Pablo Reyes Facebook Status Prediction 2016 - Fake/Edited

Since yesterday (13th June 2016) a Facebook status is circulating on Internet (especially on social media websites like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, Tumblr, Imgur, Whatsapp etc) which is posted on 27th December 2015 and is a prediction for 2016.
Here is the status
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Call me crazy but in 2016 Hillary Clinton will be the first female president, the world will go crazy over the death of a gorilla, Prince will die, Muhammad Ali will die, Kimbo Slice will die, Donald Trump will die. The USA will experience the worst mass shooting .. I'm not trying to scare anyone, but you'll remember my name.
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Pablo Reyes, Facebook, Status, Prediction, 27 December 2015, 2016, Hillary Clinton, Gorilla, Prince, Muhammad Ali, Kimbo Slice, Donald Trump, USA, Mass Shooting, Fake, Edited, Busted, Predicted, Truth,


The status is posted by "Pablo Reyes", his facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/alecthepharaoh and the direct status link is https://www.facebook.com/alecthepharaoh/posts/1066739446704472
Almost all of the predictions in this status have become true except the Hillary Clinton becoming first female president and Donald Trump Dying. Even these two can be true in remaining months of 2016. So is this a divine prediction?

No its not.

Actually the guy Pablo Reyes has used the edit functionality provided by Facebook and edited a previous status which was 
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White people outside taking selfies with tornadoes and shit. 
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You can verify this using the "View Edit History" functionality. 


1. Click on down arrow provided at right top of status
Pablo Reyes, Facebook, Status, Prediction, 27 December 2015, 2016, Hillary Clinton, Gorilla, Prince, Muhammad Ali, Kimbo Slice, Donald Trump, USA, Mass Shooting, Fake, Edited, Busted, Predicted, Truth,


2. In forthcoming drop down menu you will see "View Edit History", if you don't see click "More options" and "View Edit History"will appear.
Pablo Reyes, Facebook, Status, Prediction, 27 December 2015, 2016, Hillary Clinton, Gorilla, Prince, Muhammad Ali, Kimbo Slice, Donald Trump, USA, Mass Shooting, Fake, Edited, Busted, Predicted, Truth,

Pablo Reyes, Facebook, Status, Prediction, 27 December 2015, 2016, Hillary Clinton, Gorilla, Prince, Muhammad Ali, Kimbo Slice, Donald Trump, USA, Mass Shooting, Fake, Edited, Busted, Predicted, Truth,


3. Click on "View Edit History" and verify the original status and its editing yesterday (13th June 2016)
Pablo Reyes, Facebook, Status, Prediction, 27 December 2015, 2016, Hillary Clinton, Gorilla, Prince, Muhammad Ali, Kimbo Slice, Donald Trump, USA, Mass Shooting, Fake, Edited, Busted, Predicted, Truth,

So it was not a prediction. It was usage of Facebook edit feature.



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