# John Titor: Brilliant Fraud Or An Ordinary Soldier From 2036?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 5, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-titor-brilliant-fraud-or-an-ordinary-soldier-from-2036/217066 "2003-12-05T01:59:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Doc\_Nickel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@Doc\_Nickel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doc_Nickel)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-titor-brilliant-fraud-or-an-ordinary-soldier-from-2036/217066/61 "2004-01-17T10:32:52Z")

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> [@Dooku](#):
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> ATTENTION EVERYONE!! My name is John Smallberries, and I am from the FUTURE!! I have been sent back in time from the year 2899 to obtain a 1974 [AMC Matador](http://www.1motormart.com/gallery/74amc01.jpg).

Geez, if yer gonna come all this way to get an AMC, at least shoot for an AMX, or even a Javelin.

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**Author:** ![venterap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@venterap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/venterap)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-titor-brilliant-fraud-or-an-ordinary-soldier-from-2036/217066/62 "2004-01-17T17:41:14Z")

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> [@ekow2kn3](#):
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> …The IBM computer he was looking for is to make a translucent vulcanized micro laser which he plans to defibrillate Mars with. …

Oooooh! How nice. 2036 style death rays!

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**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-titor-brilliant-fraud-or-an-ordinary-soldier-from-2036/217066/63 "2004-08-05T20:10:57Z")

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Why would an American government call themselves an ‘empire’ which is antithesis to what being an American is all about.

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-titor-brilliant-fraud-or-an-ordinary-soldier-from-2036/217066/64 "2004-08-05T22:48:29Z")

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I’ll go ahead and close this thread. For future reference, we frown on bumping very old threads (older than a month or two). If you have something substantive to add, you can start a new thread.

bibliophage  
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