Wookie McFly
Aug 14 2006, 12:08 AM
OK, so, for those of you who may remember my previous posts (they were about 3 months ago) you'll know that I have a tendency to experience 'timeslips'. I had a string of them in upstate New York a few years back, nothing since then. Until this summer in the Appalachians. I don't know what it is about rural areas, but they seem to be hotbeds for things like this.
In any case, I have a tendency to 'go exploring' off in the mountains. It's a habit I picked up from my father.
On advice from Anvil and various others, I started keeping a digital camera in my car at all times. When I am planning on taking a drive, I always check the batteries etc, just to have a verification point. This time was no different.
I started out, alone this time and started making random turns out on gravel roads. It's kindof risky, so I wouldnt' advise doing this, just because sometimes you turn into someone's driveway and chances are if they live 45 minutes from the nearest town on an unmarked gravel road, they aren't exactly sociable. Usually the "I'm lost" rutine works, but sometimes you have to hightail out.
So I'm driving along, probably 15 miles from where I started (about an hour's worth of driving). The car had a half a tank of gas and everything was working fine. Then, as I creasted a ridge, it died. I mean completely dead. The engine wouldn't turn over, no power in the battery, nothing. The doorlocks wouldn't open by the button, I had to pull the door handle (safety feature) which popped the recessed lock. Figuring what had happened, I grabbed the camera and jumped out of the car. (Comments from users made me quite a bit more bold than in the past). I saw smoke rising through the trees off to my left and started walking. In about 250 yards I came upon the edge of a clearing and there was a cabin with a stone chimney (the source of the smoke). Now, we need to remember that this was July in the south... a fire was not needed. Two horses were in the other end of the field, penned in by a very rudamentary fence. A large garden was off to the front right of the cabin.
So, I was sitting there by a tree on the side of the field and this woman came out of the house in a bonnet and dress (remember July) with a bucket. She went up to a hand pump (which looked brand new) and got what i assume was water. At this point I figured it was time to take a picture (enough signs were there that this was not a normal deal). So, I tried to turn the camera on - nothing. Batteries were dead too. I got up and ran back to the truck to see if I had brought a spare battery, but as I approached the truck, I saw my headlights were back on (I leave them running while exploring, some of the backroads are seriously overgrown and not much light gets through). So then I tried the camera again, the thing worked, started right up. I ran back over what I thought was the same route, but trees looked different and the path I had taken was no longer there.
I couldn't find the house. No smoke rising up. No field. Nothing.
I made my way back to my car (having to click the panic button to find my way out) got in and kept driving for another 20 minutes until I ended up on the other side of the ridge and in the next town over.
SO- I know this one is out of control, but my reputation on this board is for total skepticism and this is no different.
Reasons I see for how I missed the house a second time around:
1. Lots and lots of trees.
2. Unfamiliar surroundings.
3. The car could have overheated and shut down (I guess) or it was some very strange fluke.
4. Which, in compliment with the camera failure seems a 1 in a million chance, but still possible.
Let me know what other explainations you all come up with. Or if you have any questions about the story... I tried to remember every detail possible, but questions may trigger more memory.
--Marty
boorite
Aug 14 2006, 12:22 AM
I congratulate you on trying to do your skeptical duty, but those explanations don't really make sense. Outlandish as a "timeslip" may sound, it at least makes sense. Cool story.
Wookie McFly
Aug 14 2006, 12:29 AM
Well, what might you suggest, boorite, as something which "makes sense"? I agree, my reasoning was based on a statistical probability which removes it from the realm of *real* possibility. However, criticism without alternatives is ineffective in a forum such as this.
Lady_Anvilabeel
Aug 14 2006, 01:10 AM
Darn, I have just typed out a long reply to this and an error occured when I went to post it
In short, Marty I think this sounds like another timeslip. It's such a shame your camera failed!!! but my thought is conditons must have played a part and with causing the problem with your car. Is there such thing as a wind up camera? I'm not sure! other than avoiding battery operated equip the only option left to try if it ever happens again is to bring back a physical object that represents the moment. Or a piece of info if talking to people from that moment.
boorite
Aug 14 2006, 01:13 AM
QUOTE(Marty Floyd @ Aug 14 2006, 12:29 AM) [snapback]1306814[/snapback]
Well, what might you suggest, boorite, as something which "makes sense"?
Timeslip, like you said. I don't mean to criticize you. I mean you're right that these facts would mean something bizarre happened to you.
