So people called it a hoax. One so-called newspaper after another took its shot at the physicist who said he could travel through time.

 

Still through every interview, government hearing and industry inquisition, Joe Bob met their bulldogging with sincerity. It was as if only Joe Bob knew how serious this whole time travel question even was. In what some called a poor attempt to generate yet more unwarranted publicity, Joe Bob staged a press conference. Under grueling inquiry by both renowned scientists and senators, Joe Bob carefully explained why mankind wasn't ready to hop around the clock, so to speak.