In a case evocative of the psychic octopus named Paul, which made accurate predictions in the 2010 World Cup, another magical animal, this time, a pig named Mystic Marcus has made a prediction.
Mystic Marcus has a 100 per cent track record of predicting sports results according to his owner, Juliette Stevens.
Kings of style
And the eight-year-old prophet even predicted Brexit and that Donald Trump would win the US presidential election.
Now Mystic Marcus is putting his skills to the test once more by forecasting the semi-finalists for this summer’s World Cup in Russia.
Messi
Mystic Marcus expects Belgium, Argentina, Nigeria and Uruguay to make it through.
He made the predictions by gobbling up apples bearing the flags of the nations.