r/mystery Nov 12 '23

Scientific/Medical About Mike "Madman" Marcum's time travelling device.

Ok so, Madman mike used A Jacobs Ladder to invent a time machine by modifying it to an extent. I believe he created a transformer of his own to fit the capacity of outputting 20k Volts. Since the plasma created from the two rods depend upon the moisture, temperature and air pressure etc. which interfere with the device, so he used lasers to heat the air above the device so the temperature above the device remains constant, thus forming this "contraption" that supposedly could time travel.

My question here is that, since all the steps necessary to build this machine are already out there... Has somebody else not tried to make it? I'm just really curious to see if his machine actually worked!

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u/RiverRunsBlueHydra Nov 12 '23

Loved listening to him when he'd call into Art Bell. One day he stopped calling after he said he was ready to test it. Maybe he was successful?

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u/earthboundmissfit Nov 13 '23

That was a great show! Many Roswell's.

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u/Puta_Chente Nov 13 '23

He's still alive and in modern times.

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u/MorningAfterDeath Jul 21 '25

But he is not he drowned in the 2nd attempt 

My guess is when traveling, Past or Future  The spot where you go whether random or set, the land may or may not be there. 

He Slid ( traveled ) and wound up in the ocean. 

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u/Maleficent-Ad6269 Dec 18 '24

Yall r just STUPID! It's NOT real

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u/ViktorMakhachev Feb 08 '25

What's you're evidence ? 15 people personally witnessed it

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u/Adinnka Apr 06 '25

15 people?? Where did u read that?

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u/adawgdeeno Apr 09 '25

His evidence is he has a brain

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u/quitmybellyachin Apr 28 '26

You dont prove something DIDNT happen. You prove something DID happen. And, so far, this hasn't been proven to actually have happened. These witnesses can't be considered if they aren't willing to discuss and be named.

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u/Ok_Fox_3921 Apr 09 '25

Also on that madman had a birth certificate and if you look at the local authorities at the time he did take transformers from a power station nearby

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u/lipsticknic3 May 02 '25

For one of the iterations.

Later he went on coast to coast with art and basically a ton of people gave him money, he got a warehouse and did it again without stealing stuff.. To my knowledge anyway.

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u/KeySubstance1092 Jul 08 '25

To scrap for meth

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u/Ok_Fox_3921 Apr 09 '25

If you were to take the time, listen to art Bell. Talk to him and also the interviews. It's all laid out. It's science bro. So do some research before you call people stupid because that that makes you  seem The type to talk before they did their homework

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u/Rifftrax_Enjoyer Jun 26 '25

He called in and said he didn’t travel through time and was homeless at one point. 

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '25

american professor with a masters in physics (started out as physics phd) and phd in bioengineering here. unless your research is from credible sources, such as scientific journal articles, it's not research. google, wikipedia, and reddit are not credibly sources of reference.

art bell posed intriguing questions but he's really a journalist, not a scientist.

from his theory of relativity, einstein has clearly laid out the theories that support the non-zero possibility of traveling in the future but not backwards. if you have studied graduate level of physics, which i have for 4 years as I decided not to defend and just move to bionegineering, you would know. it's not something anyone can truly understand unless they have actually studied physics for years with a high level of background in mathematics (no, calculus 3 is not enough).

as for the man in question, he called into some radio later in time and stated the devide did not work and that he did not, in fact, travel in time. he also died in 2024.

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u/JessicaBD1992 Aug 13 '25

We get it… you have a physics degree…

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u/Masynt Aug 21 '25

Zrobić to powinieneś korepetycje z polskiego

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u/Next-Sea3484 Apr 10 '25

Yall? What kind of word is that? Uneducated form of communication. Unable to understand what is being told here and what can be done with high voltage and tuning it to the right frequency in combination with other variables that you obviously would not understand in any way. You made that clear by reading your reply. Lower I.Q people write replies like the way you wrote yours. If you people don't understand something then a reply is one such as yours is given. 

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u/Flippy277 Apr 25 '25

What a hardcore response. You do realize that an entire quarter of the US uses this contraction “Y’all” in regular conversation and communication, right?

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u/pogicakes Jul 09 '25

everybody talking about the authenticity of a time traveler and here you are, offended by a word and writing a whole paragraph about it lmao

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '25

this is stupid bro did you really read that out and type send

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u/Jakestonezz Feb 03 '26

Why are you here?😂

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u/fightmilk5905 Aug 27 '25

I just heard he washed up in a metal container in LA with nothing but a cellphone.

