Thousands of visitors are expected at the Parisian event, where 120 clairvoyants will read into their crystal balls until Monday. “I'm not forcing anyone to believe me,” smiles the one who had his first “vision” at 5 years old, in front of our incredulous looks.

The man predicted “a scandal” that would prevent Dominique Strauss-Kahn from running in the 2012 presidential election. Six months before the poll favorite was accused of rape by Nafissatou Diallo, an employee of the Sofitel.