Over the weekend, conspiracy theorist David Meade falsely predicted the world would end on Saturday, Sept. 23. He was wrong, but one man who shares his name is receiving much of the backlash − including death threats.
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David Meade, an American numerologist, made headlines last week when he said Earth would be no more. A day before his predicted date, he retracted his statements but said, "the world as we know it is ending."
David Meade, a mentalist and entertainer from Ireland, has been mistakenly linked to stories related to the doomsday conspiracy theorist. His photo and website have even been used online and on social media.
In an attempt to clear up the confusion, he's taken to Twitter.
"You might have heard news of a theorist who is predicting the world will end in 2017. By coincidence, this chaps name is David Meade, and as you might imagine it's led to a lot of confusion," he wrote.
The mix-up has been so taxing that it's affected Meade's business and family he told BBC.
His site crashed three times as a result of a high volume of traffic, and he's received five death threats.
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While he said he isn't as concerned about the threats, he's gotten his lawyer involved, who is asking media outlets to retract stories that wrongly identify Meade.
"A Fox news anchor linked directly to my Twitter feed, directly to my website, and, to date, has refused to apologise for it," he said. "My main concern is that no one seems bothered to correct this."
Meade doesn't even believe the world is coming to an end. In fact, he's offering a "1000 percent" refund on tickets sold for his upcoming tour if an apocalypse happens.