Like I said, in trying to explain it away, you've done your duty, but the experience is not so easy to explain away.
Sorry if this sounded like some kind of knock on you. I meant the opposite. I'm looking back through your stories, and I think they're awesome.
Wookie McFly
Aug 14 2006, 01:19 AM
It is so hard on the internet to guage the inherent intent, my apologies for my misinterpretation boorite.
GHOSTLY
Aug 14 2006, 01:33 AM
Hi Marty,
I live in the mountains of New York State. Where abouts did this all take place? New York is a big state.
Also Marty, my neighbors are the fury, feathery, creepy crawlers. I do not have human neighbors immediately around me. I am a very social person. We replace the shotgun with high power rifles, so we can get you long before you reach the house.
Wookie McFly
Aug 14 2006, 02:40 AM
This happened in Appalachia (South of the Mason Dixon). My previous stories took place in the Catskills.
Nautik
Aug 14 2006, 02:52 AM
sounds interesting.. But yea like anvil said try and pick up a physical object from the momment. Maybe even try interacting with the people you see. Just make something up like you're lost and need directions.. Besides that not sure just bring extra cameras and batteries.
RollingThunder06
Aug 14 2006, 03:23 AM
Does this effect anything else like your watch or even your physical self? For example does anything happen to you like dizzness to let you know when this is happening and when it is over? The suggestion of trying to find items that aren't electronic is great. If this time slip is strong enough to drain your car battery then it will drain anything you may have with you. Congratulations on being calm enough to evaluate the situation and come up with possible answers. I think my mind would be to numb to do that.
Wookie McFly
Aug 14 2006, 03:26 AM
Yes, I have switched (after that) to a not electric camera. If you go back to my posts in May, I did interact during one slip.
Thank you for the calm head comment. There is no point in questioning others if you don't examine your own stories twice as hard. That's why I do it. Plus, as I have posted before, everything is normal until proven paranormal.
--Marty
Wookie McFly
Aug 14 2006, 03:28 AM
I forgot to address the watch question- I wasn't wearing a watch (don't wear one ever really).
As far as feeling a change... not really (at least with me). The only things that seem to be affected are electronics (that I can tell)
Jacked
Aug 14 2006, 03:48 AM
Maybe your car and camera didn't work because back then they didn't exist? I don't know diddly squat about history, so I wouldn't know if these things existed back then. But it's just an idea, thought I'd throw it out there
earthchick
Aug 14 2006, 03:49 AM
Hi Marty.......I wonder if it might help to carry a couple of vintage cameras with you. Of course I realize that some of the real old ones using tin plates, etc., would be ridiculous to consider, but perhaps some of the more portable types of the late 1920s and 1930s, might at least work if you experienced a time slip into those time periods. Vintage cameras can be purchased at many antique shops and believe it or not film is not that difficult to obtain for them, even today. My son is a professional photographer and has a collection of vintage cameras, all of which he actually uses. In the experience you just described though, it sounds as though it may have been somewhere in the late 1800s or early 1900s, and though vintage cameras of that era exist, they'd be too cumbersome and slow.
I like the suggestion of trying to take something from the time slip back with you, though one wonders if, since none of your modern things worked in that time frame, something from the time slip might disappear when you "get back". Interesting to think about.
Wookie McFly
Aug 14 2006, 03:50 AM
You are probably completely correct Jacked.
boorite
Aug 14 2006, 07:45 PM
QUOTE(Jacked @ Aug 14 2006, 03:48 AM) [snapback]1307019[/snapback]
Maybe your car and camera didn't work because back then they didn't exist? I don't know diddly squat about history, so I wouldn't know if these things existed back then. But it's just an idea, thought I'd throw it out there

Another idea that would explain the simultaneous and total failure of both the car and the camera, followed by their simultaneous recovery, both in strict concjunction with the appearance and disappearance of the smoke, cabin, and clearing: Perhaps "timeslips" are associated with powerful electromagnetic fields.
~Onyx~
Aug 14 2006, 08:24 PM
QUOTE(boorite @ Aug 14 2006, 03:45 PM) [snapback]1307813[/snapback]
Perhaps "timeslips" are associated with powerful electromagnetic fields.
