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rm his authenticity — or that he is a deluded, overly optimistic Englishman.</p><ul><li><i>On 29 August 2022, a chosen group of people will receive superpowers. The project, established by leaders of the world, will be called <b>The Great Reset</b> and the superpowers bestowed on these five people will be used in negative and dangerous ways for humans.</i></li><li><i>In 2023, aliens are official — governments reveal.</i></li><li><i>On 6 June 2026, the pyramids will light up and point at the moon. We will be told to switch off our lights, close and secure all possible entrances and not look out of our windows or doors. The earth will be pitched into darkness for three days.</i></li></ul><p id="fbed">Well, that’s my wedding anniversary up the spout.</p><ul><li><i>On 19 August 2022, a famous celebrity will reveal how they faked their death and where they hid out. He doesn’t actually say who the legend is, but it all sounds a bit Jacko.</i></li><li><i>In the next 30 years, the most important (sic) flood will devastate the world. They estimate the death toll at 100 million.</i></li></ul><p id="79e5">Climate change scientists will claim they told you so.</p><h2 id="7d5c">What’s going to happen first?</h2><ul><li><i>On Valentine’s day 2022, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@timetraveler2743/video/7058601056250498310?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1">something big will happen</a> that shocks the world. It’s going to be a big day and change people’s lives. We will remember it for centuries to come.</i></li></ul><p id="97d2">Will Putin start a war? Will North Korea shoot an atomic bomb at their neighbours? Will Boris Johnson show some shame and resign?</p><p id="3daf">He doesn’t say.</p><p id="1f57">I’ll keep my eyes and ears open, though. If you are reading this after that date, have a look back at the newspapers and see if you can guess what it was.</p><h2 id="5f6a">The truth about time travel</h2><p id="c491">Many years ago, I purchased two bottles of Chilean red wine.</p><figure id="0bef"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*ZlJiDnfnrPUht3XxdsdK7A.jpeg"><figcaption>Courtesy of <a href="https://www.interflora.pl/en/two-bottles-of-sue-o-secret-cabernet-sauvignon-dk">Interflora</a></figcaption></figure><p id="20e6">I ha

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d a glass as I cooked and had another couple of glasses with dinner. I supped the last of the bottle with cheese and biscuits.</p><p id="9afc"><b>That night, I travelled into the future.</b></p><p id="a8c1">Time travel isn’t like they depict it on TV. It’s more like you stick your head out a window into a different dimension. That dimension can be in the past, a place, or in the future.</p><p id="a0a2">My time travel took me to the next day, a football game. I watched Aberdeen beat Dundee 2–0. I told a few friends about my trip — they thought I had been eating too much cheese.</p><p id="5016">The thing is, the score came true. The very next afternoon, Aberdeen beat Dundee 2–0. I berated myself for not betting on the game.</p><p id="941d">The next weekend, I did the same with the second bottle of wine. That night, <b>I travelled into the future again.</b> This time, Glasgow Rangers beat Glasgow Celtic 5–1. A fantastical score for a Scottish premier football game.</p><p id="843d">I told everyone I met. Yet, I didn’t lay a bet. Frankly, I didn’t believe such a score-line was possible. I wondered if I had dreamt the whole thing.</p><p id="c4f3">The game kicked off at 3 pm and it came true. Rangers beat Celtic 5–1.</p><p id="1657">This was crazy. Unbelievable. After eliminating all the impossibles, I realised there was only one thing left that made my time travel feasible — it was the wine. There was something in the wine that allowed me to travel into the future and watch the games.</p><p id="809d">I searched the shops for the same bottles of Chilean red. None of the shops had it. It had mysteriously disappeared from the shelves. I now try many different red wines to see if they have the same effect.</p><p id="7811"><i>I keep telling myself: “What if this is the one? I could make a fortune.”</i></p><p id="3c14">Anyway, that’s why I drink.</p><p id="7e31"><i>In your future, you can</i> <a href="https://malkymcewan.medium.com/"><i>read more here</i></a><i> and/or sign up to get <a href="https://malkymcewan.medium.com/subscribe">an email when Malky publishes</a>. And if you haven’t joined Medium, you will earn money in the future from writing on Medium by <a href="https://malkymcewan.medium.com/membership">joining here.</a></i></p></article></body>

FREAKY PREDICTIONS

Fellow Time-Traveller Reveals the Big News to Come in 2022

England to win the world cup — and other more plausible events

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“WARNING EVERYONE!

