Horoscope comes true; one-twelfth of world population meets tall dark stranger

Reports from global news stations today have suggested that a horoscope has come universally true, leading to around 1/12 of the population coming into contact with a tall, dark stranger. Details are at this point scant but suggestions are that the tall, dark stranger in question is not actually the same person, because that would be weird.

The New York Times ran today's horoscope in its usual front-page spot, with its Sagittarius entry reading:

Population will grow, today, while the various worldwide stock markets will rise and fall. Pickles may be eaten without fear of swallowing lizards. You will meet a tall, dark stranger.

Tens of millions of Sagittarians have already been visited by their particular diagnosed stranger, while many more are waking up to find whether a disturbing figure is going to be leaning over them. Internet detectives have suggested that the horoscope is actually the work of 4chan, home to notoriously abnormal sets of folk who like to subvert popular culture, but this has yet to be determined. Whatever the case, Twitter is alive with reports of folk discovering their tall, dark stranger and taking selfies with them. No injuries have, as yet, been reported.

Public officials for The Zodiacal Astrology Society! (apostrophe is sic, man) have so far dutifully failed to comment on the goings-on, with many speculating that they are "piss scared" that one of their members' predictions actually came true. Bob Hoskins (no relation), former PA to Zac Wilson, current editor of The Times, told us, before unzipping his trousers:

"Now this is a weird one. I'm Sagittarius, and you, sir, are frankly quite a tall, dark person yourself. This interview just got interesting."

Actual spokespeople for The NY Times failed to respond to our calls for interview.