- Have you ever considered what it would be like
to go back in time?
To go back to a certain event to experience it
or perhaps due to the desire to want to change something?
Well, it may surprise you to learn
that there are people who have claimed
to go back in time
and not all of whom have done so voluntarily.
The following are documented cases of just that.
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Here are 10 mysterious cases of people who time traveled.
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Number 10 is Charlotte Anne Moberly.
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In 1901, respected academics and Moberly
and Eleanor Jourdain were visiting
the Palace of Versailles.
While there, they took a detour to explore the area.
Heading down a narrow lane,
both Charlotte and Eleanor noticed
that those living there were dressed in clothing
from another era.
As both continued on, a great feeling of impending doom
washed over them.
They later returned to the palace
where they were convinced that they saw Marie Antoinette,
the last queen of France
before the French revolution.
But Marie Antoinette had died over 100 years prior.
According to them, at some point,
both Charlotte and Eleanor had passed
through another time slip
and returned to their own time without knowing,
shaken by the experience.
Known as the Versailles Incident,
it remains one of the most well-known documented instances
of time travel ever.
Number nine is Sean the thief.
Another well-documented case of the time slip phenomenon
took place in 2006 in Liverpool, England.
A 19-year-old man named Sean
had been shoplifting in the city center.
He was soon being chased by a security guard.
Looking for an escape route,
Sean turned down a street called Brooks Alley.
Suddenly he experienced a strange tightness in his chest.
Looking around, Sean was suddenly shocked to see
that the city that he knew had changed.
Buildings he knew had now vanished
and the residents of Liverpool
were now all wearing clothing from decades prior.
Finding a newspaper, Sean's worst fears were confirmed.
He had actually ran through a time slip into 1967.
Luckily he soon found himself back in his own time
and the security guard who had chased him later confirmed
that Sean had simply vanished without a trace
during the chase.
Number eight is Andrea Haring.
One popular time travel theory
is that when a person believes
that they've seen a ghost, they've actually temporarily
crossed over into a previous time.
A famous example of this took place
when a woman called Andrea Haring
was staying in a large country house in Massachusetts.
The bedroom that she was given was once a bedroom
of the famous writer Edith Wharton
who had passed away in 1937.
One night, Andrea suddenly awoke.
Looking around, she was shocked to see
that the decor of the room
had completely changed.
In the corner she also saw three mysterious figures.
They were animated but didn't make a sound.
When Andrea tried to leave,
they nodded to her and she reciprocated.
The room suddenly returned to normal as she left.
Later, Andrea gave an account
in which she identified the three people
from the photos, one of which was Edith Wharton herself.
Number seven is Charlotte Warburton.
On the 18th of June 1968, Charlotte Warburton
went on a shopping trip
into her local town of Tunbridge Wells.
It was a common trip that she had made many times before
but this time was anything but normal.
Charlotte arrived in the town
and decided to search for a place to have some coffee.
After a short time, she found a small cafe
which she had never seen before.
Curious she investigated.
Inside the cafe was decorated in old-fashioned wood paneling
and the place and its patrons felt every bit a relic
from the past.
Her curiosity satisfied, Charlotte left the cafe behind
but the next time she returned to town,
she found no trace of it.
Those in the area told her that the building
had been demolished many years prior
but that her descriptions of the cafe
accurately described it in great detail.
Charlotte had gone back in time decades prior
without even realizing it.
Number six is Geoff Simpson.
In 1979, two couples were vacationing together
traveling through France.
Geoff Simpson, his wife and their two friends sailed
to France and then drove for most of their first day.
Feeling tired, Geoff and his companions stopped
at a strange-looking motel.
When they went inside, they met a man
in an old uniform who told them
that there were no vacancies
but that they should try another place nearby.
They traveled to another hotel
which looked equally as dated and spent the night there
where they encountered other guests
dressed in antiquated clothing.
The next day, they traveled back the way that they had come
and passed where the first hotel had been.
All that was left was an empty piece of ground.
