WTF? Chaplin Film, circa 1928 with a Time Traveller Caught On Film

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Strange video to say the least.....



So, What you think? Is it a Time Traveller?
 

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Yep, that's very interesting. Looks just like someone on a mobile.


BUT 1. If it is a time traveller who could he/she be talking to in 1928? (unless, of course, they had a channel back to their own time)

2. Why would a man dress up as a woman to do the time travelling?

3. When we see someone with their hand up towards their ear we think of them being on a mobile because that's what we see very frequently at the present time. I have to admit that many a time I've seen a hand up near someone's ear and thought they were using their mobile only to find that, in fact, they're not.

And, it has to be said that not everything is explainable. Can we really use our present day thinking of hands near ears meaning a mobile is being used? We are using modern day thinking to explain something from 1928.

But, yes, it does look like he/she is using a mobile. ;)
 

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What about someone testing/Trying a dictation machine ? Here
I don`t know but it looks surreal
 
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Thats a man disguised as a woman....

The structure of the hands and body is too heavy built for a woman, Even then!

The feet are quite easily a size 11


Fascinating stuff

However not a mobile phone! No masts existed then. If it however some sort of communication device that is without doubt as the person is clearly talking to someone.
 
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Rush said:
What about someone testing/Trying a dictation machine ? Here
I don`t know but it looks surreal
You dont get dictating machines that small in 1928.... ;)
 

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From another forum....

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True, the same could be said, Who was she/he talking to? ;)
 

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Who knows...!

It is interesting what ever the outcome though.
 

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It's not unusual to find things that look like mobiles on old photos. :D


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