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Freaky Tweet from 2012 'Predicting' Kobe Bryant's Helicopter Death Has Gone Viral. But is it Real?
Wednesday, January 29, 2020 IST
Freaky Tweet from 2012

On November 14, 2012, a Twitter user who goes by the handle @dotNoso, had 'predicted' Kobe's death. He had even mentioned that the player would die in a helicopter crash.

 
 

As news of 41-year-old basketball legend Kobe Bryant, a five-time NBA champion and two-time Olympic gold medallist, passing away in a helicopter crash sent shockwaves across sports fraternity, the Mamba fans and supporters gathered to pay homage to one of the most celebrated basketball players in the history of the sport.
 
The Sikorsky S-76 chopper he was travelling in slammed into the rugged hillside in Calabasas, west of Los Angeles on Sunday.
 
Kobe, who was accompanied by his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, along with 7 passengers and crew members on board succumbed to the horrific crash.
 
To celebrate the athlete, some dug up old interviews of Kobe talking about his daughter Gianna, while others shared personal anecdotes and interactions with the NBA champ.
 
Amongst them, however, was a tweet dated 2012 that ended up upsetting those mourning the demise of the player.
 
On November 14, 2012, a Twitter user who goes by the handle @dotNoso, had "predicted" Kobe's death. Heck, he even mentioned the exact manner of the player's death.
 
"Kobe is going to end up dying in a helicopter crash," the account had tweeted.
 
Those who weren't put off by the tweet, wanted the user to unironically "predict" the future for them. But others sensed some foul play in @dotNoso's tweet.
 
Many pointed out that the "predictor" had used the Carbon V2.5 client for Twitter which did not apparently exist back in 2012.
 

 
 

But again does Twitter even offer an edit option like other platforms such as Facebook or Instagram? The answer is a resounding no.
 
Here's an explainer done by Twitter user Mike Beasley (@MikeBeas):
 
The original tweet was posted via Carbon client for WebOS, @MikeBeas pointed out.
 
Twitter’s API does not allow modifying tweets, including dates, he further asserted.
 
In layman terms:
 
Another Twitter user (@kmpoppe) chimed in to explain how and why the "prediction" tweet that had given birth to conspiracy theories was a stray yet real tweet.
 
@kmpoppe also made an interesting observation, where he cited a Business Insider article from November 13, 2012, a day after the "Kobe helicopter death" tweet was posted -- meaning that the tweet could've had a direct reference to the then news.
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

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Shibu Chandran
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Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

November 28, 2016 05:00 IST
Shibu Chandran
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Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

November 28, 2016 05:00 IST
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Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

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