The mystery of Taured or "Man without a Country" is a mystical incident that occurred at a Japanese airport. Many people believe in the truth of this story. The main secret: what is Taured. No such country existed on the world map either today or in the 50s. The disappearance of this man a day later marked the end of the story. In addition, his documents - passport and copyrights - disappeared with him, so the mystery remained unsolved.
Arrival of a mysterious stranger
It was a hot July day in 1954. A European-looking traveler has arrived at Tokyo's Haneda International Airport. His mother tongue was French, and he also spoke Japanese and other languages. Nothing extraordinary …
Customs at Haneda Airport in the 50s
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Further, eyewitnesses to this story differ in their testimony. According to one version, this person submitted a passport for a stamp, and the Japanese customs officer noticed something strange. The passport did not look fake, but the country where it was issued did not exist on the world map. The customs officer took the traveler to clarify the circumstances. According to another version, the person mentioned that he is from the country of Taured. When customs did not believe, he showed them his passport.
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Geographical location of Taured
The traveler insisted that Taured was real. According to him, Taured is located between France and Spain and has existed for 1000 years.
When the map was handed to him, he pointed to the place where Andorra was. He wondered why his country was listed as Andorra on the map. Japanese customs officials argued that Taured did not exist, and the traveler stood his ground.
Location of Andorra in Europe (circled in green)
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Disappearing
Customs decided to detain the person. They suspected he was a criminal. They investigated the incident, and he was taken to a nearby hotel to spend the night. To prevent the suspicious tourist from escaping, two guards were placed at his room. The next morning, customs officers entered his room and found that he had disappeared without a trace. It is unclear how he escaped. In addition, all of his personal documents, which could confirm the veracity of the story, also mysteriously disappeared.
Time travel or space travel or hoax?
One of the common explanations is that the man from Taured accidentally came from a parallel dimension. According to this theory, there is a parallel Earth, similar to ours. But there Andorra is called Taured.
Another hypothesis is that it was a traveler from the future, but this theory seems less plausible.
Finally, it is possible that this is just an urban legend invented by someone.
Transition to another dimension
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