Time Travelers in the Real World Which year is this?
Nine Strange Cases of Supposed Time Travelers in the Real
World Which year is this?
What year is it?
Everyone from Arnold
Schwarzenegger to Marty McFly travels through time as a staple of science
fiction. Since people have always been interested in traveling to different
eras, it's no surprise that the idea has inspired so many stories. But what if
you could actually do it? Time travelers are said to exist by some, who either
claim to be one or find evidence in works of fiction and art. While some
stories are eerily plausible, others are... much less so. Nine alleged
instances of actual time travel are presented here, along with the reasons why
some of them cannot be true.
1. 1. Georg Ferdinand Waldmüller
In 1860, the Austrian artist Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller created a painting with the title "The Expected." It shows a young boy waiting for a girl who is approaching with a flower. But what exactly is the girl holding? She certainly appears to be experimenting with a modern smartphone! Was Waldmüller the painter or the time traveler? Art historians say that the girl is actually holding a small prayer book, which was common in Austria in the 19th century. However, people on social media have taken to the smartphone theory, so you can believe what you want.
2. 2. Moberly, Charlotte Anne, and Jourdain,
Eleanor Eleanor Jourdain and British lady Charlotte Anne Moberly went to the Petit Trianon, a small French chateau on the grounds of Versailles, in 1911. While in the building, they claimed to have experienced a time slip, witnessing people in 17th-century clothes and even spotting Marie Antoinette among them.
About their
experience, the two women wrote a book that became a best seller at the time.
However, because of their unbelievable story, it also brought them a lot of
ridicule. Some people think that the women were so excited to be in Versailles
that they kind of forgot about the real world when they saw actors dressed in
period costumes. However, there has never been any conclusive evidence
regarding what, if anything, took place in Petit Trianon.
3. 3. Rudolph Fentz
The Rudolph Fentz legend that has been circulating online may have caught your attention. If not, in a nutshell, a Victorian-looking man suddenly appeared in New York City and was fatally struck by a car. He carried business cards bearing the name Rudolph Fentz and a letter from 1867 in his pockets, both from the 19th century. Fentz had mysteriously vanished in 1867, according to subsequent investigations. The story is nice, but that's all it is. This urban legend is actually based on Jack Finney's 1950 short story "I'm Scared," which someone must have mistaken for a true story about time travel.
4. 4. Smartphone Man
In 1943 Stuart Humphryes, a photo retoucher, uploaded a picture to X (then Twitter) in 2018 depicting a beach scene from 1943 in southern England. A brown-suited man in the middle of the picture, who, like the girl in "The Expected," appears to be using a smartphone, was quickly identified by individuals. Websites and news outlets all over the world retold the story after it went viral. But what did Humphryes think the man was doing, according to him? He claims that he is undoubtedly smoking a cigarette.
5. 5. Pennsylvania Experiment
An alleged U.S. experiment is the Philadelphia Experiment. An alleged Navy covert operation that took place on October 28, 1943 Depending on whom you ask, the experimental technology used in the test was supposed to either render destroyer escort USS Eldridge invisible to radar, or invisible altogether.
The experiment is
claimed to have worked, but in unexpected ways.
According to some accounts, the USS Eldridge disappeared, showed up in
Norfolk, Virginia, and then zipped back to Philadelphia, going back 10 seconds.
Other stories are wilder. In 1989, Al
Bielek claimed that the experiment brought him and his brother back to the year
2137. They said they had to stay in a hospital for six weeks to recover from
radiation injuries before they could move on to a flying city in 2749.
6. Mike “Madman” Marcum
Mike "Madman" Marcum was an eccentric Missourian who lived in King City. He called a local radio station in 1995, claiming that he was about to start his time machine and go back in time. His “time machine” consisted of several power transformers Marcum had stolen from a local utility company. He knocked out all of King City's power when he turned on his device, spending two months in jail as a result. He called the radio station once more in 1996, claiming to have constructed a new time machine and transported over 200 animals through time. Then, in 1997, he vanished, possibly aboard his time machine. You would think he wouldn't. Madman Mike resurfaced in 2015, claiming he had transported himself two years into the future and appeared in Fairfield, Ohio. We do not know what he did throughout those years, but we do know that nobody reported him missing.
7. John Titor
Do you remember BBS? If not, early forms of online communication were BBS boards. A man who went by the name John Titor began posting on a BBS in 1998, claiming to have been sent on a military mission from the year 2036. It is said that he was transported back in time to acquire an out-of-date IBM 5100 computer. He published accounts about time travel and the society of the future over the course of three years that were surprising to be coherent and believable. Titor also revealed a number of facts about upcoming events that never took place. Or did you miss it when, in 2015, World War III destroyed half of humanity? In 2001, the messages stopped and Titor disappeared. Various investigations have concluded that the whole Titor saga was a hoax some bored internet user created.
8. Andrew Carlssin
A man by the name of Andrew Carlssin was detained in 2003 after he made 126 high-risk stock trades that resulted in the conversion of $800 into $350 million. He was suspected of insider trading, but upon interrogation, he revealed that he had come from the 2200s.
Carlssin offered to
share future information in order to avoid jail time. According to reports, he
revealed to the police the location of Osama bin Laden's hideout, the HIV cure,
and other fascinating details. Carlssin never existed, so it's unfortunate that
this story is bogus. It was first published in the satirical humor magazine
Weekly World News, demonstrating that some individuals will believe anything
they read.
9. Ponomarenko, Sergei
A confused man showed up in Kiev, Ukraine, in 2006. He identified himself as Sergei Ponomarenko and stated that he last remembered being in 1958 when he was taken into custody by police. He was carrying an old camera, photographs of 1950s Kiev, and an ID card from the Soviet Union. He appeared to be greatly confused by modern technology. However, at some point, Ponomarenko left the police station and was never seen again.
This guy must’ve been
a time traveler, right? We apologize for
upsetting you, but the entire scenario matches the plot of a 2006 episode of
the Ukrainian television series Aliens.
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