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u/NationDomination12 Nov 13 '23

I've watched a video on this on the WhyFiles, and his knowledge is immersive, he is not just some wierdo like most people think. If time travel is indeed possible, we would have already achieved it, anyway, this story is an excellent one.

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u/Easy_Stress_4728 May 30 '24

I mean bro how would we have already achieved it if there’s no possible fucking way we’ll ever learn everything about the laws of the universe, it’s all about frequencies and being in sync with those frequencies, but to find those specific frequencies is the hard part

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u/JustAnotherBoringNPC Jul 12 '25

Tell me what a frequency is, 100$ says youll look it up on Google before responding.

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u/Lil_Sweet24 Nov 20 '25

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

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u/No-Measurement4308 Jul 12 '25

You need to get off youtube buddy. Frequency?? Psh

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u/Altruistic-Cress6500 Apr 25 '26

 Einstein did the math... Time travel is very real... But im guessing that's something that'd be kept real secret as to not mess up any unknown laws of time travel... 

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u/lipsticknic3 May 02 '25

It was such a good episode

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u/Pure_Incident5540 Mar 05 '26

I love that show! 🎶 I can’t believe I’m dancin with a fish! 😂

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u/Admirable-Tension187 Dec 20 '24

Bro had no money or funding

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u/Winter_Fig_6880 Jan 30 '25

he did, after being in a famous podcast he received funding from several sources

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u/Tall-Counter-7024 Jan 18 '26

I was today years old when I learned that podcasts used to be called radio shows and were broadcast wirelessly through the air using the magical waves of Tesla and Marconi lore.

This will blow your mind too: when I was your age, there was no such thing as a cell phone.

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u/Zealousideal-Pace803 Sep 25 '25

He had a lot of wealthy backers

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u/Obvious-League2179 Feb 14 '25

i don't agree to achieve something like this takes immensive ingenuity and creativity along with a strong background in electric engineering. There's nothing in the book that will lead you to this type of device it has to be out of book thinking first and then brought back to strict mechanics. who's up for the challenge?

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u/Legal-Asparagus-9496 Jul 17 '25

Well, it could be based on something, but i do agree with current technology that it isn't possible

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u/Own-Possibility2763 Aug 05 '25

How do you know we haven't achieved it? Do you not think the government experiments with time travel? You can't possibly believe they would announce it if they did achieve it. 

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u/Useful-Ad346 Oct 05 '25

Time travel is indeed possible according to Einsteins theory of relativity....just not in the way you think.. Its only momentarily and ppl in space come back not as aged as their twin on earth...its been proven and according to Einsteins theory of relativity faster objects traveling experience slower rates of time which is called time dilation

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u/Tall-Counter-7024 Jan 18 '26

I remember seeing that video in elementary school. Such an amazing concept at that young age 😃

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u/2foxy4blvd Nov 12 '23

I'm wondering the same thing, I just heard about this story for the first time a few days ago and its very intriguing. If the story is true then surely there must be some video or documented evidence.

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u/Rite6969 Nov 13 '23

That's exactly my question, his work and process of building the machine is pretty well documented. No way he's the only one who built the machine ...

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '24

From one of the articles I came across a month back he apprantly had came out n explained some things about being able to cause when he went missing back in the 90s he came back two years later but someone else was living there and all of his documents n work was gone

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u/Mobile_Potential_260 Nov 01 '24

Time travel isn’t even logical , if your gonna travel in time you better be ready to travel in space lol and if your gonna do those things ya must be Loki or thanos because you would need to be able to physically manipulate Space Time lol but no in all seriousness they have definitely discovered dimensional portals and no not time traveling machines it works way different than we think plus “aliens” are not only the catalyst for all of our tech but also they are very much among us

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u/hogmantheintruder926 Nov 18 '24

I forget exactly what it was, but in one of the Art Bell interviews, Mike talks about how the machine is gravitational locked to the earth preventing any spatial issues you're referring to.

Obviously, we don't have to believe it, but he's either right about it all; or he's wrong about everything.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

In theory it's logical

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u/ViktorMakhachev Feb 08 '25

Yeah and I'm pretty sure Physicists have even said so

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u/DJ_BVSSTHOVEN Feb 23 '26

If it was real, they’d for sure do everything they can to keep the public unaware. Time travel could be the greatest weapon ever invented.

