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Time Travelers

posted 12 years ago by xenophile2002
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I was watching this with the GF, and I suddenly made a comment which caused her to look at me as if I were on acid, which I wasn't. Never have been, actually.

I said, "I wonder if one percent of the people there were time travelers? That would mean, um, three to five thousand time travelers at Woodstock."

So yeah, she looked at me for a moment, but then I asked her, "If you had a time machine, wouldn't you go to Woodstock?"

She nodded, and we agreed that a few thousand time travelers, with a bit of historic training to blend in, could have gone unnoticed at Woodstock. Now, this doesn't mean they were definitely there, but hey.

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[–] 12 years ago

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[–] xenophile2002 12 years ago

Groovy. I'll be sure to tell the GF about Garcia's comment.

UPDATE
For some reason the post about Jerry Garcia has been deleted. Apparently Garcia had stated that he could sense the presence of people not yet born.

I disagree with you, but I'm pretty sure you're not Hitler.
- Jon Stewart

[–] Haverchuck_Is_King 12 years ago

I think you can narrow it down and figure out who the time travelers really are. If someone is going back in time to experience Woodstock, there is no way in heck they are going to leave before Hendrix plays the national anthem. That is the epic moment of Woodstock and the 1960s. But because of the rain and other delays, that didn't happen until sunrise Monday morning. He was the last performer to go onstage. By that point, the crowd had thinned down to 20,000 to 30,000. People who lived in the 60s who had jobs or airplanes to catch had already left. Only the hardcore... and time travelers would have been left.

So watch the crowd footage during Hendrix. That's where you would see the time travelers. They would know that performance was significant and stuck around to the very end to watch it all.

[–] xenophile2002 11 years ago

Now THAT makes sense!

I disagree with you, but I'm pretty sure you're not Hitler.
- Jon Stewart

[–] krypton_son 11 years ago

Wow. You guys just blew my mind. You are 100% correct.

[–] xenophile2002 11 years ago

I'm of a mind to write a story starring a time traveler visiting Woodstock, a Vietnam veteran turned hippie, and an undercover FBI man. It would quickly get them mixed up with Neanderthals, dinosaurs, and artificial space habitats of several tens of thousands of square miles.

Unfortunately, my writing projects tend to start off with lots of grandiose ideas and frantic typing, and wind up going nowhere. So the adventures of Prof. d'Abo, Sgt. Josh, and Special Agent Rick may never see the light of day. Ah well.

I disagree with you, but I'm pretty sure you're not Hitler.
- Jon Stewart

[–] Redsfan001 (6147) a year ago

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