(Pocket-lint) - Every at present and and then an image appears online which people claim shows a time traveller somewhere they shouldn't be. But are they only cases of people letting their imaginations run wild?

We've rounded upward some of the best and most interesting images of time travellers throughout history. Some turned out to be plain fakes or cases of mistaken identities, but others are certainly intriguing.

Which have yous seen before?

The fourth dimension travelling hipster

This photograph was snapped in 1941 at the re-opening ceremony for the Due south Fork Bridge in British Columbia.

If yous look advisedly, on the correct-hand side you tin run across an unusually dressed human being in what appears to be modern clothing, sporting sunglasses at a time when most were wearing hats and smart jackets.

Many fence this is a fourth dimension traveller, while others take countered that he'due south simply a man with a fashion sense ahead of his time. Either way, it's still a wildly popular photograph and a corking one also in our heed.

Globe Cup celebrations

This photo comes from the 1962 World Cup and shows the celebrations as the Brazilian team lifts the trophy.

If you lot wait closely though, yous'll meet in the bottom middle of the image what looks like someone with a mobile phone snapping a photograph of the event.

Could this be a fourth dimension traveller as well? Bit odd to recall someone in the future might accept a flip phone, but then they have been making a comeback recently and we know folding phones are about to be big also.

The time travelling dominicus seeker

This image from 1943 apparently shows British mill workers escaping to the seaside for a break during the midst of wartime. The clothes and beachwear of most people certainly fit the era, only in the centre of a frame appears to exist a man dressed like Mr Bean checking his mobile phone.

Or maybe it's a time travel device? Likely a bit of a stretch or a case of overactive internet imagination, but we still savor the idea. Maybe there are no public beaches in the future?

Mohawk fourth dimension traveller

This image from 1905 appears to testify the usual happenings of the fourth dimension - including workers and a banana boat delivering its goods.

However, if you look about the edge of the boat you can spy a human being in a white shirt with what appears to be a Mohawk style haircut. A very unusual haircut for the time and possible proof of a time traveller? Who tin say?

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Pic footage captured during the recording of Charlie Chaplin's 1928 silent film "The Circus" appears to show a lady dressed all in black, wearing a lid and walking around the set talking on her mobile telephone.

The footage is a little iffy as is the idea that anyone could be talking on a mobile device in the 1920s, but it's certainly got some suggesting it might be proof time travellers are among u.s.a..

The ancient astronaut sculpture

In Salamanca, Spain, there's a cathedral with multiple sculptures carved into its sides. One such sculpture appears to show the likeness of a modern day (or perhaps futuristic) astronaut.

Considering the cathedral'south construction dates back to 1513, people accept taken this as proof that fourth dimension travellers fabricated their style dorsum to that time. However, the truth is the astronaut is merely a modern improver to the artwork carried out past Jerónimo García de Quiñones during renovations in 1992.

Fourth dimension travelling celebrities

There's an interesting trend of people who closely resemble folks from a bygone era. This could simply be a spooky coincidence, but mayhap information technology's proof that fourth dimension travel is possible?

Perhaps these celebrities are living a double life in another century? Hither, Marxist-Leninist Revolutionary Leader Mahir Cayan who was born in 1946 and died in 1972 is shown to bear a hitting resemblance to Telly star Jimmy Fallon. Is Jimmy Fallon living a double life equally a revolutionary communist? Seems hilariously unlikely.

A man and his mobile phone

Some merits that this oil painting past Pieter de Hooch, that was lovingly crafted in 1670 appears to prove a young human being holding his mobile telephone. In an age where such a matter would probably have seen him burnt at the stake, this one is hard to believe.

A description of the image also suggests the immature human is a messenger and that's a letter in his hand, non a phone, simply it'due south still nice to let your imagination run wild once in a while. We've often wondered what it would be like to be able to travel back to simpler times to see what life was similar for ourselves.

The Adidas trainers mummy

A couple of years ago, an ancient mummy was unearthed by archaeologists excavation in Mongolia. At the time, information technology was suggested the funky looking footwear she was wearing bore a hit resemblance to Adidas trainers. More evidence of a fourth dimension traveller visiting aboriginal times? Investigation of the body dated it around 1,100 years old. That's one heck of a blast through the by.

However, further unearthing showed the woman was more likely to accept been a Turkic seamstress which might explain the fresh kicks. She was found with an ancient clutch pocketbook, a mirror, a rummage, a knife and more. Merely no mobile phone.

The time surfer

Another image of an out-of-place individual that people have latched on to every bit proof that time travel is a reality. This epitome dates back over 100 years and shows some smartly dressed Canadians sitting on the side of a colina.

On the left-manus side though, sits a swain in what appears to exist a t-shirt and shorts with ruffled hair. He was quickly referred to as the surfing time traveller due to how unusual his attire is. Others accept suggested people in the photograph announced shocked by his appearance, even pointing out the adult female on the right who seems to be gesturing in his direction. Again, a bit of a stretch as would a time traveller really go through fourth dimension dressed like that?

A visitor to wartime Reykjavík

This photograph manifestly shows a scene from downtown Reykjavík in 1943. In the middle of wartime, soldiers and sailors can be seen everywhere in the streets among civilians. The man circled though, appears to be on a mobile phone.

We've really got a theme going with these smartphone using time travellers. Who is he calling? And how? And if he is a time traveller, why is he non in Berlin trying to assassinate Hitler?

The dabbing WWII soldier

There'south an credible theme to these time traveller photos that not only includes smartphone users, just also people visiting the 2d world war. In this image, a young soldier is seen dabbing, a dance move that became pop around 2014, just certainly wasn't known in wartime.

Of course, it turns out this photograph isn't an image of a time traveller, but rather just an image of some actors from 2017'due south blockbuster Dunkirk. The fact that most of the soldiers are smiling should also be a flake of a giveaway with this one.

Greta Thunberg

In 2019, the internet discovered a photo from 1898 which showed three children working at a gilded mine in Canada's Yukon territory.

The image seemed to bear witness a girl with an incredible likeness to the immature climate activist Greta Thunberg. Does this make Thunberg a time traveller who's come through time to relieve the planet? Weird year for her to choose, but it'due south a nice thought.

A woman clutching a smartphone (1860)

The painting "The expected one" from 1860, past Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller appears to show a adult female walking along a rough path, most to be accosted by an adoring boyfriend clutching a pink flower.

A close look though and you'll see she appears to have her attention firmly glued to a mod smartphone. Is this woman actually a time traveller?

Vladimir Putin

A few years back, a number of images surfaced online that seemingly showed Russian President Vladimir Putin snapped over various decades without ageing. Either proof that he'south a time traveller or perchance simply immortal? If true, he's incredibly patriotic, with each image showing him serving his land in one way or another. Though it's more likely to merely be a strong likeness.

Writing past Adrian Willings.