Man finds radio that ‘receives messages from future – there’s no cash or web’

Musician Luca, 21, has racked up thousands of views online after finding a transistor radio he claims sends him messages from 100 years in the future

A man has claimed he receives “messages from the future” – specifically 2126 – after finding a radio hidden in a tree. Luca, 21, now racks up huge views online by revealing what could be in store for humanity.

According to the young musician the internet will cease to exist around 2060 and in 2080 we enter a “very dark time”. By 2126 the Earth’s population drops to around five billion and we “probably don’t use money any more”.

“I have wondered for a long time why I am hearing these transmissions,” Luca told creatorzine.com. “I wonder if it’s a warning or a threat. Maybe the radio was placed intentionally by my future self. I’m an optimist, though, and taking the messages as a sign of hope as the future seems quite peaceful. Even though it’s going to take a lot of destruction before we get there.”

The predictor said he went for a walk and found the transistor radio making static noises in a tree. He took it home, gave it a brush down and then left it in his room. Several days later it started sending him these “messages”. Luca says the device was clean when he found it, despite a few dents, making him believe it was left there just a few days beforehand.

It took a few weeks until the messages came through. He said: “I began picking out certain words and phrases. I thought I was imagining things at first, but there was definitely speech and music coming from it. My roommates say they couldn’t hear anything. But I could. It turns on by itself at seemingly random times, mostly in warm weather.

“Often, there’s long intervals in between. To get good data, I usually spend a whole day sitting nearby waiting to hear something. Most of the time, it’s just static. When I’m lucky, though, I get up to 30 seconds of listening time.”

Luca says the radio often points to the ‘historical eras’ of 2080 or 2090. Aside from that, there are 10 key predictions he’s walked away with. In the clip, he notes that he’s ‘most sure’ these will happen since they’re repeated often.

He said: “It doesn’t seem like the internet still exists or has existed for many years. My best guess, based on references to historical events that I’ve heard, is that it ceased to exist around the year 2050, maybe more around 2060. But it’s been several decades.”

He also notes, in more positive news, that climate change seems to have stopped – or reversed. However, in 2080 and 2090, the world enters a very dark time – according to the musician.

He said: “It certainly was related to natural disaster or violence. Potentially a World War – I’m not sure. I haven’t heard as many references to political violence – more loss of life and loss of land.”

Due to the lack of internet, radio has become more important and there’s a massive amount of stations; even as far as specific to each residential street. Other predictions include commercial space travel – mostly to find resources – and that the sky is no longer blue; it’s white.

Luca, who is based in the Northeast US, said: “I’ve heard older people, middle aged people, refer to sort of feeling nostalgic for a blue sky. Or even an orange sky, such as a sunset or sunrise.

“People’s relationship to money seems to have changed significantly, too. The way that people offer goods and services is not always in exchange for money.

“There’s more bartering. I’m not even sure if people still really use money. It seems like a secondary option.”

Worryingly, there’s fewer people – with a scientist mentioning that the population of Earth was just over five billion.

And, due to this, there’s a lot of abandoned areas, with references to ‘skeleton cities’ that have now been reclaimed by nature.

Finally, the music people listen to is short and electronic sounding; more so dance music with nonsense lyrics with strange instrument choices.