Did a Twitter user predict Queen Elizabeth's death?

Hyderabad: A tweet predicting the exact date of Queen Elizabeth II has taken Twitter by storm. The post has been shared by users on Facebook and Instagram as well.

Following the news of Queen Elizabeth's death on 8 September, an old tweet from 2 August by a user "@birdtheBanana" has raised many eyebrows and questions. Sharing a GIF, the user had tweeted, "Me and the Boys after successfully murdering The Queen Elizabeth II on the 8th of September, 2022."

People are questioning, "HOW DID HE KNOW?"

Similar posts can be seen on Facebook as well. (Click here and here to access the posts)

Many users on Twitter suggested that "@birdtheBanana" could time travel or was involved in some kind of conspiracy, while many took the prediction very seriously, calling on gods and prophets to make sense of it all. Others asked him to explain how he had predicted the exact date.

Fact Check

The tweet raised hundreds of possibilities and questions. NewsMeter understood that only the person who had posted that tweet had the answer. So, we searched Twitter for the user "@birdtheBanana" for a proper statement.

We found a statement released by the prophetic Twitter user explaining that the event was merely a coincidence. "I must make it clear that this statement was merely a comedic prediction and I have no connections to any cult, religion, organization and or conspiracy," he wrote.

From this, it is evident that the viral tweet was a coincidence and that a Twitter user did not predict Queen Elizabeth's death. Hence, the claim is false.