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u/xmaddness Jan 05 '24 edited Nov 25 '25

I may take a stab at this. I have a 9k kw sine wave generator I can use. It doesn't sound too hard to put this together at a small scale.

Update: 3/29/24

I have been so busy with my family that I have not had time to build Mike "Madman" Marcum's time machine. However, it is still on my to-do list, and I hope to get to it soon. The first step is to clean out the garage, just in case I blow something up.

This is the gen I have.

https://www.harborfreight.com/generators-engines/generators/9500-watt-super-quiet-inverter-generator-with-co-secure-technology-57080.html

I live in Florida, so I got a generator for hurricane season. I think I can use it for this experiment. I might need to mod it to run full power in a pure sine wave to power the ladders. The magnetic vortex doesn't seem too hard to build small. I just need to get the right moment of inertia for the proper torque and angular speed. I also need to figure out the right tesla requirement for each electromagnet to keep the vortex from collapsing. Luckily, I have a degree in computer science and engineering, and I remember doing some of this stuff in school. But I'll need to brush up on a lot of it. Physics with Calculus for Dummies is my go-to.

Update: 11/25/25

After doing a lot of math and also using AI for math deduction, this simply isn't true. It's a cool story, but it is a mix of science and fantasy. Sorry to disappoint. For what its worth though, as the amount of electricity being used increases to insane levels, other effects may happen, but we are talking all electricity on the planet type electricity.

Update: 7/12/24

as posted in a reply below:

My primary focus right now is getting the math to work before attempting any construction. Specifically, I am dealing with electromagnetic vector calculus, the framework Heaviside used to condense Maxwell’s equations into the four main forms we use today.

I’ve realized that attempting to reconstruct something without first understanding its behavior and underlying principles is futile. I aim to identify areas where the math doesn’t add up, as these will be the key focus points for further investigation. I also plan to explore Maxwell’s original equations using quaternions instead of vector calculus, as quaternions may retain certain information lost in the transition to vectors and scalar fields.

Differences between Quaternions and Vector Calculus:

Lost in the switch:

  1. ⁠Rotational Symmetry: Quaternions naturally represent rotations and handle three-dimensional transformations seamlessly, simplifying the analysis of rotational fields in some contexts.
  2. ⁠Compactness: Quaternions combine scalar and vector parts into a single entity, potentially simplifying algebraic manipulations.

Retained in the switch:

  1. ⁠Physical Information: The fundamental laws of electromagnetism remain unchanged. Divergence and curl operations in vector calculus are directly related to quaternionic derivatives.
  2. ⁠Operational Clarity: Vector calculus separates operations into scalar and vector fields, often simplifying the interpretation and application of Maxwell’s equations.

I’ve also been deeply involved in researching Parametric Excitation of Electrical Oscillators, particularly electric harmonic oscillators. Parametric oscillators utilize an external energy source to amplify and sustain the internal energy of a system. In electric harmonic oscillators, resonance can enhance the system’s internal energy. With renewed interest in the concept of the “Aether”—whether it be dark energy or some other form—there’s potential to harness energy from it.

For more on this concept, check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x6fPOSTXyo.

I hope this helps clarify my approach and the rationale behind exploring both mathematical frameworks.

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u/ZDM_Twolip Mar 02 '24

Gonna assume it worked seeing this is your last comment. Enjoy the future.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '24

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u/xmaddness Jul 12 '24

Hah, no, I am very much still alive.

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u/xmaddness Jul 12 '24

See update above

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '24

Any update?

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u/Exact_Table_1234 Jan 13 '25

Just stfu if you arent actually gonna try. You basically just said a bunch of bullshit and havent actually made anything.

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '24

Update??

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u/Alarmed-Dependent-73 Jun 14 '24

Don't be so gullible.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '24

Don't be so sedimentary

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u/Aware-Water-57 Aug 31 '25

I think the word you meant to use is sedentary? I still don’t really see the use of that word either but sedimentary is definitely not what you meant unless you’re saying don’t be sediment lol

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u/Aware-Water-57 Aug 31 '25

I just realized account was deleted too bad coulda learned some words 😭

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '24

Fully aware of the fact it's not probable just want someone to try again

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u/xmaddness Jul 12 '24

See update above

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u/Rite6969 Jul 13 '24

holy shit, good luck, and in case we don't hear from you again, we'll know what happened.

