Two weeks before his untimely death, former Weezer bassist Mikey Welsh tweeted an eerie premonition:
“dreamt i died in chicago next weekend (heart attack in my sleep). need to write my will today,” he wrote on September 26.
He continued in a second tweet directed at a follower:
“@JVittitow correction – the weekend after next.”
Welsh was found dead on Sunday in his Chicago hotel room. Chicago police told the Associated Press there’s nothing present to indicate foul play.
It will take up to six weeks for the results of a toxicology test to determine the cause of death. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office told ABC they suspect narcotics. Welsh’s last drawing before death, “momma’s little pills spilled all over the floor”, references drug use.
“you should have left the pills on the floor. Rest in peace Mikey,” wrote one commenter after the piece was posted on Facebook.
Until then, fans of the musician and artist are left with nothing but Welsh’s mysterious Twitter intuition to speculate on.
“Freaky – Former Weezer Bassist predicted his own death almost to the letter,” went one tweet.
“Mikey Welsh had a creepy premonition dream… So sad,” wrote another.
Some people speculated that Welsh’s tweet was not so much a spooky prediction as a final plea.
“Wow. Premonition or call for help? Mikey Welsh dies just as ‘predicted,’” one person tweeted.
“Using social media to predict the future now, or is it a cry for help?” another said.
Welsh’s Facebook wall has been turned into an impromptu memorial. As of press time, none of Welsh’s predictions on that platform have come true.