An LOTD classic. All pics from TouristOfDeath.com.
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It all started with a photo.
This chilling picture turned up in the days following 9/11, and reportedly came from a camera found in the rubble of the World Trade Center. Was it really possible that someone managed to photograph one of the hijacked planes mere milliseconds before impact? And if so, what became of the unknown man in the photo, and the person(s) who took it?
The photo turned out to be a hoax, of course, and most people dismissed it as such. But, a few believers remained, and their numbers grew as more photos of the same mysterious man at other disasters began to surface. More and more people became convinced that this man was not some innocent sightseer in the wrong place at the wrong time, but something much more nefarious: a time-traveling harbinger of doom -- a Tourist of Death, if you will -- inexplicably present at every great disaster of the millennium, a witness to our suffering and an ever-present reminder of our powerlessness.
The pictures you are about to see seem to support this theory. Are they real, or are they hooey? Decide for yourself.
Pearl Harbor (1941)
JFK assassination (1963)
LBJ sworn in after JFK assassination (1963)
Lee Harvey Oswald shot by Jack Ruby (1963)
Sinking of the Titanic (1912)
Mt. St. Helens eruption (1980)
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, cause of World War I (1914)
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima (1945)
Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan (1981)
Munich Olympics (1972)
Hindenburg disaster(1937)
Lincoln assassination (1865)
Watergate scandal/Nixon resignation (1974)
Oklahoma City bombing (1995)
Julius Caesar assassination (44 BC)
Orleans "Waking & Dreaming" LP (1976)
Columbine High School massacre (1999)
Loch Ness Monster appearance (1955)
Challenger disaster (1986)
Custer's Last Stand (1876)
Kent State shootings (1970)
Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction" (2004)
Godzilla attacks Tokyo (1965)
Battle of Gettysburg (1863)
Shark attack (year unknown)
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999)
Tianenman Square protests (1989)
Alien autopsy (year unknown)
The Matrix (1999)
Ghost on set of Three Men & A Baby (1987)
Anyone got any cheese?
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These are great! The folks who come up with these are very creative and clever. Mt. St. Helens eruption, Lincoln Assassination, and Orleans "Waking & Dreaming" all gave me a good laugh.
ReplyDeleteBack in August 1977, when the ex and I stopped for pancakes at 3 am the night of our first date, that fucker was in the booth behind us. I swear.
ReplyDeleteoh yes, he must be supernatural - how else do you explain Hiroshima and Mt. St. Helen's? black humor, but funny.
ReplyDelete"Apart from that Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?"
ReplyDeleteThese were great--he's a sneaky little time traveler.
I saw him at a gas station in Portland Oregon. Probably the remnants from Mt. St Helens
ReplyDeleteI've made a few pictures with the guy. Normandy invasion, my own Titanic stuff and one shot of him in an early photograph of my wife and I long before we met, coincidentally pictured at a cosmetology school.
ReplyDeleteOnce you cut the guy from the background, you can just plop him in anywhere.
Lefty, do you mean these are FAKE?
ReplyDeleteNo, RGR. Just the ones I did.
ReplyDeletenothing creeps me out more than that 1972 Olympics photo... something about ski masks...
ReplyDeleteHe was in the building when I got laid off last week, too!
ReplyDeleteLittle fucker. I should've known something was up and called in sick.
Whew! Glad to hear it, Lefty. You almost rocked my Ponderosa and not in a good way!
ReplyDeleteWow, this guy is like the anti-Doctor Who.
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