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This is a very strange story


As the airliners from other nations arrived and passengers deplaned, the new arrivals queued as they always did—waiting for the interviews, inspections and the anticipation of having their passports and visas stamped so they could embark on their way towards the hustle and bustle of a Toyko now back to normal nine years after the end of World War Two.

But what started out normally soon devolved into puzzlement, and then amazement, when one of the arrivals that had flown from Europe presented his passport.

The travel document claimed he was from a country none had heard of in their careers. Even the most senior customs officials were stymied by the passport that, in every other respect, looked authentic.

According to the passport, the man was from a country named Taured.

They pulled the traveler aside and escorted him to an interrogation room for an interview while they conducted a background check.

The mystery man appeared caucasian, said his country was in Europe and carried legal currency from several European countries in a well-made, oversized billfold.

While the customs officials were confused, the subject of their bewilderment grew increasingly angry. He claimed he was in Japan on business, the third such trip that year. He'd been traveling to Japan for more than five years and his company was a subsidiary of a growing international conglomerate.

While it was true that the man's passport corroborated his story—the document had many previous custom's and visa stamps—no record of his country existed. And when the company he claimed to have pending meetings with was contacted they stated categorically they never heard of him, nor of the company he said he represented.

Equally puzzling were the man's other documents: he carried a drivers license issued by his country—but the country didn't exist. He also had an international drivers license, but that too was invalid. A checkbook contained checks for an account with an unknown bank.

The hotel he insisted he had reservations with had no record whatsoever of him.

The man spoke several languages including Japanese. He said his native language was French and when shown a map of the world expressed what seemed to be genuine shock that his country wasn't on it.

He told officials that Taured was located where the Principality of Andorra, part of Spain, and part of France was shown on the map. He was adamant that no such country as Andorra existed and his country had existed for almost 1,000 years.

After being detained in the airport's cramped security room for almost eight hours, the customs officials took pity on him. They sent him to a nearby hotel with orders that the mystery visitor wait until a decision was reached on the matter.

At the hotel, two immigration officials were given orders not to permit the man to leave his room. After eating a small supper provided by the hotels' room service, the man without a country retired for the evening.

The guards maintained their post in the hallway outside the hotel room throughout the wee morning hours. At no time did they hear any sounds coming from within the room.

The next morning the guards discovered the odd European had vanished. The only exit from the room was the door they watched and the only window had no outside ledge and was located far above a busy street.

http://beforeitsnews.com/story/2026/509/...Tokyo.html

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Time traveler?

Fell thru a worm hole?

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Hej Octo how's your day going? Morning DaJ

That's a strange story

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Howdy guys! Day's going good so far, it's a lovely day and I'm going to enjoy it as we're gonna have a shitload of snow dumped on us tomorrow

Yes this dude from Taured must have jumped from some parallel universe

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WIKI 20th CENTURY HISTORY

Andorra declared war on Imperial Germany during World War I, but did not actually take part in the fighting. It remained in an official state of belligerency until 1957 as it was not included in the Treaty of Versailles.

In 1933, France occupied Andorra as a result of social unrest before elections. On July 12, 1934, adventurer Boris Skossyreff issued a proclamation in Urgell, declaring himself "Boris I, King of Andorra", simultaneously declaring war on the Bishop of Urgell. He was arrested by Spanish authorities on July 20 and ultimately expelled from Spain. From 1936 to 1940, a French detachment was garrisoned in Andorra to prevent influences of the Spanish Civil War and Franco's Spain. Francoist troops reached the Andorran border in the later stages of the war. During World War II, Andorra remained neutral and was an important smuggling route between Vichy France and Spain.

Given its relative isolation, Andorra has existed outside the mainstream of European history, with few ties to countries other than France and Spain. In recent times, however, its thriving tourist industry along with developments in transport and communications have removed the country from its isolation. Its political system was modernised in 1993, when it became a member of the United Nations and the Council of Europe



It remained in an official state of belligerency until 1957 as it was not included in the Treaty of Versailles.

Perhaps in an alternate universe it's aggressive but inert behaviour towards Germany and the aims of France with regards to reperations from Germany allowed Andora to gain Independence indirectly from France who felt they could afford to allow this principality to go given what they managed to take from the Treaty to ensure they remained mainland Europe's strongest country. With independance came a name change.........Taured. It is interesting to note that Andora was a smuggling route during the war and in an alternate universe may have used this to their advantage to seek independance. Today it is a country that functions outside of the European Union.

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Good find Misterbumps!!

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Wow! Very cool Mr.B, I didn't know that

The European micro states are definitely a fascinating subject...

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The flaw in the story is that the customs did not hold onto his passport and papers for examination at higher level, while he was in the hotel.

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(04-17-2012 05:11 AM)Anonymous Kritter Wrote:  The flaw in the story is that the customs did not hold onto his passport and papers for examination at higher level, while he was in the hotel.

Why do you say that?

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Fascinating story, great find misterbumps. I had never heard of the place.

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The views on this thread are waaaaaay over the top.

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Great find Octo, and
Woo eee, who's looking at this thread?

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I suspect bots Jed way over the top.

