This is sort of gold bug porno. Gold went to $1900. That was awesome. It's been unable to get close to that since.
$8000 gold in the era of $40 a barrel oil seems unlikely.
It's one mans prediction. The only reason the article was posted is because $8,000 gold is so unlikely.
These sorts of predictions are an indicator that something undesireable is about to happen.
All is not well.