{"id":7552,"date":"2010-07-07T15:38:56","date_gmt":"2010-07-07T12:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=7552"},"modified":"2019-03-30T17:39:52","modified_gmt":"2019-03-30T17:39:52","slug":"oracle-psychic-paul-the-octopus-predicts-spain-over-germany-35686585","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/oracle-psychic-paul-the-octopus-predicts-spain-over-germany-35686585\/","title":{"rendered":"Oracle psychic, Paul The Octopus predicts Spain over Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"font-size: 1.5em;\">Call him a Oracle or psychic, Paul the Octopus is causing a great load of controversy in Germany after the sea animal predicted that Spain will win Germany on Wednesdays World Cup Semi Final.<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Video of Paul picking Spain over Germany to win the World Cup Semi Final in South Africa.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>[media id=319 width=610 height=340]<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Though this might sound a little unusual for your average sports fan, Germany has been taken by surprise by their favorite psychic Octopus.<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7553\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7553\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7553\" title=\"Paul the octopus spain\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Paul-the-octopus-spain-280x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Paul-the-octopus-spain-280x201.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Paul-the-octopus-spain.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul the Octopus picks Spain over Germany as the winners of the World Cup Semi Final in South Africa.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to his own, Oliver Walenciak who spoke to the BBC, Paul the Octopus started to predict Germany\u2019s games in Euro 2008 where he only got one wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Paul the Octopus has also been 100% write so far as he has correctly predicted all of Germany\u2019s games at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s prediction by the psychic Octopus was taken so seriously by the Germans that two television networks even cut their ongoing programs to show the results.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How it works<br \/>\n<\/strong>Two containers carrying the flags of the two teams are placed into the tank which Paul is in and the octopus just picks one.<\/p>\n<p>The box which is picked is considered to be the team which will win the upcoming game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Write your comments and thoughts below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- Error, Advert is not available at this time due to schedule\/geolocation restrictions! --> <span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #f00;\">Error, group does not exist! 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