Time Travel has long been theorized, but to this day, no one (known) has been able to figure it out. That being said, there has been no shortage of people who have claimed to travel through time.
One such man has allegedly lived in the New York Capital Region, and lived in Troy for at least a year, so what’s his story?
Meet New York’s Time Travelling Man
If you were walking down Troy’s vibrant streets, you may notice plaques on certain buildings that give historical precedent for the area’s past. One plaque, however, gives us a look into the future (kind of). One of these plaques, allegedly created by the Troy Historical Society, reads:
Jacob Von Hogflume 1864-1909, The Inventor Of Time Travel Lived Here in 2248
According to urban legend, Hogflume was a man who invented Time Travel, and called his device a “Hog Flume”. He began to travel into the future, making many different stops along the way, with one of those stops being Troy…