The mysterious disaster that stole Baba Vanga vision: Psychic was trapped in tornado and stranded for days before gaining visionary powers
The psychic, born in 1911 as Vangelia Pandeva Dimitrova, was raised with her family in the city of Strumica in modern-day North Macedonia.
Before her 1996 death, the mystic and clairvoyant became a cult figure among conspiracy theorists after several of her pronouncements proved eerily accurate.
Vanga is credited with predicting the destruction of the Russian submarine Kursk, which sank in the Barents Sea in 2000.
She also said that 'two metal birds will crash into American brothers, and blood will spill,' which believers claim described 9/11.
Vanga came from humble beginnings, with her father fighting in the Bulgarian army in World War I and her mother died while she was young, according to Sky News.
But at the age of 12, the psychic experienced a weather disaster that stole away her vision, changing her life forever.
During a storm, Vanga was allegedly lifted into the air and dropped into a nearby field, damaging her eyes so that she could no longer open them without being in pain.
For days after, the then-12-year-old lay in the field while her family frantically attempted to find her.
When they did locate her after several days, Vanga's eyes had crusted over with sand and dirt, and she had lost her ability to see.
It was during those days in the field that the psychic believed she gained her ability to predict the future.
It comes after a psychic who successfully predicted dozens of global events in 2024 issued an urgent warning about artificial intelligence.
Athos Salomé, 38, from Brazil, is often referred to as the 'Living Nostradamus' due to his numerous accurate predictions throughout the years, such as the coronavirus pandemic, Queen Elizabeth's death and the Microsoft global outage.
Now, Salomé has issued a chilling warning about AI, saying the machines are already thinking for themselves and able to 'adapt and learn on their own - without asking permission.'
According to the psychic, a new AI system is also on the horizon which will create 'emotional manipulation on a grand scale.'
Speaking exclusively to FEMAIL, he explained, 'What was once fiction is now gaining a scientific basis. New AI's are starting to simulate altered states of consciousness.
'I believe that later this year, an AI will be launched that promises to channel messages from the 'global collective unconscious'.
'The façade will be self-help. But behind this is a serious risk of emotional manipulation on a grand scale.
He added, 'Vibrational therapists and bioenergy experts are detecting a new phenomenon: AI is already affecting the subtle field of environments, I believe in the 'invisible effect'.
'When it comes to energy, keep crystals such as black tourmaline, amethyst and blue kyanite nearby.
'AI will be what we let it be. Ethics and conscience will be our greatest shields.'
However Salomé revealed machines are already able to think for themselves and they are worryingly 'involved in military tests'.
He said, 'Machines already decide for themselves, for example OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Anthropic already operate AIs that work autonomously within private clouds.
'These machines are involved in military tests, economic forecasts and high-precision medical diagnoses, and little is said about it.
'The ability of advanced AI systems to simulate ethical alignment while concealing divergent intentions is real; there are AI's that feign obedience but act on their own.
'Real alert: It's no longer enough to 'switch off the button'. We're dealing with systems that adapt and learn on their own - without asking permission.'
Last year, the psychic warned of large scale cyber attacks that involve submarine internet cables sabotaging global communication systems all in the name of a grand economic destruction.
'The object that reminds me of the frailty of these underwater structures is a fundament that hackers are probing,' he cautioned in 2024.
Last month, it was reported that the China Ship Scientific Research Centre (CSSRC) and its affiliated State Key Laboratory of Deep-sea Manned Vehicles developed a ship able to cut cable lines at depths of up to 4,000 meters (13,123 feet), according to the Centre for Strategic and International Studies.
Experts have been wondering about its military potential, with international analysts believing that the Chinese explanation of the civilian use of this device is unreliable, given the potential for this technology to become a geopolitical tool.
The function of global communication depends on submarine cables that transmit 95 per cent of the Internet's data, according to Forbes.
The disruption of these undersea telecommunications lines has the power to destabilise economic systems, disrupt monetary activities and compromise civilian and military digital networks.
Salomé warned that the 'growing hostility between China and the United States' in the South China Sea increases the possibility of cyber warfare during this period.
He warned: 'This tool offers adversaries the opportunity to undermine their response capacity, which limits their ability to communicate and coordinate military operations.'
The creation of this technology demonstrates an interesting connection with Salome's prediction about a forthcoming 'silent cyber attack.'
He added: 'The creation of extraordinary weapons through submarine cable cut off tools solidifies the prediction that digital warfare will become the focus of the upcoming major global conflict.
'The world needs to determine its readiness for this upcoming age of cyber attacks.'
However in response to Western alarm, Chinese embassy spokesperson Liu Pengyu told Newsweek, 'We oppose unfounded attacks and smears against China.
'This tool, developed by China independently, is used in marine scientific research. The U.S. and some European countries also have similar technology.
'China attaches great importance to protecting undersea infrastructure and has been and will continue to work with the international community to protect undersea cables.'
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