Blossom Goodchild was wrong. It was a shock.l. (SLYT)

October 16, 2008 12:43 AM

Nothing new about that but she has uploaded a video as of Oct. 16th. She is very sorry. She is also still selling her stuff. Curious though she claims to have made only $4k from her Oct. 14th thingy yet has previously stated her book(s) have sold 100,000+ at $25USD. Her blog is still blocked so it is to be seen what she will come up with next.
posted by shockingbluamp (8 comments total)

Huh, what? Who is this Blossom? What is she wrong about? What book? What thingy?
posted by sebas at 12:49 AM on October 16, 2008

This is one of those posts that I never would have wasted my time on if the post contained any reasonable description of what it was about.
posted by 517 at 12:51 AM on October 16, 2008

Blossom Goodchild predicted that aliens would visit earth on October 14th. It's widely believed that aliens did not in fact visit earth on October 14th, and this has left Blossom Goodchild with some explaining to do.
posted by Mr. President Dr. Steve Elvis America at 12:54 AM on October 16, 2008 [1 favorite]

I am sorry for the mucked up post. I should have given a bit of background. I thought most on the blue would have known of her. I have been wondering when she would surface was all. She is a scam artist of the first order.
posted by shockingbluamp at 1:04 AM on October 16, 2008

First two paragraphs of Wikipedia article, just in case anyone needs to know what the hell this is about:

Blossom Goodchild is an Australian medium who emigrated from England in 2001 and also claims to have begun channelling a Native American spirit named "White Cloud" in 1991.[1] She is also an author of several books regarding her channellings.

Goodchild gained international notoriety when she claimed to have channelled a message from cosmic beings known as The Federation of Light on August 1, 2008 saying that an extraterrestrial spacecraft would be visible for three days beginning on October 14, 2008 "in such a way as to prove to us the existence of other life forms in the Universe". This prediction has secured global notoriety for Goodchild in the folklore of ufology and gambling, with debate about whether her prediction contributed to visions or apparitions fuelled by rumors, or represented a deliberate fraud or hoax designed to generate income and celebrity.[2]

posted by pracowity at 1:04 AM on October 16, 2008

Copy & paste error or intentionally vague? We report, you decide.
posted by TungstenChef at 1:06 AM on October 16, 2008

This post needed a ... Previously, on MetaFilter...
posted by nielm at 1:10 AM on October 16, 2008

She is a scam artist of the first order.

Now that she's been outed, does that mean I should give my money to McCain, instead?
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 1:24 AM on October 16, 2008