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A possible outcome of a [[Cassandra Truth]], as well as a potential fate of the [[Ignored Expert]]. Related to [[Shoot the Messenger]].
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* An old [[Paul Bunyan]] tall tale has the logger stumble across a pair of mysterious whimpering shoes. Sometime after it whimpers, something incredibly strange happens, such as it raining upside-down. The other lumberjacks demand the Paul get rid of the shoe (sort of hard to blame them since stuff this [[Weirdness Magnet|weird]] only happened right after Paul found the shoe), but Paul, realizing the shoe's value, keeps them hidden away, only bringing them out when he was playing poker with lumberjacks who wouldn't recognize them.
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** This happens to an Elgyem in episode 33 of ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]: Best Wishes''.
* According to the ''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]'' book that was released for charity, Augeries in ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' are feared because they're said to prophesise death. {{spoiler|They really cry in advance of bad weather.}}
* This is one [[Alternative Character Interpretation]] concerning [[w:Mothman|the Mothman]], which appears in fiction in ''[[The Mothman Prophecies]]''.
* A villain in ''[[Dragon Ball GT]]'' twisted this to his advantage, threatening a village with the earthquakes he could only detect.
* Often happens to Gary when he trys to fix the next day's events that he read about in the ''[[Early Edition]]''.
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* According to the eponymous detective of the BBC series ''[[Sherlock]]'', certain members of the London Metropolitan Police have assumed that the self-proclaimed sociopath demonstrating extensive knowledge of the crime and attempting to insert himself into the investigation must be the killer. [[Stealth Pun|No kidding?]]
* This happens to Dusk in the [[DC Comics]] [[Crisis Crossover]] ''[[Final Night]]''. She arrived on Earth and announced the Sun was going to get eaten. The Sun was then eaten. Obviously her fault.
* ''[[My Little Pony:
* In the ''[[Neopets]]'' plot "The Curse of Maraqua", two sisters with the gift of foresight deal with this trope. The first sister, who sees happy events in her dreams, is lauded and welcomed; the other, who sees bad events in her nightmares, is feared and shunned.
* A lot of the conflict of ''[[The Frighteners]]'' arises when people who think Frank is a complete fraud (rather than just running a [[Monster Protection Racket]]) interpret his warnings as threats.
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