This video isn’t a joke. Yes, I’m a real time traveller. During 2022 Queen Elizabeth II will be announced dead.”

Eerie music playing in the background.

Total views = 5.9 million.

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(How much can you earn on TikTok per view?)

My fellow time traveller didn’t stop there. Our future is revealed:

  • In 2022, the United States of America will have to face the biggest and deadliest tornado ever recorded in history. It will be known as Mammoth-8r.
  • On 27 October 2023, a chosen group of scientists will be sent on a secret mission to an abnormal hole in the Arctic Ocean. They will record a terrifying sound and the government will keep that secret so as not to alarm the population.
  • Less terrifying is the news that Grand Theft Auto VI will officially launch on 17 September 2024.

Okay. Right.

  • On 4 November 2022, scientists will discover a mythological water creature four times bigger than the Blue Whale. At 392 feet long, it will weigh 800 tons.

The video plays the sound the mythological creature makes — it sounds suspiciously like there is an orchestra playing in the background.

I’m beginning to wonder if this guy isn’t actually a fellow time traveller.

  • He reveals that England will beat France in the final of the World Cup 2022 in Qatar. With a scoreline of 5–2, Harry Kane will be the best striker and they will award Phil Foden the best young player.

That should confirm his authenticity — or that he is a deluded, overly optimistic Englishman.

  • On 29 August 2022, a chosen group of people will receive superpowers. The project, established by leaders of the world, will be called The Great Reset and the superpowers bestowed on these five people will be used in negative and dangerous ways for humans.
  • In 2023, aliens are official — governments reveal.
  • On 6 June 2026, the pyramids will light up and point at the moon. We will be told to switch off our lights, close and secure all possible entrances and not look out of our windows or doors. The earth will be pitched into darkness for three days.

Well, that’s my wedding anniversary up the spout.

  • On 19 August 2022, a famous celebrity will reveal how they faked their death and where they hid out. He doesn’t actually say who the legend is, but it all sounds a bit Jacko.
  • In the next 30 years, the most important (sic) flood will devastate the world. They estimate the death toll at 100 million.

Climate change scientists will claim they told you so.

What’s going to happen first?

  • On Valentine’s day 2022, something big will happen that shocks the world. It’s going to be a big day and change people’s lives. We will remember it for centuries to come.

Will Putin start a war? Will North Korea shoot an atomic bomb at their neighbours? Will Boris Johnson show some shame and resign?

He doesn’t say.

I’ll keep my eyes and ears open, though. If you are reading this after that date, have a look back at the newspapers and see if you can guess what it was.

The truth about time travel

Many years ago, I purchased two bottles of Chilean red wine.

Courtesy of Interflora

I had a glass as I cooked and had another couple of glasses with dinner. I supped the last of the bottle with cheese and biscuits.

That night, I travelled into the future.

Time travel isn’t like they depict it on TV. It’s more like you stick your head out a window into a different dimension. That dimension can be in the past, a place, or in the future.

My time travel took me to the next day, a football game. I watched Aberdeen beat Dundee 2–0. I told a few friends about my trip — they thought I had been eating too much cheese.

The thing is, the score came true. The very next afternoon, Aberdeen beat Dundee 2–0. I berated myself for not betting on the game.

The next weekend, I did the same with the second bottle of wine. That night, I travelled into the future again. This time, Glasgow Rangers beat Glasgow Celtic 5–1. A fantastical score for a Scottish premier football game.

I told everyone I met. Yet, I didn’t lay a bet. Frankly, I didn’t believe such a score-line was possible. I wondered if I had dreamt the whole thing.

The game kicked off at 3 pm and it came true. Rangers beat Celtic 5–1.

This was crazy. Unbelievable. After eliminating all the impossibles, I realised there was only one thing left that made my time travel feasible — it was the wine. There was something in the wine that allowed me to travel into the future and watch the games.

I searched the shops for the same bottles of Chilean red. None of the shops had it. It had mysteriously disappeared from the shelves. I now try many different red wines to see if they have the same effect.

I keep telling myself: “What if this is the one? I could make a fortune.”

Anyway, that’s why I drink.

In your future, you can read more here and/or sign up to get an email when Malky publishes. And if you haven’t joined Medium, you will earn money in the future from writing on Medium by joining here.

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