If that's the case, how would you go about proving that theory? You could take an EMF detector with you and document the "spikes" in the EMF...but the draining of electricity that you have said is associated with the phenomenon creates a real problem...the ONLY soloution that I can come up with would be to try and locate SOMETHING to record these "events" not powered by electricity as Earthchick suggested. If these are "time-slips" then interacting with those encountered during these events made be hazardous.....too many unknowns...too many variables....I'll get back to ya.
Wookie McFly
Aug 14 2006, 08:53 PM
The only way which it could be dangerous is if the timeslip is in fact time travel; thus I would be affecting past events. I *highly* doubt I am a time traveller... lol. I bet whats going on with these things is a combination of EMF and residual memories of a place-- perhaps a 'super haunting'. Or, more interestingly perhaps I am the haunting in their world. A strange concept without much to back it up, but interesting to contemplate.
However, in the one experience where I interacted, I wasn't viewed as something strange or scary (as far as I could tell and my main 'talent' is as an empath... normally I would pick up on it).
I think I am going to go back and find that one I wrote about the interaction and re-post the text here... seems we're getting into the nature of timeslips rather than this specific event.
Wookie McFly
Aug 14 2006, 08:57 PM
This was first posted on May 6th, 2006. I'm adding this in here since we are now discussing the nature of timeslips and this has more interaction etc... hopefully adds more information. The tag on this post thread was "A Possible Timeslip in the Catskill Mountains" I would read the whole thread as aspects of the story were clarified and discussed quite heavily.
--Marty
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Hi all-
So, for those of you who read my experience in Maine, this is along those same general lines.
When I was 20 (so just two years ago) my girlfriend and I were spending half of winter break with her family, half with mine. Her family lives right in the heart of the Catskills in upstate New York. It was late December and we had this thing of 'going exploring' (which for those of you who read Maine, I got this from my Father), especially at night. So, at around 7 PM, we got into my truck and went exploring. While she grew up in the area, anyone who has been to that part of New York knows there are *lots* of odd roads. If you don't have a reason to go down one, you usually never do.
Me being me, I picked roads at random as we were driving, assuming that I could find my way back (I always can in PA), but after about 30 minutes, I was seriously lost. Then, it started snowing. A lot.
Now, having heard tons of stories about the Catskills, getting lost, ghosts, and various other paranormal things, I started to panic just a bit. I drove around almost blind (the snow was falling rapidly) for another hour. Then Julia looked down at the gas gauge and started to really freak out. We were almost on empty.
A pretty bad situation, blizzard in the mounatins when I'm lost and we're running out of gas. This is how people die (or so I had heard).
Now, this is where the story takes a sharp turn towards the paranormal.
We finally same some lights up ahead, and realized it was a gas station. The relief I felt was immense. The panic started to fade and I pulled up to the pumps. Only these pumps weren't normal gas pumps, they looked like something out of the 40s. My heart sank, thinking that they were just for show. However, as I stopped, a man walked out from the station (which had a sign saying "General Store") he walked up to me and said "Fancy truck there boy, need a fill up?" I said yes and he proceeded to pump. Julia decided to go inside to look around (she was kinda POed at me for getting us so seriously lost). I asked the man for directions back to Margretville (sorry for the sp) and he gave them readily. So, this was all very good. I decided to go find Julia since the gas was almost done. I hopped out of the truck and noticed 3 cars, all looking brand new, but from the 1940s (roughly). As I walked in, I saw Julia talking to a woman behind the counter of the store. It had the post office boxes up on the wall, big cut glass candy jars, etc etc. I waved hello and took a look around the place. There was no modern food. What I mean by that is, most stores, bas station or other, have doritos etc. Not this place. They had coke and Hershey bars, but the coke was in glass bottles and the Hershey bars were in an odd wrapper. This was true for just about everything in the store.
I finally wrested Julia away from the counter, thanked the lady and went out to pay for the gas. Now, normally when I pay for gas in that truck, it's around 50 dollars. The man said my total was $2.85. I looked at him thinking I had misunderstood or he was joking. Then I asked how much gas was per gallon. "10 cents per. I know it's a little high, but it's the War's fault." I handed him the money in silence, got into the car, rolled down the window to thank him and drove off using the directions he gave me. I tried to keep track of where the place was, but through the snow and dark, I lost my way back to the General Store. We did however (obviously) find out way out. We ended up 45 miles north of the town we wanted to be. Another very odd thing being that while my car clock said we had been gone for well over 4 hours, it was only 9 PM when we got back.
Julia and I went looking for the store two days later, couldn't find it again. While this is not that surprising, it's still odd. No one had heard of the store and we asked *everyone*.
