Michael Phelps - back to the future?

Some people have speculated that Michael Phelps is part fish.

Others say he’s from another planet.

Today we heard another theory. A British swimmer told U.S. men’s team coach Eddie Reese that Phelps is actually from the future. Supposedly his father made a time machine and sixty years from now Phelps is an average swimmer, but he was sent back here to mop up.

He's the best mopper ever. Wednesday he won a gold medal even though he couldn’t see.

Phelps' goggles malfunctioned after he dove in for the 200-meter butterfly. They were completely full of water as he approached the wall at the 150-meter mark for his final flip turn. And he had no idea where the final wall was, either.

How much did it slow him down? More than a second, according to Reese. Nevertheless, he set another world record.

Five races. Five gold medals. Five world records.

Not bad for a time traveler.

Phelps and his balky goggles