Dr. Quentin Mark Mysterian is the
pseudonymous author of a weekly
column of
psychic predictions titled "Dr. Mysterian
Predicts." The column began its run in
The Reader
newsweekly in
Omaha, Nebraska in 2004, and has since
expanded to include a Web page and
blog. The identity of the author remains unknown, and
he is represented online only by a cartoon of a bowler-hatted,
pencil-moustached, masked face. His predictions tend toward the
bizarre, echoing those of
The Amazing Criswell, including claims
that future humans will change skin colors as often as we currently
change clothes and that Santa Claus will one day be thought of as a
thin man in snowshows. Despite the peculiarities of his
predictions, he nonetheless claims 98 percent accurancy, a claim
for which he offers no verification. Dr. Mysterian's most notable
recent prediciton occurred on
May 26 2005,
when he predicted that
Michael Jackson would be acquitted of
charges of child molestation. He has his share of bad predictions:
on
December 29
2005, he predicted that
Brokeback Mountain would win academy awards for Best Picture and
Best Director, whereas it only won for Best Director.
Few
biographical details exist about Dr. Mysterian, but for a few
snippets gleaned from his column, Web page, and blog. He apparently
currently resides in the
French Quarter of
New Orleans, holds an honorary Doctor of
Divinity degree from the
Universal Life Church, is a
practitioner of
Voodoo
(specifically, a follower of
Baron Samedi, a graveyard spirit), and has had
a vision of the exact day of his own death, which he claims to be
January 26
2010.
Dr. Mysterian's
blog, which links to daily news stories about unusual and
supernatural events worldwide, shows an unusual skepticism that one
might expect more from
James Randi than a syndicated prognosticator.
His regular postings also exhibit a broad interest in various
contemporary art movements, from pop surrealism to rogue
taxidermy.
See also
NostradamusJeanne DixonPat RobertsonExternal link
Dr. Mysterian Predicts (official
site)
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