So, I have no real idea of what this was. The only reason I think timeslip is because of a previous post about Maine. As always any debunkment is welcome (I am a serious skeptic at heart) or explaination of what probably happened.
Thanks as always-
Marty
truth's last stand
Aug 14 2006, 09:11 PM
QUOTE(Marty Floyd @ Aug 14 2006, 03:57 PM) [snapback]1307910[/snapback]
This was first posted on May 6th, 2006. I'm adding this in here since we are now discussing the nature of timeslips and this has more interaction etc... hopefully adds more information. The tag on this post thread was "A Possible Timeslip in the Catskill Mountains" I would read the whole thread as aspects of the story were clarified and discussed quite heavily.
--Marty
__________________________________________________________________________
Hi all-
So, for those of you who read my experience in Maine, this is along those same general lines.
When I was 20 (so just two years ago) my girlfriend and I were spending half of winter break with her family, half with mine. Her family lives right in the heart of the Catskills in upstate New York. It was late December and we had this thing of 'going exploring' (which for those of you who read Maine, I got this from my Father), especially at night. So, at around 7 PM, we got into my truck and went exploring. While she grew up in the area, anyone who has been to that part of New York knows there are *lots* of odd roads. If you don't have a reason to go down one, you usually never do.
Me being me, I picked roads at random as we were driving, assuming that I could find my way back (I always can in PA), but after about 30 minutes, I was seriously lost. Then, it started snowing. A lot.
Now, having heard tons of stories about the Catskills, getting lost, ghosts, and various other paranormal things, I started to panic just a bit. I drove around almost blind (the snow was falling rapidly) for another hour. Then Julia looked down at the gas gauge and started to really freak out. We were almost on empty.
A pretty bad situation, blizzard in the mounatins when I'm lost and we're running out of gas. This is how people die (or so I had heard).
Now, this is where the story takes a sharp turn towards the paranormal.
We finally same some lights up ahead, and realized it was a gas station. The relief I felt was immense. The panic started to fade and I pulled up to the pumps. Only these pumps weren't normal gas pumps, they looked like something out of the 40s. My heart sank, thinking that they were just for show. However, as I stopped, a man walked out from the station (which had a sign saying "General Store") he walked up to me and said "Fancy truck there boy, need a fill up?" I said yes and he proceeded to pump. Julia decided to go inside to look around (she was kinda POed at me for getting us so seriously lost). I asked the man for directions back to Margretville (sorry for the sp) and he gave them readily. So, this was all very good. I decided to go find Julia since the gas was almost done. I hopped out of the truck and noticed 3 cars, all looking brand new, but from the 1940s (roughly). As I walked in, I saw Julia talking to a woman behind the counter of the store. It had the post office boxes up on the wall, big cut glass candy jars, etc etc. I waved hello and took a look around the place. There was no modern food. What I mean by that is, most stores, bas station or other, have doritos etc. Not this place. They had coke and Hershey bars, but the coke was in glass bottles and the Hershey bars were in an odd wrapper. This was true for just about everything in the store.
I finally wrested Julia away from the counter, thanked the lady and went out to pay for the gas. Now, normally when I pay for gas in that truck, it's around 50 dollars. The man said my total was $2.85. I looked at him thinking I had misunderstood or he was joking. Then I asked how much gas was per gallon. "10 cents per. I know it's a little high, but it's the War's fault." I handed him the money in silence, got into the car, rolled down the window to thank him and drove off using the directions he gave me. I tried to keep track of where the place was, but through the snow and dark, I lost my way back to the General Store. We did however (obviously) find out way out. We ended up 45 miles north of the town we wanted to be. Another very odd thing being that while my car clock said we had been gone for well over 4 hours, it was only 9 PM when we got back.
Julia and I went looking for the store two days later, couldn't find it again. While this is not that surprising, it's still odd. No one had heard of the store and we asked *everyone*.
So, I have no real idea of what this was. The only reason I think timeslip is because of a previous post about Maine. As always any debunkment is welcome (I am a serious skeptic at heart) or explaination of what probably happened.
Thanks as always-
Marty
I think I'm going to hunt down timeslips just for the cheap gas!
