In a case reminiscent 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 predicted that Nigeria , alongside Belgium, Uruguay and Argentina , will progress to the Semi- finals of the 2018 FIFA World Cup starting on Thursday in Russia .
Mystic Marcus has a 100 per cent track record of predicting sports results according to his owner , Juliette Stevens , reports Daily Mail on Wednesday.
And the eight -year - old prophet even predicted Brexit and that Donald Trump would win the US presidential election.
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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 .
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.