Mysterious guru predicts global economy will crash TOMORROW (then he disappears)

Now I only just found out about the existence of this guy today. His name is Reinhardt. I am unable to find out if he has a second name. (I guess maybe the Gurus Guild might have some requirement that all members must only go by one name.) But in a matter of months he has amassed a HUGE following, and also has (or had??) a very extensive web site (which I never saw) with pages and pages of predictions on the future. The reason he became so famous so quickly is he already made two startlingly accurate predictions about the global economy that both came true. (And he did it all under the anonymous guise of "Reinhardt.")

But (or so I have been reading today) as of a few days ago, that web site has now been stripped of all its original content and all that remains on the now-lonely home page is the following:

"I TOLD YOU SO! "

I'm also told he used to have a YouTube channel, and as of a few days ago it has been disable. (The mystique just keeps getting mystiquier!)

Here's his blog (or at least I have been told that it's his blog).

Now it appears that the internet is absolutely abuzz with Reinhardt's final known prediction: that the entire global economy would embark upon a very rapid crash to begin on Friday, February 6, become painfully evident to everyone in the world on Monday, February 9, and then complete itself in its terrible entirety by ... Friday the 13th.

Meanwhile, I am TRYING to get more info on this guy and his predictions. But I am coming up very short.

For now, I have the following YouTube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8EHcHjsZMk

The only reason I have THIS video is I have been on YouTube today doing my usual rounds, and today I kept finding more and more comments in OTHER videos where people were making reference to some guy name Reinhardt (??) and his prediction that we were all doomed this very week. And then I decided to start searching.

I also have this sardonic commentary from a blog (and BTW-- James! This guy has your avatar!!)

http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/fr...heorist-predicts-economic-collapse-next-week/

Internet conspiracy theorist predicts economic collapse next week

January 29, 2009 at 11:58 am by Thomas Wheatley in News

On Sept. 15, 2008, the stock market’s death rattle was amplified by Wall Street giant Lehman Brothers’ decision to file for bankruptcy.

One mysterious man named “Reinhardt” predicted the date and details of the collapse on a Google finance message board months before the fact.

He also explained — in great detail — that the crash was caused by an organization with Catholic ties. And that one of the group’s founders was Tom Monaghan, the brains behind Domino’s Pizza. So there’s that.

Yesterday, Gawker reported that “Reinhardt” has revealed his identity on his blog. He says another financial asteroid is approaching and will strike on Feb. 9. Thank God people are buying pitchforks and learning Tae-Bo!

What’s the local angle, you ask? Well, according to his blog, “Reinhardt” lives in Atlanta. The “Real Housewives” don’t have anything on this dude.

If you have creepy music on your iPod, like Creed, now would be a good time to turn it on.

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Now, I don't know what to make of all this. But I figure I need to uphold my reputation for being the resident doom-and-gloom affocionado of AW. So ... there you have it.

KTC said:

We are talking about a messageboard poster here, not a Guru. Please don't use the term guru.

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He has a following. He's a guru.

Bartholomew said:

Chicken Little rears her ugly head.

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Am I ugly, bart?

KTC said:

I have a following, but I am not a guru.

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I still decline in your request that I refrain from using the word guru.

alleycat said:

Well, if we didn't have enough to worry about with the world ending in 2012, now we're going to have to be poor in the meantime.

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Prince had the better plan, didn't he?

alleycat said:

Is he back to being Prince, or is he still The-Artist-Formerly-Known-As-Prince?

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I never knew he changed his name.

(I guess he took a cue from The Knights Who Oh Until Recently Said "Nee!")

poetinahat said:

NEWS FLASH: No-hoper posts wild prediction on the internet, on the off-chance that things might fall that way!

Can't get enough of this stuff. Ever.

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People are also talking about withdrawing all their money tomorrow.

Bartholomew said:

That'll show those good fer nuttin' bankers.

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This guy's prediction has a short fuse (he's got until Friday). So we'll see.

As for tomorrow ... um ... maybe make a quick trip to the local ATM tonight???