The Man From Taured

Mystery men crop up all the time in paranormal literature-travelers from some unknown place who cross over into our reality inexplicably. Most of them are swiftly debunked, but the case of the Man from Taured continues to baffle. In 1954, a flight landed at Tokyo's Haneda Airport. One of the passengers presented a passport from the country of Taured, located on the border between France and Spain. We don't need to say that no such country exists, right? But his passport was stamped from previous trips. Police, not knowing what to do with him, put him in a hotel for the night. The next morning, though, the man and all of his belongings had vanished without a trace. (Photo credit: Rodney Stitch)