CONSPIRACY theorists are once again claiming that a recently resurfaced photo from the 1940s proves time travel exists. The photo in question was taken in 1941 at the reopening of the South Fork Bridge in Canada, according to the Mirror, and features a man appearing to wear modern clothing.
Virtual MuseumThe man appears to be wearing clothing much more modern than the 1940s '/ ' Specifically, the man is seen wearing dark sunglasses, a zip-up hoodie sweatshirt and a dark shirt that appears to have the letter "M" on the front. Additionally, the man appears to be holding a portable camera in front of him. Since the photo was first made public in 2004 and later on the internet in 2010, according to Snopes, conspiracy theorists hit the internet speculating that the man looked too modern for the 1940s. "Logically, I know it's not a time traveler, but it's really hard to remember that when I see this picture. I love it," one person wrote in a Reddit thread. Read More on Time Travel
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QUANTUM LEAP 1940s pic is 'proof' of time travel, say conspiracy nuts... can you spot why? Another chimed in saying: "Even the lady next to him is looking at his camera like, 'WTF is that!' However, much to the chagrin of time travel believers across the internet, the man has been repeatedly proven to not be from the future. In 2015, Snopes highlighted that all the items the man was wearing and holding were available in the 1940s. Starting with this t-shirt, the fact-checking website noted that the "M" was the logo for the Montreal Maroons, a professional ice hockey team that played in the NHL from 1924 to 1938. Most read in News THANKSGIVING MASSACRE Seven shot dead in Walmart after 'store manager opened fire' EERIE FIND Dark twist emerges after 'skinned dog' found nearby where students were murdered WILD TWIST Brian Laundrie's parents suffer setback in suit with Gabby Petito's parents HUNT FOR A KILLER Gruesome place 'debris could be found' to solve 4 Idaho students' murders WORKING ALONE? Delphi murder suspect 'may not be only person involved in death of 2 teens' FIRE TRAGEDY Horror moment blaze engulfs factory killing 38 as 250 firefighters tackle fire The sunglasses – while not popular at the time – were also available. While the first DSLR cameras weren't made until the 1990s, Kodak was manufacturing portable film cameras decades before, making the camera in the man's hand accurate for the time. Over the years, conspiracy theorists have often pointed to out of the ordinary photos from history as "proof" that time travel exists. Last month, some time travel believers pointed to a photo of a New York dockyard from 1905, claiming that a man with a mohawk hairstyle was proof – despite him wearing similar clothes to everyone else in the photo. Others spotted a man in a brown suit in a 1940s seaside photo, who appears to be holding an object that looks like a smartphone. Some social media users quickly shot down the theory, claiming the man was simply rolling a cigarette. Some people are also convinced that a man in a 1943 photo taken in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik is also holding a mobile phone. Read More on The US Sun
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BALENCIAG-NAH Kim Kardashian slammed for standing by Balenciaga amid ad backlash Many people brushed off the theory saying he was simply scratching his ear, clutching his pipe, or even holding his watch up to check if it was working. Conspiracy theorists have even gone so far as to attempt to prove that time travel is real by pointing to a 350-year-old painting by Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch, in which man can be seen clutching a rectangular object that some have said is a smart phone.
