approaches the great new city -- New York.
Within months, river will flow with blood -- The subsequent war in Iraq that was the
result of the 9/11 attacks.
Now -- again -- this seems too on the nose to be a coincidence -- but as the world knows
there have been many reworded and fraudulent Nostradamus prophecies -- perhaps this could
be another.
What do you guys think though?
Well, there we have it!
What did you guys think of these prophecies?
Do you believe in the power of foresight and premonition?
Or do you think these were all just creepy conincidences?
Leave us all your thoughts and feelings in the comments down below, but before I go I
just want to a respond to a few comments from one of our last videos, Top 5 Scariest Demonic
Hosts in History.
Heidi Bevan said “I love this channel, I know all of these cases and they’re all
very interesting.
The case of the demonic dog was called “The Son of Sam” -- thank you for enjoying the
channel Heidi, and the demonic dog case is still baffling to me.
I’m not sure I entirely believe a dog was possessed and ordered his neighbor to kill
six people -- but you never know.
Andrew Molenaar said “I come for the scary stuff, I stay for Lucy” -- Well shucks,
thank you Andrew!
Most people come for scary and leave for Jack.
Jon 79jw said “I don’t believe anything the Warren’s claimed..they have been debunked
so many time” -- I agree and disagree -- I think a few of their cases were publicity
stunts to further their careers -- but some seem a little too unexplainable to be false.
That’s just my opinion though.
Finally, Madison Stanfield said “BEST BIRTHDAY VIDEO EVER” - Well, happy belated birthday
Madison, I hope you had an amazing day and I’m glad you enjoyed the vid!
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