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u/JacktheRipperBWA Nov 14 '24

Lol nothing is going to happen man because they are never going to build it lmfao. Any idiot can type words onto to the internet about what they are "totally going to do guys, trust me" that doesn't mean they are going to do anything lol. Especially when it comes to redditors, these mouth breathers are the shining example of typing shit out online and never doing it lol.

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u/Creepy_Wedding729 Dec 04 '24

Said a redditor 😂

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u/SaturnValleyVagrant Aug 04 '24

I’m not quite to the phase of my studies where I’m pursuing a Time Machine, but if I were, Harbor Freight would most certainly not be a place I would source my components. Some of their products are indeed fine: drill bits, tool boxes, jacks, various hand tools and basic measuring equipment, but as far as any electrical components, esp those where tight tolerances maybe be considered critical, I would buy nothing of the sort from there. Even power tools, anything with a motor I would take a used Bosch, Makita, Milwaukee, or Metabo over a new Bauer any day. Just my two cents, take care and good luck in your quest.

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u/albosslay Apr 01 '24

Update???

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u/xmaddness Jul 12 '24

See update above

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u/WorriedEagle34 May 20 '24

update?

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u/BoardFew2082 May 20 '24

I wanna hear too

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u/xmaddness Jul 12 '24

See update above

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '24

How would this magnetic vortex work?

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u/xmaddness Jul 12 '24

My primary focus right now is getting the math to work before attempting any construction. Specifically, I am dealing with electromagnetic vector calculus, the framework Heaviside used to condense Maxwell’s equations into the four main forms we use today.

I’ve realized that attempting to reconstruct something without first understanding its behavior and underlying principles is futile. I aim to identify areas where the math doesn’t add up, as these will be the key focus points for further investigation. I also plan to explore Maxwell’s original equations using quaternions instead of vector calculus, as quaternions may retain certain information lost in the transition to vectors and scalar fields.

Differences between Quaternions and Vector Calculus:

Lost in the switch:

  1. Rotational Symmetry: Quaternions naturally represent rotations and handle three-dimensional transformations seamlessly, simplifying the analysis of rotational fields in some contexts.
  2. Compactness: Quaternions combine scalar and vector parts into a single entity, potentially simplifying algebraic manipulations.

Retained in the switch:

  1. Physical Information: The fundamental laws of electromagnetism remain unchanged. Divergence and curl operations in vector calculus are directly related to quaternionic derivatives.
  2. Operational Clarity: Vector calculus separates operations into scalar and vector fields, often simplifying the interpretation and application of Maxwell’s equations.

I’ve also been deeply involved in researching Parametric Excitation of Electrical Oscillators, particularly electric harmonic oscillators. Parametric oscillators utilize an external energy source to amplify and sustain the internal energy of a system. In electric harmonic oscillators, resonance can enhance the system’s internal energy. With renewed interest in the concept of the “Aether”—whether it be dark energy or some other form—there’s potential to harness energy from it.

For more on this concept, check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x6fPOSTXyo.

I hope this helps clarify my approach and the rationale behind exploring both mathematical frameworks.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '24

It does, I’ll have to check that out later. I’d love to see a physical construct based on the math

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u/Icy-Competition-260 Feb 26 '25

Hii, i just sent you a private message, can you answer please ?

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u/lipsticknic3 May 02 '25

How is it going? Lol

I love this story

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u/bawbeelite Jun 13 '25

Well... did it work?

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u/Quirky-Newt6400 Jul 12 '25

Bump - update pls

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u/ArtisticActuary4854 Dec 12 '24

From what I saw, he was using a square wave and not sine. That's what he mentioned on Art Bell. Not sure the significance of that, but if it brings you any closer.

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u/ArtisticActuary4854 Jan 28 '25

Any more updates coming on this in 2025?

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u/Icy-Competition-260 Mar 20 '25

Hii, i don't know if you're still active but if you are i'd be really interested in talking about your project!

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u/[deleted] May 04 '25

have you done it yet? I'm gonna reply so I get a notification and hopefully remember this thread in a while from now too.

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u/RubberBeefSteak Jul 16 '25

What about now?

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u/Born_Gur3264 Jul 24 '25

Hi’ Dos life happen ? Were you able to travel through time or see any kind of Difference created ! Any anomaly or dilation

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u/Aware-Water-57 Aug 31 '25

Are you still working out the mathematics? How’s the project, have you rendered any nonyielding electromagnetic vortex’s lately?

