Cape Town - Time travel, up until now regarded as the domain of mad scientists and sci-fi movies, has a few believers in Cape Town, as a recent hoax advertisement proved.
UCT student Chadley Kemp recently invited people on Gumtree to join him to travel back to year one.
Kemp posted the ad on the classifieds site on May 21 under the heading, “Time travellers needed”.
He said that after posting the advert he had received a number of responses from people who were willing to join him.
“I got the idea from a friend of mine. Apparently someone had posted a similar wacky advertisement in a classifieds newspaper - not entirely sure where or what it was about - I figured I’d do the same on Gumtree and spread a bit of the humour.”
The first-year genetics and physiology student said in the ad that volunteers must be willing to “travel to a different paradox with the possibility of not returning”.
“Volunteers must have good survival skills and basic knowledge, be well trained and fit to survive dangerous conditions, be willing to live without technology and be willing to have their atoms translocated through a space/time continuum.”
Kemp had set aside July 15 as the date of departure and required that applicants should send a 150 word motivation letter. Only two applicants would be selected.
Despite posting in the ad that “this isn’t a hoax” Kemp revealed to the Cape Argus that it was indeed a hoax and he had no plans of venturing into the past any time soon.
“As much as I would like to travel back in time, I’m afraid it’s just not possible (yet).”
Cape Argus