The Solway Spaceman
Jim Templeton took this photo in the Burgh Marsh in Cumbria, England one summer in 1964. Later on after the photo was developed he noticed a strange figure standing in the background. He his wife and his daughter Elizabeth, the girl in the foreground of the photo, were the only people around during the time the photo was taken. The photo has become highly questionable and has left many wondering who or what is in the background.
To some it looks like a “spaceman” wearing a spacesuit, some believe it is an alien or inter-dimensional being. Kodak offered a substantial reward to anyone who could prove the photo was a fake. Jim was later visited by men in black who asked him questions and asked to be brought to the site. In Australia a missile test was aborted because they said two figures who looked exactly like the Solway Spaceman had stumbled onto the launch site.
Nowadays the “spaceman” in the photo is assumed to be the man’s wife who walked into the shot of Elizabeth without Jim knowing. But there are some who are unsure and think that Jim would know if that happened or not. We can’t ask Jim because he unfortunately passed away in 2011. Whether the figure in the photo is Jim’s wife or not, there is no denying that this photo stirred up quite the mystery. What do you think?