If Baba Vanga's prediction comes true, it could result in devastating events. The virus, transmitted through the air and contaminated water sources, will strike quickly and with devastating effects. After gaining her mysterious power to predict and heal, Baba had become an imminent figure in Soviet Eastern Europe. Baba Vanga claimed that the Earth's orbit will shift in some way in 2023, though no specifics were provided. Change in Earth's orbit The orbit of Earth is said to be changing in 2023, according to another popular prophecy, and a global nuclear disaster might be the cause of this enormous shift. The Russian sub sank in August 2000, killing all aboard. Named after British astronomer Richard Carrington, it knocked out telegraph networks and even caused fires and electric shocks.