Letter from Bermuda: Prophetess ‘Looney Tunes’ warns: ‘God is angry with Bermuda’

No one who lives in Bermuda is ever surprised to find a local newspaper filled to the brim with the odd, the weird, or the downright bizarre. What passes for normal behaviour here would often result in the application of a straitjacket and a lifetime locked away almost anywhere else. But a story that ran in one of the local rags late in April may just take the all-time wackiness cake.The headline only scratched at the surface. It said: “Premier told: ‘God is angry with Bermuda’.” The sub-head read: “Prophetess tells Premier that Bermuda should brace itself for God’s wrath, unless island repents within 30 days.” An accompanying photograph showed “Prophetess Alicia Perry, pictured leaving the Cabinet Building after her meeting on Wednesday afternoon with Premier Jennifer Smith”.