Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe KIEV, Ukraine, May 18 (UPI) -- Ukraine has recruited Soothsayer Hog, a pig with supposed psychic powers, to predict the outcome of soccer matches at the Euro 2012 Games in Kiev. Svetlana Bovkun, a spokeswoman for the Ukrainian government, told Russian news agency RIA Novosti the Hog will have his own housing in the fan area and will be put to making one prediction a day. Advertisement "He's really been looking forward to the tournament," Bovkun said. "He watches all football matches with his owner. He's very kind and very friendly." Ukraine hopes Soothsayer Hog will be a worthy successor to Paul the Octopus. Paul, who died in October 2010, predicted the results of every German match in that year's World Cup and also correctly called Spain's 1-0 victory over the Netherlands in the final. Every day, the Hog will be presented with two plates of food, each bearing the flag of a contending country.
