Man Claims to Build Time Machine, Disappears for 60 Years: The Mysterious Tale of Thomas Johnson

Tales of accidental time travel and scientists taking their destinies into their hands. Will human beings ever get to travel in time? Or maybe we aren't quite ready yet.

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Imagine, if you will, that you possess the power to traverse the corridors of time, to step back into the historic past or forward into any possible future. Where will you go? Or, more precisely, when will you go? That is, When, in ancient history or the potential future, will you travel to?

For centuries, this notion has been confined to the realm of the human imagination and, more recently, has made its mark in science fiction books and films. However, several first-hand accounts also reveal our innate fascination with time travel.

Among these accounts is the bewildering story of Thomas Johnson, who vanished from his timeline only to reappear sixty years later in the future, and Mike Markham, an ambitious inventor who sought to conquer time itself.

As we set off on this exploration, we confront the realm of the unknown, questioning the limits of human innovation and the physical universe.

The Boy Who Went Missing for Sixty Years

In July 1912, on a tranquil farm in New York City, Thomas Johnson and his family were shattered by an event that defied explanation.

The Johnsons led a simple life made by hard work. Meanwhile, a young Thomas, aged around ten, found himself irresistibly drawn to the lake on their farm. Despite his father’s stern warnings, rooted in tales of animals vanishing near the water body, Thomas’s fascination would soon be his undoing.