Ladies and gentlemen she's done it again. Allegedly.
Despite passing away in 1996 the legacy of Baba Vanga has cast a long shadow over the world of clairvoyance, which predictions still being attributed to the 84-year-old to this very day.
Born Vangeliya Pandeva Gushterova in the former Ottoman empire, Baba Vanga is said to have foreseen the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, 9/11 and the death of Princess Diana.
She also reportedly made several predictions about what 2025 had in store for us, one of which apparently came true earlier this week.
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On Sunday (23 November), Ethiopia's Hayli Gubbi volcano - which is situated in the northeast of the country - erupted, with videos showing plumes of thick volcanic ash shooting into the sky.
The eruption has impacted local villages and farmers in the region, as well as causing disruption to travel.
"It felt like a sudden bomb had been thrown with smoke and ash," one eyewitness told Associated Press of the eruption, adding that his village was covered in ash by Monday.
However there has been no reported casualties from the eruption.
So what does this have to do with Baba Vanga?
Of course, the news that a volcano which has been dormant for the past 12,000 years, with no evidence of eruption since the end of the last ice age, has led to conspiracy theories spreading like wildfire online.
It didn't take long for the Bulgarian's alleged prophecies about 2025 to be combed over after the Hayli Gubbi eruption and sure enough a prediction was there.
Did Baba Vanga predict a volcanic eruption in 2025?
According to claims attributed to Vanga by EuroNews, she predicted that dormant volcanoes would erupt this year.
Meanwhile statements such as 'a double fire will rise from heaven and earth at the same time' has also been pointed to as evidence to back up claims about the validity of her predictions.
However, not everyone is onboard with the idea that a woman who passed away nearly 30 years ago is able to make accurate predictions about our future.
The majority of predictions attributed to Vanga are often vague and can be interpreted in a variety of ways.
For example, here claims about a volcanic activity can also be attributed to an eruption in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula earlier this year.
It also doesn't take an oracle to predict a volcano erupting, as an average of 50 to 70 eruptions are believed to take place every year (according to the British Geological Survey), which means it's pretty much a failsafe guess for aspiring clairvoyants.
Topics: Weird, Baba Vanga
Brenna Cooper