A blind mystic, Baba Vanga, has long been a sensation in the Balkans and Slavic world for her seemingly accurate predictions. The mystic lost her vision at age 12, saw two world wars, the rise and fall of Soviet communism, and the dissolution of Yugoslavia, where she was born and lived her days.

Following the arrival of the New Year, spiritualists and conspiracy theorists have started re-examining her predictions for clues as to what this year could bring, with her predictions being covered by major news outlets, most notably the one wherein she predicts China as the next superpower. The ‘Nostradamus from the Balkans’ is said to have predicted major events all the way up to the 51st century, when she believed the world will end. Her followers argue that she accurately predicted the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. She also predicted that 2016 would see the end of Europe as we know it, while many interpreted this as a prediction of Brexit.