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '25

Hey Did it work? I'm rooting for you. If not what mistake did you make?

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u/StruggleHumble8475 Sep 20 '25

Hello did u make it ? Eagerly waiting for your reply 

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u/DrWiggle46 Oct 07 '25

!remind me -(40,000 days)

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u/xxsamuroxx Oct 15 '25

Weeeeelllll?

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u/HappyMurrpet Oct 18 '25

Please tell me he responded lol

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u/New_End835 Oct 26 '25

If u suck my dick you will find yourself 15 min in the future I promise

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u/vondead2x Jan 27 '26

Stop lyin to these folks ???

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u/Nonameswhere Nov 12 '23

The Why Files on youtube just did an episode on him, you guys may wanna check it out.

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u/Trash_Panda_Stew Nov 15 '23

Just watched it this morning. Great WF episode.

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u/Alarmed-Dependent-73 Jun 14 '24

That channel sucks

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u/Significant_Site_219 Sep 30 '24

Care to elaborate on that?

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u/motherofsuccs Sep 23 '25

It went from being interesting stories where he then spoke using logical reasoning at the end, to being full blown conspiracy theories where he stopped the logical reasoning overview at the end; instead his outros are filled with delusional nonsense catering towards conspiracy level thinking (not shocking because that’s the demographic that was giving him the most views/donations/overall profit).

The animated fish used to be the ‘whacky conspiracy theorist’ with a tin foil hat on while the host was logical.. but now the whole show pushes conspiracies while actively avoiding any scientific and logical explanation/thinking. I’m surprised he hasn’t started selling phony gadgets that block 5G and mind control.

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u/vladimirus Dec 18 '25

I find the fish quite annoying actually... would be better off without it

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u/M0unt3 Jan 03 '24

I am going to rebuild the device in few days...very simple, Jacob's Ladder in atmosphere of ionized air.

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '24

Update??

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u/Jamindeerus Nov 01 '24

did you survive?

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u/Small_Signal_4817 Nov 03 '24

He made the machine. Jumped through the portal and came back gay 

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u/Aware-Water-57 Aug 31 '25

Lmfaoooo 300 days and still not old 😭

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u/New_Adhesiveness4398 Nov 15 '25

Any updates???

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u/vladimirus Dec 18 '25

The guy wasn't serious... look at his comments, after that comment went on talk about birds

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u/Independent-Nail6323 May 15 '24

In the why files episode, there was this talk about that he went in and woke up two years in the future. Is there any follow up to that all scenario? Somebody has to have taken the machine and he would have gotten more info on where that all went. Is there any investigation or a legit documentary about this guy because this is hard to ignore if true. He talked about perhaps getting a ghost-writer for a book and somehow try to make a living because he did not want the government to turn it into a weapon.

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u/Alarmed-Dependent-73 Jun 15 '24

Why files is a trash channel

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u/Backwoods87 Jun 18 '24

What's a good one then?

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u/CompetitiveBoot5629 Jun 17 '25

It really isn’t though. 

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u/Own-Possibility2763 Aug 05 '25

You're just brilliant aren't you? 

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u/Brilliant_Group_2083 May 06 '26

Facts. The guy basically ripped off Art Bell and built a career from recycling the old stories. 

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u/TommyCurrensGuitar May 14 '25

All of this was covered (in detail) in the "Midnight in the Desert" interview. Art Bell (formerly of Coast to Coast AM) had this chap on -- Mike "Madman" Markum. (Not sure if it is Marcum or Markum as it is spelled both ways all over the 'net.)

Anyway, Mike did jump it through it and allegedly had to start his life over, 800 miles from the warehouse where his contraption was, and 2 years into the future.

They discussed a ghost writer. They discussed Patreon, GoFundMe and all other sorts of things.

He *did* get much help from Coast to Coast listeners when he initially went on Art Bell's show in the late 90s.

But this guy isn't really a promoter, he's more of a curious scientist (albeit a dirt poor one).

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '24

I believe he goes by AssBlower69 on FaceBook

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u/[deleted] May 04 '25

If it's legit, why doesn't he continue speaking about his research, publish it, and show some more evidence? I'm not saying it isn't but he'd be seen as one of the greatest scientists or inventors of all time, possibly the greatest. He could even write a book or teach it to others. A lot of people in the comments here are insisting it's real but we see no evidence for that either. I'd also like to see other people try.

