The time machine has yet to appear, but there are still mysterious “time slips.” To this day, science has not been able to provide any suitable explanations for the following mysterious cases. Scientists can only use the concept of “time slip” to explain these phenomena.
Mysterious “Time Slips” Without Answers
1. The Vanishing Hotel
One of the most famous cases occurred in October 1979, mentioned in the ITV show “Strange but True?” This case is also discussed in the topic of “time slip” on Wikipedia.
The British couples of the Simpsons and Gisbys families
Two British couples from the Simpsons and Gisbys families were driving through France on their way to a holiday in Spain. They spent the night at a classic-style hotel. On their return trip, they decided to stop at the same hotel again, but it seemed to have vanished without a trace, and they couldn’t find it. Even the photos taken during their stay there had disappeared.
2. The Ghost at Petit Trianon
The incident occurred on August 10, 1901, in the gardens of the Petit Trianon, a small château located within the grounds of Versailles, France. This is also the story of two women named Charlotte Anne Moberly (1846–1937) and Eleanor Jourdain (1863–1924).
Moberly (left) and Jourdain (right) (Photo: NTDTV)
During their visit to Versailles, Moberly and Jourdain went to the Petit Trianon, where they experienced a situation referred to as a “time slip”. Here, they claimed to have met the late Queen Marie Antoinette of France and several figures from the time of the French Revolution (1789–1799).
The Petit Trianon, site of the strange event in 1901 (Photo: Myrabella / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-3.0 & GFDL)
Recounting their strange experiences, Moberly wrote: “Everything suddenly became unnatural, thus becoming uncomfortable; even the trees seemed flat and lifeless, like wood on a carpet. There were no effects of light and shadow, and no breeze stirred the foliage.”
3. The Mysterious Clock
In December 2008, in the Southern China district of Shangzhi, Chinese archaeologists were astonished to discover a clock engraved with the word “Swiss” in a 400-year-old coffin from the Ming dynasty. The clock was made of metal, and its hour and minute hands were stopped at 10:06. The strange thing is, the clock had never appeared during the Qing dynasty, according to an expert.
The mysterious clock in the Ming dynasty coffin (Photo: Internet)
4. Victor Goddard’s Flight
Victor Goddard (1897-1987) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during World War II. In 1935, while flying his plane, he unexpectedly encountered an unusual storm and got lost over an abandoned airfield in Edinburgh.
Initially, he nearly lost control, but once he regained his composure and looked down, he was astonished to see the airfield had been completely renovated. Goddard saw strange-looking airplanes, and the royal troops were bustling about in blue military uniforms. Upon returning, he recounted his strange experiences, but there was no sign of the strange airfield he had seen. Four years later, Goddard encountered the same familiar sight he had seen before.
Victor Goddard (Photo: Internet)
5. The Time-Traveling Tourist
A photograph taken in 1941 became famous for featuring a strange man. In the photo, the man is wearing a t-shirt, sunglasses, and dressed in a modern style, which is entirely different from the fashion of the 1940s. The photo has been dubbed “Time Traveling Hipster,” and it was preserved at the Bralorne Pioneer Museum, sparking much debate about the mysterious figure in the photo.
6. The Accident of Rudolph Fentz
The incident occurred on a night in June 1950. At around 11 PM, passengers in Times Square in New York noticed a man about 30 years old, dressed in a style from the late 19th century. No one knew how he appeared there. He himself seemed confused as he stood in the middle of the intersection. Suddenly, he was struck by a taxi and died on the spot.
When the officials examined the body, they found many strange items in his pockets. Among them was a copper card bearing the name of a bar – which no one, not even the city’s elderly, had ever heard of; about 70 dollars in old currency; a business card bearing the name Rudolph Fentz with an address on 6th Avenue; and a letter from Philadelphia addressed to this location dated June 1876. All these items showed no signs of age.
An investigation was conducted, after which they located Rudolph Fentz’s daughter-in-law living in Florida. She recounted that her father-in-law had mysteriously vanished in 1876 when he was just 29 years old. That evening, he went out for a walk but never returned. After investigators searched for records of a man named Rudolph Fentz who went missing in 1876, they were astonished to find that all descriptions, from age, appearance, to clothing, matched the man in Times Square in 1950.
7. A CD from the 1800s
This is a painting created in the 1800s. In the painting, leader Joseph Smith is introducing “the golden plates” to eight people around him. It can be seen that he is holding two CD-ROMs, which were not invented until 1980.
Photo: Internet
8. The First Mobile Phone?
The first official mobile phone in the world was created in 1973 by inventors John F. Mitchell and Martin Cooper, named the Motorola Dyna Tac. Although it was very bulky, it was considered a breakthrough in the field of human communication.
However, digging into the past, people discovered a shocking video.
This video segment was recorded in 1928, which is 45 years before the first mobile phone was invented. However, the strange thing is that the woman moving from the right corner of the screen seems to “own” one for herself.
She holds a compact object, fitting in the palm of her hand (which many believe to be a mobile phone) and moves throughout the frame. This is truly a “knot” that poses a challenging puzzle for any researcher.
If the object is not a handheld phone, then what is it that is used in such a similar way?
And if it is indeed a mobile phone, why was it present at that time? Could time travel to the past be the only reasonable explanation for this case?
