[Excerpts - Exposition by Brendan McKay (1997) - Linked Above]
The following challenge was made by Michael Drosnin [author of The Bible Code]:
When my critics find a message about the assassination of a prime minister encrypted in Moby Dick, I'll believe them.
(Newsweek, Jun 9, 1997)
The follows a number of such "predictions" and the disclaimer below (sad that it had to be said).
A note to the credulous
It has come to my attention that some people have taken this page as claiming that Moby Dick really predicted the assassinations of famous people. Please be assured that none of these patterns happened by other than pure random chance.
No laws of probability are violated here, or even stretched a little. That is also true of Drosnin's book, which is the whole point of this page. Once you learn Drosnin's rules (none) and the method (a bit of messy programming) you can find things like this anywhere. The reason it looks amazing is that the number of possible things to look for, and the number of places to look, is much greater than you imagine.
Fraternally, Philip Carter / Facebook / Great is Truth and mighty above all things (I Esdras 4:41)