On 2nd November 2000, a man calling himself John Titor began posting on Art Bell’s BSS forums, claiming to be from the O future year of 2036.
Titor painted a grim version of the 21st century, a cross between Pat Frank’s 1959 post-apocalyptic epic Alas Babylon and the film Civil War that’s currently hitting cinemas.
He predicted domestic uprisings in the US from 2005, culminating in World War 3 in 2015. In his future, government employees were being trained to use time travel to help mankind.