Rhiannon Ingle
Joe Rogan has done some digging on a creepy prediction about his pal Elon Musk.
For context, there's an excerpt from a 1953 German manuscript from The Mars Project by scientist Wernher von Braun claiming that the leader of Mars would be called 'Elon' - which is pretty spooky, considering Musk's interest in the Red Planet.
It reportedly reads: "The Martian government was directed by ten men, the leader of whom was elected by universal suffrage for five years and entitled 'Elon'.
"Two houses of parliament enacted the laws to be administered by the Elon and his cabinet."
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"Every now and then, the Universe shows us something like this f*ckingg Wernher Von Braun book, where you go, 'What?' Even the name, 'Elon and Mars'. Like, what are the f*cking odds?" Rogan said in a Joe Rogan Experience video posted to YouTube earlier this month (10 February).
Speaking about Musk's dad, Errol Musk, Rogan added: "And then it turns out that Elon was actually named by his father when his father read that book? But no, even crazier, what are the odds your son is going to be the guy who goes to f*cking Mars."
The Tesla CEO, 53, has since responded to the manuscript, resharing a viral social media post on it and writing: "How can this be real?"
He later added: "No matter how often I tell people that I’m a 5000-year-old alien time traveler, they don’t believe me."
Others were quick to respond, too, with one person commenting: "Maybe you’re like a time traveler or something."
And another wrote: "I’ve been saying it for years. I truly think you are a time traveler."
Others agreed it was a rather spooky coincidence, considering the name Elon isn't hugely popular.
While a third said: "Elon, stop toying with us - we know how this is real. You planted this Easter egg long ago (or well into the future, whichever way we wanna look at it)."
Musk has previously expressed his plans for sending humans up to Mars.
Last year, he claimed that humans could end up landing on the planet within the next four years, before living there in the next couple of decades.
"The first Starships to Mars will launch in 2 years when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens," Musk wrote on X.
"These will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars. If those landings go well, then the first crewed flights to Mars will be in 4 years.
"Flight rate will grow exponentially from there, with the goal of building a self-sustaining city in about 20 years.
"Being multiplanetary will vastly increase the probable lifespan of consciousness, as we will no longer have all our eggs, literally and metabolically, on one planet."