Mitchell, SD -- It might not be any of his business but a marijuana-loving Canadian shaman is taking credit for the kooky way the stock market has been acting lately.

Doug Pederson claims that the current stock volatility is directly related to a curse he put on participating countries of the United Nations back in January, 2000, after they refused to legalize pot.

Pothead Pederson made the curse with the help of four sacred stones that he claims are the America's equivalent to the Holy Grail.

He claims the stones caused an elevator in the Empire State Building to collapse and now they'll do the same for the stock market, unless pot is legalized.

In fact, he's scheduling the crash for around two months from now -- which he says leaves plenty of time for the U.N. to change its weed rules.

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