Speaker 1: Imagine, if you will, the ability to hop forward to
see tomorrow's lottery numbers, or step back to have tea
with Shakespeare. Time travel it's a concept that has intrigued
us for generations. The idea of traversing the timeline, of
being a silent spectator or an active participant in events
past or future, has been a tantalizing prospect for many.
It's been widely explored in pop culture, from HG. Wells's
The Time Machine to the iconic DeLorean in Back to
the Future. It's a theme that science fiction has dabbled
in time and again. But here's where things get interesting.
There are individuals out there who claim to have done
more than just fantasize about time travel. They assert they've
actually done it. These purported time travelers have stories that
are as fascinating as they are controversial. So buckle up
as we dive into the rabbit hole of these time
travel claims. Will we find proof or just a bunch
of maloney? Only time will tell. Ever heard of a
country named tared No, Well, neither has anyone else, except
for one man who landed in Tokyo in nineteen fifty
four with a passport from this non existent place. This
enigmatic man, let's call him mister Tarred for the sake
of the story, caused quite a stir when he arrived
at Hanada Airport. He confidently presented his passport stamped with
multiple previous visits to Japan.
Speaker 2: But wait, there's a plot twist.
Speaker 1: The country of Taued from where he claimed to hail, well,
it simply didn't exist. The authorities were baffled and naturally
a bit suspicious. They decided to put him up for
the night in a nearby hotel with guards posted outside
the door. You'd think that would be the end of it, right,
But no, our man from the phantom country had one
more surprise up his sleeve. The next morning, he was gone,
vanished into thin air from a room with no other exits.
One moment he was here, the next poof gone. Maybe
he went back to tored or maybe he just had
a really good disappearing act. Next up, we have a
man who was either a time traveler or just way
ahead of the fashion curve. Picture this four a time
of swing music, victory gardens, and of course distinct fashion.
But in a sea of fedoras and double breasted suits,
there's one man who stands out. This so called time
traveling hipster is seen sporting a snazzy pair of modern sunglasses,
a logo emblazoned T shirt, and a portable camera that's
quite out of place in the nineteen forties. Now, there
are theories galore about this anachronistic chap. Some suggest he
slipped through a wormhole from the future, landing smack dab
in the middle of a nineteen forties bridge opening. Others
speculate he was just a man of avant garde taste,
a visionary who predicted the rise of hipster fashion a
good sixty years early. So was he a time traveler
or just a hipster before it was cool? We may
never know. Our next case takes us to the world
of Internet forums, where in the year two thousand, a
man named John Teeter claimed to be a soldier from
the future. Enter John Teeter, our supposed time traveling soldier.
He stepped into the limelight, or rather the dim glow
of early Internet forums with a story that was as
captivated as it was audacious. Teeter claimed to hail from
the year twenty thirty six. He spun tales of time
traveling missions, civil unrest, and even world wars. His words
were not just empty rhetoric, though, Teeter made predictions bold
proclamations about the future. He spoke of a looming world war,
of civil unrest, and of technological advancements that would boggle
the mind. But the future, as it turns out, is
a tricky beast to tame. The world war didn't materialize,
neither did many of the advancements he prophesied. Yet Teeter's
tale continues to intrigue. Although his predictions didn't quite pan out,
his story has left many wondering could he be the
real deal or just a master storyteller. Hey, we're just
getting started with our time travel tales. We've heard about
a soldier from the future and a teleporting ship. What's next,
you ask, Well, you'll have to stay tuned to find out.
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Speaker 1: Now ever heard of a ship disappearing into thin air
and then reappearing sounds like a magic trick, right, well,
buckle up as we dive into the tail of the
Philadelphia experiment.
Speaker 2: Now this isn't your typical vanishing act.
Speaker 1: This story takes us back to the year nineteen forty three,
during the height of World War II. The star of
this tale is the USS Eldridge, a naval destroyer escort
that was allegedly rendered invisible and teleported from Pennsylvania to
Virginia in an instant.
Speaker 2: Yes, you heard that right.
Speaker 1: A ship with a full crew on board supposedly vanished
from its dock in Philadelphia and reappeared in Norfolk, Virginia.
But that's not where the strangeness ends. The sailors on
board the Eldridge didn't come out of this unscathed. Reports
suggest they suffered from severe side effects from nausea and
trauma to believe it, or not being fused into the
ship's hull. So was it a case of advanced technology
beyond our understanding, a slip into another dimension, or just
a sea tail that got a bit out of hand.
Speaker 2: You decide.
Speaker 1: Next up, we have a tail that's a bit more refined,
a bit more French. Let's rewind to nineteen oh one
and joined two English women, Charlotte Anne Moberly and Eleanor Jordain,
during their visit to the Palace of Versailles.
Speaker 2: While exploring the palace.
Speaker 1: Grounds, they claimed to have experienced an event that would
make even the most seasoned time traveler blush. As they
strolled through the petitrianon a small chateau located within the
palace grounds, they reported that they suddenly felt a change
in the atmosphere. The surroundings seemed to shift, and they
found themselves in the midst of scenes and people from
the turbulent times of the French Revolution. They described seeing
figures in period clothing, hearing the echoes of old French songs,
and even encountering Marie Antoinette herself sketching in the garden. Now,
while this sounds like an exciting episode of a time
traveling adventure series, critics have been less than convinced. Some
suggest the women simply got lost and encountered a historical
re enactment, while others believe they may have experienced a
folly adeu, a shared delusion, or hallucination. So was it
a genuine time slip or just an overactive imagination fueled
by the historic surroundings.
