The Argentina Time Slip: Two Children Who Claimed They Were from Another Time
What You’ll Hear in This Episode:
The eerie story of two children in 1970s Argentina who claimed they were “from another time.”
Theories: time travelers, parallel realities, displaced children, or symbolic echoes of history.
Why some memories stay sharp — and whether remembering itself might break the rules of time.
A Schoolyard Mystery in 1970s Argentina
In the late 1970s, under the shadow of Argentina’s Dirty War, a teacher named María Estela Ruiz had an encounter that would haunt her memory for decades.
Two children appeared in her schoolyard — a boy and a girl, dressed in matching gray jumpsuits. They weren’t students. They weren’t locals. And when María asked where they were from, the girl gave a chilling answer:
“From another time.”
Then, as quietly as they arrived, the children walked away. No families ever came forward. No missing persons were filed. No one could explain them.
This is one of the strangest time slip stories ever told — and it has eerie echoes all over the world.
What Happened in Córdoba?
Location: A small rural town outside Córdoba, Argentina.
Witness: María Estela Ruiz, a respected sixth-grade teacher.
Details: Two unfamiliar children appeared at the edge of her schoolyard, motionless and expressionless. They wore jumpsuits with no seams, buttons, or zippers — unusual for the 1970s.
The Words: When asked where they were from, the girl said, “From another time.”
María reported the encounter to police, churches, and nearby schools. But no missing children were ever found.
Theories About the Children
👽 Time Travelers: Their calm behavior, unusual clothing, and cryptic statements fit eerily with other “observer” reports from around the world.
🪞 Parallel Worlds: Were they from a diverged timeline — sent only to observe our choices?
📖 Symbolic Echo: Some argue the story represents Argentina’s stolen children during the dictatorship — a haunting metaphor of futures erased.
Other Encounters with “Children Out of Place”
This wasn’t an isolated story. Reports from around the world follow the same pattern:
Chile, 1988: A woman sees barefoot children staring at the sky. When she looks away and back — they’re gone.
Japan, 1991: Two children in black suits are seen at a train station speaking an unknown language. CCTV glitches. No trace.
Canada, 1994: A girl meets twins in the woods who ask what electricity “feels” like. They vanish without a sound.
Different countries. Different decades. Always the same shape: two children, odd clothes, formal speech, then gone.
Why Does This Story Matter?
Stories like María’s resonate because they blend folklore, history, and trauma.
Argentina’s Dirty War disappeared thousands — including over 500 children. Many were adopted into other families, their true identities hidden for decades.
So when two strange children appeared and claimed to be “from another time,” it cut deeper than just a ghost story.
Maybe they were travelers.
Maybe they were symbols.
Or maybe… they were both.
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