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   YouTube clip that appears to show an extra in Charlie Chaplin film The Circus talking on a mobile phone has led one movie buff to conclude the spooky lady is proof that time travel is possible. 
   
   Time traveller? The lady features in the DVD extras of Charlie Chaplin’s The Circus (YouTube) 
   
   Belfast native – and self-confessed ‘massive Chaplin fan’ – George Clarke posted the 1928 footage on the video-sharing site, revealing that when he first saw the clip he ‘couldn’t believe his eyes’. 
   
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   ‘I kept rewinding it and zooming in to try and work out what was going on,’ explained the 33-year-old. 
   
   ‘I have been studying this footage for over a year now and I just can’t explain it. 
   
   ‘Some people have come up with a few theories but to me her actions and gestures are those of someone talking on a mobile.’ 
   
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   In the scene in question the apparent time traveller, clad in a hat and coat, walks into frame appearing deep in conversation while holding a black object to her ear. 
   
   One theory put forward so far is that the device is a hearing aid, although explanations as to why she might be talking into it have been less forthcoming. 
   
   George’s YouTube clip, which he describes as having opened ‘a whole can of worms’, has already racked up over 1.3million views on the site. 
   
   Comments left by viewers of the footage, so far, range from ‘secret government operations’ theories to the decidedly less sinister: ‘I think it’s a crazy old person talking into her hand-held vibrator.’ 
   
   Guess you need to watch the footage now to come to your own conclusion… 
   
   Video: Charlie Chaplin ‘s ‘time traveller‘(skip to 2:40 for the lady herself) ||||| Published on Oct 19, 2010 
   
   Welcome to our channel... This was 2010's Youtube phenomenon of the year, and still has the world asking questions! 
   
   
   
   This short film is about a piece of footage I (George Clarke) found behind the scenes in Charlie Chaplins film 'The Circus'. Attending the premiere at Manns Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, CA - the scene shows a large woman dressed in black with a hat hiding most of her face, with what can only be described as a mobile phone device - talking as she walks alone. 
   
   
   
   I have studied this film for over a year now - showing it to over 100 people and at a film festival, yet no-one can give any explanation as to what she is doing. 
   
   
   
   My only theory - as well as many others - is simple... a time traveler on a mobile phone. See for yourself and feel free to leave a comment on your own explanation or thoughts about it. 
   
   
   
   George - 20th October 2010
target: – Just in time for Halloween, a Belfast man has posted a video on YouTube with a somewhat spooky claim. A Charlie Chaplin fan, George Clarke has spent more than a year studying a scene from the 1928 film The Circus—convinced it shows a woman holding a cell phone to her ear ... meaning she must be a time traveler. In the footage, which has garnered a million and a half views to date, a woman walks across the shot holding a device to her ear and seems to be engrossed in conversation. "I kept rewinding it and zooming in to try and work out what was going on," says Clarke. Those who have commented have come up with all sorts of explanations, but the answer still remains a mystery. Read the full article. (Click here for more on the mysteries of time travel.)