Wookie McFly
Aug 14 2006, 09:20 PM
lol.
boorite
Aug 14 2006, 09:42 PM
QUOTE(Onyxdk @ Aug 14 2006, 08:24 PM) [snapback]1307862[/snapback]
If that's the case, how would you go about proving that theory? You could take an EMF detector with you and document the "spikes" in the EMF...but the draining of electricity that you have said is associated with the phenomenon creates a real problem...the ONLY soloution that I can come up with would be to try and locate SOMETHING to record these "events" not powered by electricity as Earthchick suggested. If these are "time-slips" then interacting with those encountered during these events made be hazardous.....too many unknowns...too many variables....I'll get back to ya.
Yep, you got me there. Trying to record something that causes recording equipment to fail seems like a Catch-22. Bruce Gerson may have suggested some ways in his book,
The Fog. I'll try to check later.
I have a feeling that one day, physics will be able to predict and model timeslips, if indeed they exist, but we just don't have that knowledge yet. It seems to me that physicists understand an awful lot, but it's still just the tip of the reality iceberg. They are still seriously asking if gravity, time, and physical reality itself are all illusions.
I feel vaguely absurd taking timeslips seriously, but since I've been entertaining other seeming impossibilities as if they may in fact be possible, I'm in no position to reject someone's story just because I feel weird about it.
And Marty, your stories are perfectly classic.
Wookie McFly
Aug 14 2006, 09:57 PM
If it helps boorite, I tend to feel quite strange about it as well. I would reject the concept completely if it had not occured and even now I am constantly looking for other, far more rational reasons/answers. I am still not sure if I like the classification of timeslip, sounds too sci-fi for myself personally.
The answer which I myself like quite a bit (but only because I have read numerous things) deals with string theory, a substudy of quantum mechanics. The theory is extraordinarily complex, but one of the main tenets is the infinite universe concept... for ever possible choice in the universe's history, a seperate universe must therefore exist to accomdate the alternate choice. As a result, there are an unknown number of universes. They are all stacked ultra close to each other, such as in a reem of printing paper. Occasionally they bump or collide into one another. This would explain the relative weakeness of gravity in comparison to the other primal energy fields (strong and weak nuclear, electro mag.)
In my mind, these bumps between the universes equate out to timeslips, deja vu, ghosts, and on and on.
I'm sorry if I am doing a tremendously poor job of explaination (as I feel that I am), it is a terribly hard concept to explain on a forum. The best person to read for string theory is a fellow named Brian Greene, a professor at Columbia University.
So I agree with you boorite, in reality most of the reasonable topics discussed on this forum may be eventually be discovered to be a) a reality and

completely natural in origin.
--Marty
Lady_Anvilabeel
Aug 15 2006, 01:56 AM
QUOTE
I bet whats going on with these things is a combination of EMF and residual memories of a place
Quite possible, it's how I understand ghosts and ghostly hauntings to work, except with these the ghost isn't aware or able to interact with you and sometimes challanged by the enviroment if it has changed, ie they appear cut off at the legs or walk through walls where perhaps a door once was....The key is finding out exactly what the conditions are that allow this...
I suppose the term 'time slip' comes from experiences like yours where everything including the landscape/enviroment is from a different time in the past....But perhaps after all it's the same deal as a resiudal haunting, just on a much larger more powerful scale like you said...
The idea of using EMF metres may not be such a bad idea after all in seeing if these remote type mountainous areas have high EMF in parts. I also think that ley and earth energy lines have to be taken onboard as well, it may be these are stronger in certain terrains/hilly areas. And i also think weather conditions can play a part as well....
Wookie McFly
Aug 15 2006, 02:02 AM
I would agree with the EMF readings deal, but I don't believe that there is an EMF detector that works without electricity. That seems to be a base qualification for studying these things while they are happening.
Lady_Anvilabeel
Aug 15 2006, 02:07 AM
It may be useful to get a base reading when these things aren't happening, an experiemnt if you like to see if these kind of places have a higher than normal EMF in the first place. It may be they're already extremely high and it only takes a slight spike to make the conditions right.
Wookie McFly
Aug 15 2006, 02:11 AM
Ah, that makes a lot of sense.
rachelkleypassparrow
Aug 26 2006, 05:50 PM
Timeslips have been known to occur even in the middle of a city centre where I live. I am not sure of all the details, but I recall reading of a timeslip that occurred in a place here in Norwich that we call the Arcade. Apparently somebody walked into this shoppe and the staff were dressed in antiquity. Not thinking anything of it, as they thought it was part of the custom of the shoppe purchased something from the shoppe in question. A couple of days later they went back to where they thought the shoppe was located to find it gone. When they described the shoppe; apparently no such shoppe existed in the shopping precinct. As it turned out, a shoppe similiar to what was described had at one time been on the site, but was no longer there. I think it got hit during the second world war. The book is by a woman called Joan Foreman, or Fourman. When I find my copy of the book up, I will have to post it's title. It is very interesting reading. I think timeslips are possible.
