Turtle power: Russian pet owner selling ‘psychic’ turtle for $46K with claim it can predict football scores
A Russian pet owner has placed an unusual advertisement on a local sales website where he is offering his turtle for $46,000 – claiming it can accurately predict the outcomes of football matches.
Alexei from Blagoveshchensk has put two-year-old turtle Donatello – named after the Ninja Turtles character – up for sale to anyone willing to shell out a whopping 3 million rubles ($46,000).
Alexei, who said that his family urgently needs money, assured potential purchasers that they would quickly recoup their investment through the turtle’s unique gift for predicting football results.
According to its owner, the oracle turtle makes predictions by choosing a sheet of paper with the name of a football team which will win a match.
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He also said that he had managed to make 100,000 rubles ($1,500) from football betting last spring using predictions of his fortune-telling pet.
