"Traveler" wrote on the Fellowship of Friends Discussion blog, March 5, 2007:
The following information is collected from another site.[ed. - Bobby Thompson actually hit his famous home run in the 1951 play-offs. Though this prophecy was based upon faulty information, Burton would insist the gods had revealed the precise date of California's fall, almost 27 years hence. And he was deadly serious. He would constantly remind followers of the Fellowship's date with destiny, when most of the population in California would perish, but the Fellowship faithful would be safely above the flood in Oregon House. A few years later, as a young member, during frequent trips through the Sacramento Valley, I would say to myself, "You're driving across the ocean floor!"]
In 1971, Teacher and a student were riding in a relatively new Dodge Dart along Highway 1 near Carmel. Teacher was 32 years old at the time. They were listening to a baseball game on the car radio. As the odometer of the car hit the mileage number “1954″, they passed a mailbox which had the name Thompson on it. Teacher indicated that this was a shock, as in 1954, Bobby Thompson of the New York Giants had hit a famous home run in a playoff game (which Teacher had apparently heard on the radio). 44 miles later as the odometer hit 1998, the mailbox on the side of the road showed the number 41211. Teacher indicated that THIS was also a shock which meant that California was going to fall into the Pacific Ocean in 1998 on April 12th at 11 am.”
Burton believed that the oil company that used the advertising logo “UNION ’76″ was a sign from C Influence that he, Burton, would “crystallize into a man number six” in 1976.