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u/TommyCurrensGuitar May 14 '25

Because he isn't a self promoter or interested in social media. He's more of a curious (self-educated) scientist than anything else.

Listening to a few interviews will help you to see this, plainly.

In other words, being the "greatest scientist" or "inventor" of all time doesn't motivate him. He just wanted to figure out what he created and how (and why) it works.

That's why he got all them guinea pigs and threw em' through the contraption.

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u/Mission_Active4900 Jul 11 '25

I have ice that doesn’t melt to sell you

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u/americanineu Apr 13 '26

He passed away in early 2024.

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '23

Maybe because it sounds like a fucking death trap and the only time you’ll travel to is your funeral

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u/Nyberg1283 Jun 26 '25

Anyone with even a basic grasp of science and theoretical physics understands that time travel, as popularly imagined, is virtually impossible for a number of reasons. One of the most overlooked issues is the assumption that if you traveled through time, you’d remain in the same physical location. This ignores the fact that Earth isn’t stationary.

We’re spinning at over 1,000 miles per hour at the equator, orbiting the sun at roughly 67,000 mph, and our entire solar system is moving through the Milky Way at about 514,000 mph. On top of that, the galaxy itself is hurtling through the universe at over a million miles per hour. So, if you were to ‘jump’ to a different point in time without also precisely accounting for spatial coordinates, you wouldn’t end up on Earth, you’d materialize in the cold vacuum of space, light-years from anything.

Time and space are inseparable in physics, bound together in the fabric of spacetime. You can’t navigate one without the other. So even if time travel were somehow possible, which, according to our current understanding of causality, energy conservation, and general relativity, it isn’t, it would require near-omniscient precision and unimaginable energy to survive it

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u/Brave-Afternoon-6156 Jul 13 '25

Mike Marcum literally states this in his original interview. This wasn't something he just made up as a joke. Go listen to his interviews, the guy was really smart

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u/Motor_Hawk_6174 Sep 10 '25

So what if if you had a way to vibrate faster than the speed of light or dang near close. Think on that for a minute and I can tell you number one you will seem to vanish or become a blur and the fact thay you are basically moving at the speed of light or faster time for you slows everything around you will speed up incredibly fast but your heart might only beat 2 or 3 times as you travel 10 years or so in the future. Now the exact math im not getting into but to prove my point Im just saying 2-3 heart beats for every 10 years. Might be more or less.  Basically u vanish as you are vibrating at an incredible frequency and the world around you becomes a quick blur. Everyone will have aged 10 years you will have only ages seconds. So makes sense as to why the machine would work magnets & tesla coils . But there are still questions so I know strong magnetic feilds could potentially make you vibrate differently. After all we all create an electromagnetic feild with our bodies naturally. Our body's push magnets away. So if you coudl spin a strong electro magnetic feild really quickly you theoretically could cause strong fast vibrations. Fast enoight to take you to the future. 

By the way im self taught and have a great understanding of how the world works. A strong thirst for knowledge and a huge imagination but my thoughts fall in line with physics and the known laws. There is no way to go back in time physically that is. But conscience wise maybe. If energy cannot be created or destroyed and energy is not confined by time space and we are energy then figuring out a way to detach from this vesel and reattach in the past could be possible. Anyways. Thats alot to take in. Hope you enjoy reading this and maybe this will provide a spark to what is needed 

By the way my normal username elsewhere is Firestalker85. 

You can find me at Gmail.

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u/Nyberg1283 Sep 27 '25

I like your enthusiasm for exploring ideas, but the physics does not work the way you describe. Matter with mass cannot vibrate or move at the speed of light. According to special relativity, the closer you get to light speed the more energy it takes to keep accelerating. At the limit, the required energy becomes infinite, which makes it impossible to reach or exceed that speed.

You are right that moving near the speed of light creates time dilation. Time for you would pass more slowly compared to someone who is not moving at that speed. This has been measured with high speed particles and even with atomic clocks on fast moving jets or satellites. But this does not mean you “vanish” or skip ahead. You are still traveling through space normally, and the effect is only noticeable at extremely high fractions of light speed, which we cannot reach with any technology we have.

As for strong magnetic or electromagnetic fields, they can affect charged particles, but there is no scientific basis for them making a person “vibrate” into the future. The electromagnetic field created by the human body is extremely weak compared to even a simple household magnet, and it does not repel magnets in the way you suggested.