143
Aug 26 2006, 06:53 PM
Okay. I have several questions:
1) When you walked into the gas station after your girlfriend, did you talk to her about what she saw, after while in the truck. Did you ask her if she had noticed these differences too?
2) Do you believe these are moments that change around you or moments that change in your mind...Do you believe you've stepped into that world and if so, what about your girlfriend at the time, did she look the same?
3) How come you didnt feel the need to ask more questions with the gas attendant. Maybe you were a little confused at the time but were you aware while in this state that you were experiencing it? If so why not ask more questions to verify to yourself or your gf that this was happening.
I dont know I think this (these) are great stories but its so hard to comprehend. I'm looking forward to your answers.
Wookie McFly
Aug 26 2006, 07:20 PM
1. Yes, she noticed them as well, but didn't think that much of it at the time. It didn't seem surreal while it was going on, much more natural. I'm not sure what the implications of this are, but that's the point of this discussion.
2. I believe that they change around me/us. If it were just myself which experienced this at the various times, I would think it was internal (maybe). However, the effects on the truck, along with my girlfriends conjoined experience leads me to believe that it is external.
3. As far as quizing the guy, I wasn't really registering the massive differences. Mild confusion, mostly thinking that there was some kind of mistake (gas price etc) or joke. The main things which tipped me off that this was possibly something paranormal were the drastic time change, rapid loss of fuel leading up to the slip, and later being unable to retrace our steps or find the place again. That and later research which allowed me to date the slip fairly accurately.
Hope this helps-
Marty
CK3count
Aug 26 2006, 08:04 PM
Hey Marty,
At the house where the woman was un-seasonably dressed, and smoke from the fireplace. Do you attribute that to common attire for the time, and cooking in the fireplace? Or is there ever climate changes within the timeslips?
I would assume the timeslip would put you on the same day, but in the past. Thus putting it at the first example.
If you look at is as string theory, wouldnt a timeslip be possible into the future?
Thozzman
Aug 26 2006, 08:47 PM
Very interesting.
I had a similar experience in Westfield Indiana about 15 years ago with a good friend of mine.
We were off one day in mid-summer exploring the wooded area around an old cemetary that we used to visit on occasion out of boredom.
We were making our way through an area of dense brush, when we noticed the roof of a building peeking through the trees.
We made our way closer and entered a clearing, where we saw an old 19th century or earlier log cabin.
There didn't appear to be anyone at home, although the cabin did appear to have been occupied, as it was clean, with an old chair built out of tree limbs and wood sitting on the porch.
Inside the windows hung dark green curtains.
We were astounded, as we had explored the woods many times before and had never noticed any such cabin in the area.
We thought of walking up to the door, but considered that doing so may get us into tresspassing trouble, so instead we brushed it off and continued on our way.
After awhile, we returned home.
The next day we told some friends about the cabin we had seen in the woods, and since they were unbelieving, we decided to take them to the spot and show them for themselves.
We entered the woods and carefully retraced our steps of the previous day, only to find ourselves in an unfamiliar area which we didn't recognize. Everything looked different.
We ended up scouring the small quarter of a mile square area of woodland for a couple hours and never were able to relocate the cabin ever again.
As a final note, I myself have had another quite astounding time slip, but at the time, I was "out of body".
I found myself standing at the opposite end of the town that I had just moved to, in front of a large victorian house surrounded by an elaborate white picket fence with fancy carved wooden banisters.
I saw a path of cobblestones leading up to the structure and decided to walk the path, up to the house.
As I was walking up to the building I stopped to look at a gaslight which was alight beside the cobblestone path.
Suddenly I heard two girls giggling, and looking in the direction of the laughter saw two little girls sitting on a second story balcony with their legs through the white railing that surrounded it for protection.
They were wearing long white bedclothes and looked to be quite joyful as they were gossiping and/or talking and giggling.
Instantly, I thought they could see me under the light of the gas lamp, and slowly retreated backwards out of the light so as not to be taken as a tresspasser.
