Digital Folklore
The Internet used to be a place. These are the legends and urban myths that sprung from strange online corners years ago, or maybe yesterday.
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Looking Back: Canadian Museum Attempts To Unravel 1941’s ‘Time Traveling Hipster’
A long, long time ago, the Internet was ablaze with viral images of would-be time travelers and out-of-place artifacts. Do…
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TikTok Time Traveler Says We’re About to Find a Cloned Earth
According to a post by the Daily Star, a TikTok time traveler claims astronauts are about to find human life…
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Robert the Doll’s Online Hexfest Goes Mainstream
Robert the Doll is apparently cursing people left and right, and a new Twitter hashtag has emerged in the chaos.…
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Tempus Edax Rerum
Tempus Edax Rerum is a Latin phrase which translates to “time devours all things.” Tangentially related to the alleged time…
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Origin Year 8100: An Alien Message from the Future?
“Origin Year 8100” is the final line in the translated binary code allegedly received by Sergeant Jim Penniston during the…
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Fentz’s Folly: How a SciFi Short Became a Time Travel Legend
It’s a striking scene: A guy wearing an old coat and muttonchops goes for a walk in 1876, only to…
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A (New) Look At John Titor’s Predictions
As I wrote nearly eight years ago, “John Titor’s story was painted in the dulcet, midnight colors of Coast to…
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“I’m Sorry, Robert”: Hundreds Apologize to Cursed Doll After Viewing Photos Online
A couple years ago, I noticed something peculiar happening in the comments section of one of my articles. It all…
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John Titor: The Time Traveler from the Year 2036
John Titor was an alleged time traveler from the year 2036, who shared detailed information about his time machine, mission,…
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What Is Alter Vu?
Alter vu is a term that describes the feeling of remembering something differently, or experiencing visions or dreams of events…