‘Time traveller’ using flip phone during 1962 World Cup celebrations debunked

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    World Cup final celebrations from Brazil's 1962 triumph against Czechoslovakia could show proof of time travel thanks to an eerie likeness to a modern day flip phone.

    An iconic snap of Brazil skipper Mauro Ramos holding the Jules Rimet trophy aloft shows fellow players as well as reporters and photographers – who are trying to take capture the moment.

    Amazingly, one of those snappers seems to be holding what resembles a flip phone despite the invention of the once popular device not coming until 1989, 27 years later.

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    However, all is not what it seems on closer inspection, with the 'flip phone' actually a handheld box camera among much larger devices nearby.

    Football is not the only sport to catch the eye of time travelling conspiracy theorists, with a 1995 Mike Tyson fight recently resurfacing.

    Footage of Iron Mike's win over Peter McNeeley showed a fan to be holding what looked like a smart phone – but closer inspection shows a camcorder called a Dycam Logitech.

    Which football event would you try and change if you could travel in time? Tell us in the comments section below.

    Back in 1997, a footballer thought time travel was indeed real after a TV prank that involved an aeroplane, fake scientists and even an imposter dog.

    Ex-Arsenal and Everton star Anders Limpar was unknowingly the star of TV show, Blansingen in his native Sweden.

    The prank began as he boarded a plane with his friend Dan, Dan's girlfriend Mia, and their pet puppy.

    Limpar was then approached on the plane by two fake scientists who claimed to have invented a way to travel in time – and got the shock of his life when they landed.

    He was told rivals Norway had won the 1998 World Cup, before seeing an aged Mia and a fully grown dog in place of his earlier acquaintances.

    After learning the truth, he said: "It was so damn good. We thought we'd been flying for two years in the future. It was awesome. It is true that what happens then is credible."

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