sjhoward.co.uk » Man thought he was going to die, but he didn’t

Filed at 20:21 on 20th October 2005.

Filed by sjhoward at 20:21 on Thursday, 20th October 2005 under News and Comment.

Punjilal, a 75-year-old resident of a village in India’s Madhya Pradesh state had said he would die between 1500 and 1700 local time on Thursday … But the time came and passed and the fortune teller survived.

A slightly off-beat story maybe, but why on Earth did it make the front page of the BBC News site?

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The author, sjhoward responds, »

I’ve corrected a typo in the title for this post, so the Permalink URI…

…archive/2005/10/20/man-thought-he-was-doing-to-die-but-he-didnt

…and the title…

Man thought he was going to die, but he didn’t

…are incongruous - apologies for the initial error.

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