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Man from Taured
A businessman arrived at Tokyo airport with a passport from Taured—a country that doesn't exist. His passport looked genuine, stamped by countries. He pointed to Andorra on the map: 'No, that's Taured. My country.' Held overnight, he vanished from his guarded room.
1954
Tokyo, Japan
10+ witnesses
The Man from Taured may have come from another dimension.
The Story
July 1954:
- Haneda Airport, Tokyo
- European businessman
- Routine immigration
- Passport from “Taured”
- Country unknown
The Passport
Apparently genuine:
- Professional quality
- Entry/exit stamps
- From known countries
- But Taured doesn’t exist
- Man insisted it did
The Map
His confusion:
- Shown world map
- Asked to point to Taured
- Indicated Andorra
- “No, that’s Taured”
- “1,000 years old”
The Hotel
Strange detention:
- Held at hotel
- Two guards outside
- No balcony
- No other exit
- Vanished overnight
The Aftermath
Everything gone:
- Man disappeared
- Documents vanished
- Immigration records gone
- No trace
- As if never existed
The Reality
Probably fiction:
- No primary sources
- No Japanese records
- Story appeared later
- Likely urban legend
- But compelling tale