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Kablooie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-12-09 11:52 PM
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Amazing Criswell prediction from 1968!
I predict that a catastrophe will take place during the tourist season and the fun-loving people in the amusement zone will suddenly find their day of pleasure turned into one of horror. A roller coaster will rise and sway, throwing cars and occupants to the ground below. A Ferris wheel will collapse and carry many children to untimely deaths. A penny arcade will become a dungeon of doom, a canopy of a merry-go-round will plunge down upon its most innocent riders. I predict only silence will reign where there was once laughter and gaiety. The citizenry of this Colorado city will find themselves enveloped in a jelly-like substance that was once brick, concrete, steel and lumber. They will be unable to escape for it will be impossible to cut through or tear this substance. Although soft and pliable it will still retain the strength and weight formerly possessed. I predict in the outskirts the conditions will not be as serious but fleeing people will find themselves mired in roadways and hardly able to move.

I predict that scientists from all over the world will be called upon to help but no one will be able to offer relief for they will not be able to conquer this terrible force, this mysterious force from outer space. Gradually, as conditions ease survivors will be evacuated but this will become a dead city and will never again be reborn. I predict this unfortunate community will be a victim of elements beyond our control and will always be remembered until the end of time. I predict the name of the city will be Denver, Colorado.
The date: June 9, 1989.

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What amazing accuracy!

ahem.
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-12-09 11:56 PM
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1. 1989 was a year that I really partied alot - I wan't socially aware.
Edited on Sun Jul-12-09 11:57 PM by merh
So what did I miss, can someone fill in the blanks. :silly:





In case it is needed >>>>> :sarcasm:



:rofl:


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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-12-09 11:57 PM
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2. We must have been away on vacation at the time and missed the excitement
:P
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Tangerine LaBamba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-12-09 11:58 PM
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3. Denver melted?
Shit.

I've really got to start paying closer attention to current events.

Next thing I know, someone's gonna tell me there's a black guy in the White House.......................
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 12:00 AM
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4. Criswell was a regular on the Mike Douglas show I think.
It never made any sense to me why people like this were famous.
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 12:06 AM
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6. Everybody you've heard of is famous!
:shrug:

--imm
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 12:11 AM
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7. ?
What are you talking about, I hear about all kinds of people every day that aren't famous.
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 12:16 AM
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8. I don't mean them.
--imm
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 12:48 AM
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14. Psychics were pretty popular in the 60s
Who was that one who was on Carson all the time? Dixon?
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katanalori Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 12:04 AM
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5. WOW
This Criswell guy is ALMOST as good as William "McCain Should Choose Sarah Palin as Vice President" Kristol!
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musette_sf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 12:19 AM
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9. if you haven't seen it - Criswell at his drunkest!
Edited on Mon Jul-13-09 12:21 AM by musette_sf
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 12:28 AM
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10. Screenplay by Edward D. Wood, Jr.?
Could it be?

--imm
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musette_sf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 12:34 AM
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11. oh yes, it's THAT Edward D. Wood, Jr.
one of his lesser-known epics.
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MrModerate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 12:46 AM
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13. The very idea of a lesser-known Ed Wood work gives me a queasy feeling. n/t
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Speck Tater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 12:44 AM
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12. Criswell and Ed Wood were close buddies.
Edited on Mon Jul-13-09 12:46 AM by Speck Tater
I think maybe Ed Wood might have written some of Criswell's "prophecies", but intended them to be screen plays. "The Day Denver Melted" would have been a great Ed Wood movie.

(ed:typo)
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 12:50 AM
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15. They would have to write a part for Edward Woodward...
(Couldn't resist. :))--imm
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