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Time traveler spotted in old photo

This photo was taken around 1940 and has not been digitally tampered with. So what’s the deal with the young man in the contemporary-looking sunglasses, t-shirt, and camera?

Time travel photo

Proof of time travel? Forgetomori investigates. (After reading that page and looking at the photo several times, I half wondered whether this was one of those perception tests…”now, did you notice 12 pink polar bears in the photo?” It doesn’t appear to be.)