'The Simpsons' predicted two of the wildest Winter Olympics moments years ago

How do we explain this?
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If you want to see the future perhaps consider studying episodes of The Simpsons very carefully. Somehow, in some way, the animated series always manages to predict real life, just as it did during the now-concluded 2018 Winter Olympics.

It happened twice. The first was when Team USA won the gold medal in curling, an unlikely victory that's sure to be a movie one day. The second happened when a rogue squirrel ran onto the snowboarding slope and only narrowly escaped death.

References from two very separate moments in the show popping up during the same live event? How tho?! Let us review.

After Team USA took the gold for curling on Saturday following a historic win against Sweden, several Twitter users were struck with déjà vu.

Why? Welp, an episode of The Simpsons had predicted this exact win back in 2010, when Homer and the U.S. team beat -- you guessed it -- Sweden. 🤔

Just a coincidence? Perhaps, but The Simpsons executive producer Matt Selman played it cool, as though the creators knew this win would be coming all along. (And for all we know, maybe they did.)

In case that prediction didn't give you chills/make you question all of time and space, here's the insanely bizarre squirrel prediction.

IRL Olympics squirrel who wandered onto snowboard slope:

Simpsons squirrel, also in snow:

The Simpsons writer Josh Weinstein was quick to draw the comparison between the Winter Games squirrel and the squirrel struck by Homer and Mr. Burns' "rocket house" in the classic "Mountain of Madness" episode. While the Simpsons squirrel wasn't Olympics-specific -- and it got hit, unlike the Olympics squirrel -- people were still freaked the hell out.

In the past The Simpsons have predicted everything from Disney taking over Fox and Lady Gaga's Super Bowl halftime show entrance to Donald Trump becoming president and a whole bunch of other pop culture moments and technological advancements.

It's getting creepy, people. We best look to the animated archives to prepare ourselves for what's to come.

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Nicole Gallucci

Nicole is a Senior Editor at Mashable. She primarily covers entertainment and digital culture trends, and in her free time she can be found watching TV, sending voice notes, or going viral on Twitter for admiring knitwear. You can follow her on Twitter @nicolemichele5.

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