Turning to leave, I saw the main street running through town, but was astonished to see that instead of the paved road that was supposed to be there, there was a dirt road, and to further astonishment, almost all the shops and buildings but a few, were gone.
It then hit me that what I was experiencing was the town as it appeared at the turn of the century, and I was absolutely thrilled.
I noticed a house next door, with a light inside, and walked up to the window and peered inside.
Inside, I saw an old style post bed with a beautiful flowered bedspread in the immediate area, and a doorway to the left, in which there was a small table standing which had an oil or gaslamp sitting on it alight. I could see the shadow of someone in another room on the wall moving around and decided to leave before someone saw me looking in, not realizing at the time that they wouldn't be able to percieve me.
I began walking down the side of the dirt street towards my own end of town, but noticed that there was no "my end of town", as the dirt road led only out into the countryside and woodlands.
Suddenly I felt panicked, heard a very loud bang, and found myself once again laying on my bed in my room.
The next day I decided to go to the other end of town, which I had never seen, and see if what I had seen the previous night was real or some elaborate lucid fantasy.
To my utter shock and total amazement, there stood the large victorian structure, almost exactly as I had experienced it.
The only differences were the white elaborate white picket fence was replaced with a simple modern one, and the cobblestone path was gone, along with the gaslight.
Looking carefully, I got goosebumps as I noticed a pathway now covered with grass as if there had been a walkway there at one time.
The house next door was now gone and replaced by a small modern home, and an area with cabins built for tourists in the 30s as I later learned.
One thing I forgot to mention was that the balcony where the small girls were seen at the large white victorian house had changed.
Instead of there being a door leading out onto the balcony from the second story, there were now two windows on either side of where the door had been, and the railing was now gone.
Shortly afterwards I found out that the area was the oldest part of town, where the first buildings were constructed around 1898.
143
Aug 26 2006, 08:49 PM
I hadn't read any of your posts before this, my first was the one when your truck died in the forest. As I was reading it didn't dawn on me that you saying it was a time warp. I was reading it as though these people were almost like pilgrims in this day and age!
The story took a drastic twist which only lead me to more curiousity. I then read your first posting the one we are basically talking about and it felt like reading a serious of non-fiction. Its real to you, thats the best part, I love this I think its incredible and I believe ya!
Lady_Anvilabeel
Aug 26 2006, 09:21 PM
Interesting account Thozzman, sounds like a classic timeslip experience
Thozzman
Aug 26 2006, 09:27 PM
Thank you Anvil,
And I'm dying to have another!
boorite
Aug 26 2006, 09:45 PM
Awesome stories, Thozzman!
Wookie McFly
Aug 26 2006, 10:45 PM
QUOTE
If you look at is as string theory, wouldnt a timeslip be possible into the future?
Within the context of strings, yes, I guess it would be possible.
However, that also requires that nonlinear time be in effect, as well as the appropriate universal flux. A one in a trillion chance, I would assume.
I'm not sure what theories would support such a concept as time slips, but that's the point of the discussion I assume.
Thozzman-
Very cool stories, nice to see someone else experiences some similar stuff.
--Marty
Thozzman
Aug 27 2006, 01:32 AM
Thanks boorite
Yes Marty, your story is the main reason I registered.
After I read it I had to respond since your experiences are so close to the ones I had.
Tis a strange world we live in indeed!
Lottie
Aug 27 2006, 03:53 PM
Moved your thread again Marty.
Timeslips fascinate me. The most famous account of a timeslip was when two women visited Versailles Palace in 1901, the story is on UM somewhere... I will try and find it if no-one has read this account.
However very interesting stories guys especially one's that are more recent.
L33TNerd
Aug 28 2006, 03:18 AM
This is going to sound totally immature and random, but: The next time you timeslip, just BOLT up to the first person you see and start predicting the future. Really. I mean, how many of you thought that would be a good idea when watching science fictions?
Wookie McFly
Aug 28 2006, 03:26 AM
lol, I'm not sure I'm actually back in time bud, however, it would be pretty god damn hilarious.
Mithas
Aug 28 2006, 12:46 PM
@.@ That is a HORRIBLE thing to do. Funny, ooooh yes... Funny. But HORRIBLE. The guy would prolly think you're insane, but as soon as the first thing you told him came to pass, he'd begin running around town screaming something incomprehensible about someone from the future telling him everything. o.o You'd ruin the poor man's life.
