The Man From Taured
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As he approaches the check in terminal he shows his passport, issued by the country of Taured, while baring many travel marks the Japanese airport officials are confused, understandably so as the country of origin as listed, does not exist.
Quickly swept aside for further questioning, the mysterious man from Taured speaks fluent Japanese and French and when called upon to point to his country of origin points to the area that we know of as the principality of Andorra, but insists that this is actually Taured, a country that has existed for over a thousand years.
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Was this an American hoax? Designed to test the strength of Japanese airport security not so long after the end of WW2, was this individual a drug smuggler, producing false documents in the hope of smuggling opium back to Europe, or simply a delusional madman arriving on oriental shores, no one knew then, and no one knows now.
As the questioning continued, the mysterious man from Taured became more irate, insisting his origin was the truth, with no point of reference understandably, airport officials became more and more skeptical, eventually detaining the man for a series of hours before eventually the man petitioned that he could resolve this matter by appealing to the government.
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The only catch being, when the next day came and the guards opened the door, the man was gone, his possessions were gone, and every trace of him seemingly vanished from existence, even the personal belonging’s confiscated from him at the airport and kept there in security vaults just vanished in to thin air.
There was no balcony for the man to climb down, no way he could have jumped without death or serious injury, and certainly no way at all he could have removed his stored personal affects stored in the airport, so where did he go?
No investigator ever, has ever been able to find any substantiating evidence that the story of the man from Taured in-fact ever happened, its first sources appear to emerge from The Directory of Possibilities 1981 by Colin Wilson and edited by Paul Begg.
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But personally, I think that’s all it is, just a story, but like ghost stories around a camp fire, its still interesting all the same, what do you think?
Hey Kash.
I think we have something in common! When i clicked on your blog I was delighted when I saw the word paranormal. Huge fan of the genre.
I'm not sure this guy was an interdimensional traveller insofar as an intentional traveller. Maybe he was caught in a kind of worm hole or rift in space time. His frustration lends itself into thinking none of this was on purpose.
I'd like to know more about Taured and when it was a country. And of course seeing if that time period matched with period language/accents and the clothing he was wearing. So many questions!
It may just be a story- but I love them. The possibility of it actually being real gets me excited.
Take care,
Nick
It would be an interesting concept for a fiction writer to take, and then build a story around, picking it up from the hotel scene, despite the fact i do not believe this happened at all, the story itself leaves everyone assuming he returned to Taured, did he?
Certainly a lot of room for a writer to develop.
I think he may have been a time traveller. Love this type of ghost story.
I think he was just a story, the energy required by the laws of physics would alone itself indicate this, however, let that not get in the way of a good story :)
Let’s not ruin a good story with logic :)
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What a good story, I really enjoyed reading it ✅
Glad you enjoyed it! :D
I love these interdimensional rift stories! I think I've heard this one; or at least something similar to it. Interesting!
interesting one !!!!!!!
i upvoted you hope do the same :)
I really like mysterious stories, I did not know this one, interesting, thank you;)
Interesting! Thanks for commenting on my blog. Following.
this one is one of my favorites