In light of this, Hoffmann remarked that he was “at a loss for words” since the situation appeared too surreal to accept. Karolina Petursdottir chimed in, comparing the situation to a Doctor Who episode.

This image has since become much more than a photo club anomaly, making its way into time travel theories and appearing in movies such as ’10 REAL Cases of Time Travel That Cannot Be Explained.’

It’s almost as if the man in the image is from another time or reality – an anomaly caught between two universes. The strangeness of this image is undeniable; it stands out from all other historical photographs with its seemingly unexplained aberration, prompting us to wonder what caused such a unique incident. Was that indeed time travel? Or is it something totally different?

Even while no one suspected the man of being an Axis spy, some of those debating the photo on a Facebook thread proposed more probable interpretations.

According to one version, he was checking to see if his watch was operating properly, while another claimed he was smoking a pipe and scratching his ear at the time the shot was taken.

Furthermore, several users argued that this could have been an instinctive reflex induced by something as simple as an itch or tickle that went unnoticed by himself and those around him at the time of the snapshot.

Regardless, none of these possibilities generated any substantial evidence of what he was doing at the time of the shot.