On another note, lmfao. Marty these stories of yours... Wow. I would really kill to have such an experiance. Growing up in the rural parts of wisconsin I've been sheltered from every type of thing that isn't accepted by common society. And I've never had the luck to see something myself that would prove them wrong.

As to things you could do to prove your experiances.. Why try thinking outside of the box? Talk to the person and bring a journal and a pencil. Those definately don't require batteries last time I checked. Write down EVERYTHING they say. How they say it, what they look like, what everything around them looks like.
And if you're not afraid of being a time traveller with a record, steal somethin' and bring it back with you! =P You think I kid? I so would've snatched one of those coke bottles, and a hershey bar.
I hope you have more of these interesting experiances, and you share them with the rest of us on UM. =)
Wookie McFly
Aug 28 2006, 06:39 PM
I'm not sure that I can 'bring things back'. I don't think I'm actually time travelling either... My theory is that it's a "mega-haunting" or residual.
Glad you like the stories. However, it's not something I would aspire to, kindof freaky the first few times and, honestly, it never goes away.
--Marty
Never_Hit_Nirvana
Aug 28 2006, 06:42 PM
QUOTE(L33TNerd @ Aug 27 2006, 10:18 PM) [snapback]1324668[/snapback]
This is going to sound totally immature and random, but: The next time you timeslip, just BOLT up to the first person you see and start predicting the future. Really. I mean, how many of you thought that would be a good idea when watching science fictions?
Screw that. Two words: Sports Betting.
Cha-ching!!
Mithas
Aug 28 2006, 07:14 PM
QUOTE(Never_Hit_Nirvana @ Aug 28 2006, 01:42 PM) [snapback]1325392[/snapback]
Screw that. Two words: Sports Betting.
Cha-ching!!
Purely.. for.. scientific means, of course.
So Marty, as to your theories of residual, or a 'mega-haunting' uh.. What do you mean? That some place is filled with "memories" of a past event? If it were residual and memories, then you wouldn't be able to interact with it, right? Because if it were memories, you wouldn't be able to effect something that's already transpired. It just doesn't work that way.
I think..
Just a few guesses and a question for ya, Marty.
Wookie McFly
Aug 28 2006, 07:24 PM
Perhaps timeslips are memories in the way that you discussed. Only, I am playing the part of something that already happened. This doesn't make sense, hold on.
Alright.
Think about it this way. You're shooting a movie scene (the residual memory) and every time you do another "take" you have a different car and set of people (from the car) do the exact same things each time.
It's synchronicity. Kindof like deja vu. I'm responding in certain ways, not knowing that it's a preset script (just as plausible as the concept of timeslips... we're in the Twilight Zone here, no point in trying to put other constraints on things).
This of course, assumes that you've read my timeslip in the Catskills... the one at the gas station.
In the case of the most recent one, that is an even stronger case for residuals.
I tend to reject the concept that I am a "time traveller", for various reasons which I doubt that I must explain. What I might believe, if we apply nonlinear time, is a 'hiccup' of sorts in the space/time. That I might believe.
Mithas
Aug 28 2006, 08:34 PM
So... You're saying like.. You're taking the place of someone else? And what happened already happened, but you're seeing it as if you were say.. someone from that era that did that exact same thing?
muddyfrog
Aug 29 2006, 06:21 PM
Well now that I am thinking about it. someone from that time could have been asking about the price of the gas, since the guy there was saying it was high because of the war. You thought it was too low, but never said it. So, mabey your actions are the same, but definately not your thoughts. Shouldn't your thoughts match aswell??
I love exploring all over woods especially in the mountains. Seen my fair share of black bears lol. One time When I went walking, I got this super strange feeling and just stopped walking. I turned towards my brother, but he was 10 feet behind me. He looked "lost."
I asked him what just happened, and he said it felt like we were not in the right place. We had walked in this location many many times. Now it seemed just wrong. I didn't see anything different for awhile, but the feeling that something was really wrong didn't leave.
we were getting more and more uncomfortable as we walked, so about 10 minutes after it started we went back and felt safe as soon as we crossed back over so to speak. It was like there was a whole different energy there than there usually was. Nothing weird happened though...
-Muddy
Wookie McFly
Aug 29 2006, 06:44 PM
Thoughts do not equate to actions.
It's just a theory, but just as plausible as most other theories about slips.
Lady_Anvilabeel
Aug 30 2006, 03:41 AM
Marty, the gas station one, you said the attendent commented on your car! So he must have noticed something. How funny would it be if they had discussed you afterwards....