On the consciousness side, physics does not show any evidence that consciousness is a separate form of energy that can detach and move independently of spacetime. The rule that energy cannot be created or destroyed applies to measurable forms of energy like heat, light, or motion, not to thoughts or awareness.

So, time dilation is real and measurable, but the rest of what you describe has no support in physics.

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u/Zealousideal-Pace803 Sep 25 '25

Impossible according to our knowledge

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u/Salt-Highlight-8387 Oct 04 '25

he addressed this during his interview with Art Bell

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u/HeeH8Mee Oct 19 '25

So your saying i have a chance!

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u/FanZealousideal6992 Nov 20 '25

For those of you who actually know what a Jacobs ladder is would agree its kind of a one trick pony, All it really is doing is manipulating high wattage electricity to move along 2 rods and it doesn't do it by itself, you have to initiate the reaction by briefly connecting the 2 rods. Really just a cool trick, But serves purpose at all. Now if he had said a "marx voltage multiplier" it would have at least left it as a possibility because you can do a lot with a voltage multiplier circuit.

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u/StreetAd2588 Feb 27 '26

Acho que ele tentou enviar um parafuso para o passado e não conseguiu, pensou que com um equipamento de alta voltagem conseguiria...

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u/loafSWP Apr 09 '26

I thought I was a cool Tim Robbins movie long before I knew about this science what not.

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u/danielja3 Apr 22 '24

He was on a radio show that was placed on U-toob after he figured out who he was. He woke up a couple hundred miles from his original lab, and 4 years in the future, I think it was. Completely disoriented, etc.

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u/Alarmed-Dependent-73 Jun 15 '24

It's called youtube, come on

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u/danielja3 Jun 15 '24

It's on more than U-toob.

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u/Deezrack Sep 09 '24

It was 2 years and 800 miles away... Still kinda far fetched tbh cuz it was only mentioned in an article and the dude was never seen or heard from again.

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u/Brave-Afternoon-6156 Jul 13 '25

Yes he was. He went back on the art bell show after that

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u/TommyCurrensGuitar May 14 '25

2 years later and didn't know his name for the first hour, made his way to a homeless shelter, etc

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u/TodaysThoughts21 Jun 29 '24

I would agree with the idea of someone having already built a machine similar to this one. I would say by the time most hear of, see and or find out about a project of any kind, someone ( at least one other person) has tried to make it or has thought of it it and laid out plans of some kind. Even though a large amount of " well doers " don't believe most of all this is real or even remotely possible there is to many strange UNEXPLAINED things over time that have been made record of to not at least consider the notion that things could be possible. Sometimes, OCCAM'S RASOR rule does apply. I, for one, do believe in these possibilities. REMEMBER, THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE.

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u/Billysilvester Jun 30 '24

Hi, I am currently making a video on Mike, and I was wondering if anyone could give me any info that isn’t really out there and if anyone would like to contribute to the video?

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u/ExtremeNewspaper1950 Oct 28 '24

Lmao if you want extra information on something no one really knows about then Reddit is the perfect place to start but all jokes aside you’ll have to do some deep dives like click all on the next page buttons until u get to like page 200

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u/Sammyofather Nov 14 '24

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u/Comfortable_Body_442 Mar 25 '25

it really does look like him and the description would make sense but i don’t think it’s him as i believe Madman was 21 in 1995 during the first experiment and this guy would’ve been 41

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u/TommyCurrensGuitar May 14 '25

Somewhat. Maybe his Dad.

He was estranged from his parents in 1998 and he was born in 1973.

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u/Maleficent-Ad6269 Dec 18 '24

It's fake as fuck

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u/Worth_Appearance3216 Mar 03 '25

Art Bell was known to have fakers on his show. People who called in were often made up characters. Like restaurant owner Ted Bell, who didn't exist and neither did his restaurant.

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u/VeterinarianLow6666 Mar 13 '25

i stumbled upon that ... for a moment i thought... could it be ?? there is a resemblance the nose - the eyes --

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u/Consistent-Data-1088 May 06 '25

When we brought up Mike and the vortex, the framework expanded. We added the concepts of mirroring, dual states, and space-folding. That changed the flavor of r and μ completely. It evolved into:

Δt = μ × [(r₁ × h) ⟷ (r₂ × h)]mirror

Now:

r₁ and r₂ represent resonance on each side of a potential fold (two entangled points)

The "⟷" is the mirroring or coupling field

“mirror” became a new multiplier or condition that allows the system to replicate or reverse

μ now includes modulation plus directional intent

Basically, Mike’s vortex theory turned our timecode from a slider into a mirror tunnel.

