From Cheryl Eddy at i09.com, a fascinating article regarding…

5 Times That People Claimed to be Real-Life Time Travelers

Sadly, all the mentioned individuals sound like they’re scamming people and/or having a good laugh at others’ expense, which I suppose is to be expected.

Time Travel is one of my favorite fantasy genres.  So very many great stories have been built around the concept of Time Travel, from H. G. Welles The Time Machine to the excellent original Harlan Ellison penned (though he was angry with changes made in his script) Star Trek episode City on the Edge of Forever to (again with that Ellison fellow) Outer Limits episodes Demon With The Glass Hand and The Soldier to The Terminator films (which, btw, Ellison successful sued the studio behind the film claiming director/writer James Cameron took many elements from his Outer Limit episodes), to Groundhog Day (a clever variation on the concept of time travel and, as far as I’m aware, has nothing at all to do with Harlan Ellison!), to the romantic cult-favorite Somewhere In Time.

The concept of time travel is so powerful and has been pursued by so many authors that I distinctly recall the admonishment that as a writer one should avoid doing time travel stories, given that so many others have done them so very well.

Though probably good advice, I’ve ignored it.  One of my favorite short stories creations, Dreams Do Come True (found on my short story collection Shadows at Dawn), involves Time Travel and I’m very proud of that story.

Having said that, like many things involving the fantastic, I suspect time travel is pretty much impossible.

As someone else noted, the best evidence it doesn’t exist is the fact that to date we haven’t seen any time travelers.  Well, legitimate time travelers, people who can prove they have come from a future time and provide solid evidence to this fact.

Again, the people listed above don’t fall into that category.

Mind you, I’d love to be proven wrong here, so if there are any time travelers out there who’d like to take me on a quick journey to the far future or the distant past, I’m available! 😉