Baba Vanga, born Vangeliya Pandeva Gushterova, was a Bulgarian mystic and herbalist who gained international recognition for her extremely accurate Prophetic Abilities. Born on October 3, 1911, in Strumica, Ottoman Empire (now North Macedonia), she was known as the "Nostradamus of the Balkans". Vanga's life was marked by hardship and tragedy. She lost her sight at age 12 after a tornado encounter, and her mother died shortly after. She spent three years at a school for the bl