As it turned out, the hotel had been destroyed
many years previous and photos
that they had taken of it
and the second hotel were blank.
Number five is L.C.
A man simply named L.C. once found himself
in another time during the autumn of 1969.
While on a deserted Louisiana highway,
L.C. was surprised to see a vintage car
with license plates dating back to the 1940s.
The car was moving slowly and so, L.C. tried to overtake
but as he did, he saw that a woman driver
dressed in vintage clothing was in the car with a child.
What's more is she looked terrified.
L.C. asked if she needed any help
and she nodded and mouthed yes.
Panicked, L.C. pulled over in front of the car
but when he looked behind, it was gone.
Another man then stopped to ask frantically
what happened to the car which vanished before his eyes.
Some believe that the woman traveled forward in time
while others argue that the witnesses
had entered a time slip and went back in time.
To this day, no one knows who the lady was
or why she looked so scared.
Number four is V. Stephens.
In 1964, a man identified only as Mr. Stephens
was on holiday in Bruges, Belgium.
He and a friend were taking in the sites
of the historic town.
Stopping at a small square surrounded
by cottages, Mr. Stephens and his companion
were taken by the quaint atmosphere.
There was a man who was tilling soil in the center
of the square.
Another, an old lady, came out of one of the cottages
to offer them a drink
and a chapel nearby looked over the entire scene.
They even bought a hand-stitched handkerchief
from a small shop.
A week later, the two men returned to the square
but when they did, they found that the tilled soil
was now home to a display of flowers
that the cottages were demolished and there was no sight
of the shop, only the chapel still stood.
That is when a local man informed Mr. Stephens
that the square hadn't been
as they described for generations.
Number three is Mr. Squirrel.
In their book The Directory of Possibilities,
writers Colin Wilson and John Grant describe
another instance of temporary time travel.
Involving a man named Mr. Squirrel,
it's a time slip account
which produced actual physical evidence.
In 1973, Mr. Squirrel traveled to Great Yarmouth
in England where he entered an old shop
which sold stationary.
He thought it was strange that the woman who served him
was wearing Edwardian clothes
from several decades previous.
However, he was in a rush and so, quickly bought
a pack of envelopes without giving it another thought.
Weeks later, he returned to the shop
to find it completely modernized
and the owners having no knowledge of the woman
who had served him.
Experts later discovered that the envelopes that he had
in his possession hadn't been manufactured
for nearly 20 years.
Number two is Dr. E.G. Moon.
Dr. E.G. Moon describes traveling back in time in 1935.
He was a Scottish physician
and had a famous patient,
Lord Carson who lived in a large mansion
called The Cleve Court.
During one visit, the doctor left his patient
and headed downstairs into the hallway.
Looking outside, he suddenly realized
that his car was no longer in the driveway.
Not only that but a thick hedge
which should have been there was also gone,
the road outside the house
was now just a muddy path.
That is when Dr. Moon saw a man walking down the driveway
dressed in 19th century attire,
including a top hat.
Looking away momentarily, he turned back
to the scene only to be shocked yet again.
His car was back where it should have been.
The hedge had returned.
The road had reappeared
and the 19th century man, he had vanished.
And number one is the three Royal Navy cadets.
One Sunday morning in 1957,
three British Navy cadets strolled into the village
of Kersey in England.
They were taken aback by the eerie atmosphere.
Like who many have experienced a time slip,
the world had grown strangely still.
There was no wind and even the ducks
on a nearby river bank stood motionless.
Walking through the village,
the three cadets realized
that there was no sign of modernity,
no power lines, no phone lines and no cars.
It was if they had taken one step
and been transported to another time.
The place was completely deserted
and slowly a feeling of unease
and depression washed over the cadets.
Filled with apprehension, they ran for their lives
from the village until the world made sense again.
Their descriptions were verified
as being accurate for the village of Kersey
as it would have been in medieval times.
Going forward, you may want to pay special attention
to your surroundings,
especially when traveling or even at home
because you never know when you may fall into a time slip.