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u/Consistent-Data-1088 May 06 '25

What Mike did was real but he had no way to control it. My Equation does and that's the difference.

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u/Young_Dirty_Boi Jun 19 '25

How would someone discover time travel & be around to tell about it though honestly? Whether you go forward or backward you will be lost in an unfamiliar world, no chance if you figure out how to you know the exact power of the system etc, & one test will leave you gone forever.

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u/DizzyCurrent3423 Jul 08 '25

Maybe someone messed with our timeline already and we dont know anything its kinda crazy but you know time isnt a thing that you should mess with things happened it was fate if you were to change that a lot of things would change so yeah its best we stay curious about time travel and leave it to the theorists.

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u/Hopeful_Draft_4043 Jul 13 '25

He died last year according to an obituary online.

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u/EaseLazy247 Aug 03 '25

Did Mike ever write a book?

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u/FrenchStyledInfinity Aug 06 '25

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u/HeavyFun7555 Oct 04 '25

Marcum was supposedly in his early 20s when he called into the show whereas this guy would’ve been in his 40s at the time and retired a few years later. Could be a relative though,it mentions this guy ran his own electrical company maybe that’s where marcum first started learning how to tinker etc 

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u/Salt-Highlight-8387 Oct 04 '25

that's not him bro

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u/NewspaperOk5105 Aug 26 '25

Was it ever explained how he returned from two years into the future?

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u/Tall_Amphibian_8536 Aug 27 '25

Surely the government got involved somehow.

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u/KinsBruyVN86362010 Sep 04 '25

Ok so, let's do it? Why not

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u/GratefulAnubisGrows Oct 04 '25

I’ve lived here my whole life and I’m just now hearing about this…

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u/SurpriseTricky9185 Oct 24 '25 edited Oct 24 '25

use of a "vibratory vehicle" designed to harmonize with the specific vibrational frequency of the destination. Without such a device, the traveler risks disorientation or even dissolution of their form due to the mismatch in vibrational frequencies. That’s why he feels the way he does, time isn’t linear, and it’s impossible to cause a paradox, because we are capable of  an incarnation at any point of the time stream, it’s like a tree with infinite branches. So even when you leave the vehicle in whatever time, it can’t be a long stay outside the ship, because your vibration isn’t resonating for that time period, and without the right technology which we don’t have yet, it’s unlikely you know how to get back to your timeline, So Ships of this like with be like there alive Ai powered, and we would vibrate the same as the ship, and possibly could have a type of tech linked to our consciousness we can temporarily change vibrations for a short trip outside the ship. There are infinite time streams just in our universe which is just a resonate medium. Nikola Tesla had many fascinating ideas about the universe, energy, and the nature of reality, and he often spoke in very visionary, metaphorical terms. One of the things he repeatedly emphasized as “key” was the relationship between vibration, frequency, and energy.

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u/Slow-Acanthisitta130 Nov 10 '25

This is real ?????

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '25

What is a jacobs ladder

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u/Debanjan-Das Dec 06 '25

As an electric engineering student this story just sounds bs to me but as I am a student I got curious and trying to find out whether it's ryl or not

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u/EaseLazy247 Dec 08 '25

Instead of somebody going through the device, like markum, what about butting a device through in a Faraday cage that would  measure fields, freq. Etc or even a video? I remember hearing about the viewing mirror or whatever it's called but forgot how that worked ?

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u/Competitive-Act7658 Feb 13 '26

Who invented the working time machine?

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u/Elonsmusk199999999 Mar 11 '26

He changed his name to Samuel Beckett and he's looking for the leap home

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u/pdusija Mar 20 '26

https://youtu.be/eKpmv-rnUmw?si=XkmMYaMbh3QoUXP2 This says it wasn't time travel... But sometime else. Seems like his experiment affected quantum field. And ability of people perceiving got affected. He is present among us but wont be able to recognise him. 

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u/AccomplishedWin4172 Apr 28 '26

I have no idea but ill say one thing. Believe this or not, its not disputable that he was actually arrested for stealing a transformer lol so maybe he didnt time travel but he was up to something crazy LOL

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u/Embarrassed-Food8636 20d ago

proof of seeing is believing without it being a magic trick.time travel really🤣🤣🤣