Gamblers to bet big money on Pig's choices

[ghost of moon goddess]

 It is only a few days until the opening ceremony of Euro 2012. As the final preparations for the celebration of the Big Tournament are under way, first «VIP Guests» start to arrive.
 
Yesterday did not go by without local soccer fans' attention. It was totally captured by the arrival of "An expert on the mysteries of soccer", soothsayer Khryak the hog. Upon his arrival in Kyiv, the hog was given the «red carpet» treatment  and then was escorted to his residence at the Fan Zone located in the very center of Kyiv.
 



 Khryak - claimed to be a «psychic» pig with a snout for soccer -  is going to predict results of  Euro 2012  games from Kyiv. The ferret called Fred and the famous elephant named Citta are also geared up for Euro 2012, they will join the hog,  foretelling outcomes from the Fan Zone in Kharkiv and Krakow zoo, respectively.

 While the Ukrainian-born hog keeps local soccer fans guessing about whether he will choose the plate of food tagged with the flag of Ukraine, soccer gamblers  have been intrigued by the question of whether any of the three animals have enough "psychic" power to replace Paul the legendary octopus (during Euro 2008 Paul got 12 out of 14 predictions right),

 

[Slumba]

In Welsh literature, there is Hen Wen the soothsaying pig, from Lloyd Alexander's excellent Prydain novels also.

[Shadow]

In the line of psychic animals, the Dutch have lined up a cow who correctly predicted the winner of the national competition.
The smart thing is that it will be a lot more lucrative to sell them as food once their predictions fail...