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A NYC Billboard For Videogame 'Diablo IV' Basically Predicted The Wildfire Smoke

A photo of the billboard proclaiming 'welcome to hell, New York' amid an orange, smoke-filled sky felt eerily spot on.

New York City skyline; Diablo IV
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A New York City billboard for the new Diablo IV from Blizzard Entertainment has New Yorkers doing a double-take.

The ad for the newly released video game features a diablo-esque creature with accompanying text that reads:

"Welcome to hell, New York."

And the ominous orange smog backdrop resulting from raging Canada wildfires makes the ad eerily accurate.

You can see one view of the billboard here:

New York Basketball shared the image on Twitter.

The seemingly spot-on prophecy has residents shaking in their boots.




But people on social media all agree the billboard's not lying.






More than 400 wildfires originating across Canadaโ€”with an estimated 150 in Quebec aloneโ€”have resulted in New York's worst air quality since the 1960s and mass evacuations in Canada.

Stay safe out there!