Speaker 2: The jury still out on this one.
Speaker 1: From though refined gardens of Versailles, let's take a drastic
leap across the pond and into the realm of conspiracy.
Next tale comes from a supposed secret underground base in Montauk,
New York, dubbed as the Montalk Project. This alleged government
experiment is said to have taken place during the nineteen eighties.
The stories that surround the project are as chilling as
they are fascinating. Reports tell of kidnapped boys who were
allegedly subjected to horrifying experiments. These included everything from mind
control to yes, you guessed it, time travel. Now, if
this is starting to sound like a real life Stranger Things,
you're not alone in that thought. However, despite the allure
of these tales, evidence to support them is best scarce.
Conspiracy theories continued to swirl around the Montalk Project, with
skeptics and believers locked in a stalemate of claims and counterclaims.
So was it a real life, science fiction horror, or
just a conspiracy theory spun out of control. As with
our previous stories, the truth remains elusive. We'll let you
be the judge. Imagine making a fortune on the stock
market because you know the future sounds like a dream,
right well. Meet Andrew Carlson, our time traveling trader. In
two thousand and two, Carlson made headlines when he turned
an initial investment of dollar eight hundred into over three
hundred and fifty million dollars through.
Speaker 2: A series of high risk stock trades.
Speaker 1: When questioned about his uncanny success, Carlson had a fascinating explanation.
He claimed to be a time traveler from the year
twenty two to fifty six. As you might expect, this
claim was met with skepticism. However, Carlson was able to
predict future market changes with uncanny accuracy. He was arrested
for insider trading, but this didn't stop the story from
getting even strange. After being released on bail, Carlson vanished
without a trace. His attorney claimed he had returned to
his time, leaving us in the present to ponder the truth.
So was Carlson a time traveler or just a really
lucky guy. We may never know, but his story certainly
adds another layer to the time travel debate. Next up,
we have a DJ who claimed to have been sent
to the future to bring back music. Sounds like a
groovy gig, right, Meet DJQ, a relatively unknown DJ who
suddenly made headlines with his futuristic beats.
Speaker 2: DJQ claimed he was sent.
Speaker 1: To the year twenty three to ninety nine on a
mission to bring back music from the future. His tracks,
unlike anything heard before, certainly had a futuristic vibe, and
his audience couldn't get enough. But the question on everyone's
lips was was DJQ really a time traveler or just
a DJ with a flair for marketing. His story was
met with both skepticism and intrigue. Some believed his claim,
citing the uniqueness of his music as proof, while others
dismissed it as an elaborate marketing stunt.
Speaker 2: DJQ, howe, stuck to his story.
Speaker 1: He claimed that his music was a gift from the future,
meant to inspire and bring joy. But like all the
other stories we've discussed, djq's tale lacks concrete evidence. So
was he a time traveler or just a dj with
a flair for marketing. You decide moving on, We have
a story that might just make you question everything you
know about time. Meet Professor Jay, an eccentric university professor
who claimed to have photographed the future. He said he'd
invented a device that could capture images of future events.
Sounds like something right out of a sci fi novel,
will Professor Jay had photographic evidence to back his claim.
His most famous image was of a futuristic city scape
unlike anything we have today, which he claimed was a
snapshot of the year twenty two to nineteen. The photo
caused a sensation, with many marveling at the advanced technology depicted,
but skeptics were quick to point out that it could
easily have been a digitally manipulated image. Even so, the
professor stuck to his story, insisting his device was real.
The debate around the authenticity of his claims continues to
this day. So was Professor Jay a time traveler or
just a man with a vivid imagination? The mystery continues. Now,
let's take to the skies with our final story. Meet
Robert Victor Goddard, a British Royal Air Force pilot who
claimed to have flown straight into the future. In nineteen
thirty five, while on a routine flight, Goddard encountered a
bizarre storm. He described it as a curtain of clouds,
disorienting him and causing his plane to spiral out of control.
As he emerged from the other side, he was shocked
to find himself flying over an air base, an air
base that didn't exist yet. He recognized the location as Drem,
a disused airfield, but it was bustling with activity and
filled with aircraft models that were unfamiliar to him. The
strangest part his description matched exactly what Drem Airfield would
look like four years later during World War II. Skeptics
have tried to debunk Goddard's story, attributing his vision to
a trick of the light or a hallucination, but the
pilot was adamant that what he saw was real. So
was God a time traveler or just a pilot with
a wild imagination. We'll let you decide. So what's the verdict.
Are these people true time travelers or just crafty storytellers
looking for a bit of fame. Let's take a step
back for a moment and think about the stories we've discussed,
the man from the non existent country of tau Red,
the hipster with two advanced technology for his time, and
the soldier who claims to have.
Speaker 2: Fought in wars decades before his birth.
Speaker 1: Intriguing tales, no doubt, but where's the concrete evidence? Despite
their captivating narratives, none of these individuals have provided indisputable
proof of their time traveling escapades. And let's face it,
wouldn't we all love to hop into a souped up
DeLorean and dash to a different era, But alas the
reality is that we're left with more questions than answers.
But hey, isn't that the fun of it all, the mystery,
the debate, the what ifs. Until we have a DeLorean
or a Tartis, we might just have to stick to
traveling the old fashioned way, one second at a time.