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(04-16-2012 06:23 PM)misterbumps Wrote:  WIKI 20th CENTURY HISTORY

Andorra declared war on Imperial Germany during World War I, but did not actually take part in the fighting. It remained in an official state of belligerency until 1957 as it was not included in the Treaty of Versailles.

In 1933, France occupied Andorra as a result of social unrest before elections. On July 12, 1934, adventurer Boris Skossyreff issued a proclamation in Urgell, declaring himself "Boris I, King of Andorra", simultaneously declaring war on the Bishop of Urgell. He was arrested by Spanish authorities on July 20 and ultimately expelled from Spain. From 1936 to 1940, a French detachment was garrisoned in Andorra to prevent influences of the Spanish Civil War and Franco's Spain. Francoist troops reached the Andorran border in the later stages of the war. During World War II, Andorra remained neutral and was an important smuggling route between Vichy France and Spain.

Given its relative isolation, Andorra has existed outside the mainstream of European history, with few ties to countries other than France and Spain. In recent times, however, its thriving tourist industry along with developments in transport and communications have removed the country from its isolation. Its political system was modernised in 1993, when it became a member of the United Nations and the Council of Europe



It remained in an official state of belligerency until 1957 as it was not included in the Treaty of Versailles.

Perhaps in an alternate universe it's aggressive but inert behaviour towards Germany and the aims of France with regards to reperations from Germany allowed Andora to gain Independence indirectly from France who felt they could afford to allow this principality to go given what they managed to take from the Treaty to ensure they remained mainland Europe's strongest country. With independance came a name change.........Taured. It is interesting to note that Andora was a smuggling route during the war and in an alternate universe may have used this to their advantage to seek independance. Today it is a country that functions outside of the European Union.

Wow, nice post, and the plot thickens. I've read that all possibilities and timelines exist at once and are imperceptible to us the majority of the time, however from time to time the lines cross and we end up with these kind of cases.

A couple of similar incidents from the past I felt were pretty interesting:

THE FUTURE ROADHOUSE

One night in 1972, four coeds from Southern Utah University were driving back to their dorm in Cedar City after spending the day at a rodeo in Pioche, Nevada. It was about 10 p.m. and the girls were eager to get back to their dorm before curfew. They were traveling along Highway 56, which has a reputation for being "haunted." A while after taking a fork in the road that turned to the north, the girls were surprised to see that the black asphalt had turned into a white cement road that eventually ended abruptly at a cliff face. They turned around and tried to find their way back to the highway, but soon became concerned about the unfamiliar landscape - red canyon walls that gave way to open grain fields and pine trees, which they had never encountered before in this part of the state. Feeling completely lost, the girls felt some comfort when they approached a roadhouse or tavern. They pulled into the parking lot and one of the passengers poked her head out the window to get directions from a few "men" coming out of the building. But she screamed and ordered the driver to get out of there - fast. The girls sped off, but realized they were being chased by the men in strange, tri-wheeled, egg-shaped vehicles. Speeding again through the canyon, the girls seemed to have lost their pursuers and found their way to the familiar desert highway. The reason for the scream? The men, she said, weren't human. (See Utah's Time/Space Warp Canyon Encounter for more details.)

FLIGHT INTO THE FUTURE

In 1935, Air Marshal Sir Victor Goddard of the British Royal Air Force had a harrowing experience in his Hawker Hart biplane. Goddard was a Wing Commander at the time and while on a flight from Edinburgh, Scotland to his home base in Andover, England, he decided to fly over an abandoned airfield at Drem, not far from Edinburgh. The useless airfield was overgrown with foliage, the hangars were falling apart and cows grazed where planes were once parked. Goddard then continued his flight to Andover, but encountered a bizarre storm. In the high winds of the storm's strange brown-yellow clouds, he lost control of his plane, which began to spiral toward the ground. Narrowly averting a crash, Goddard found that his plane was heading back toward Drem. As he approached the old airfield, the storm suddenly vanished and Goddard's plane was now flying in brilliant sunshine. This time, as he flew over the Drem airfield, it looked completely different. The hangars looked like new. There were four airplanes on the ground: three were familiar biplanes, but painted in an unfamiliar yellow; the fourth was a monoplane, which the RAF had none of in 1935. The mechanics were dressed in blue overalls, which Goddard thought odd since all RAF mechanics dressed in brown overalls. Strange, too, that none of the mechanics seemed to notice him fly over. Leaving the area, he again encountered the storm, but managed to make his way back to Andover. It wasn't until 1939 that that the RAF began to paint their planes yellow, enlisted a monoplane of the type that Goddard saw, and the mechanics uniforms were switched to blue. Had Goddard somehow flown four years into the future, then returned to his own time?

Some thought provoking events that are well documented.

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nice reading

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(04-17-2012 04:48 PM)Miss Mysery Wrote:  

(04-16-2012 06:23 PM)misterbumps Wrote:  WIKI 20th CENTURY HISTORY

Andorra declared war on Imperial Germany during World War I, but did not actually take part in the fighting. It remained in an official state of belligerency until 1957 as it was not included in the Treaty of Versailles.

In 1933, France occupied Andorra as a result of social unrest before elections. On July 12, 1934, adventurer Boris Skossyreff issued a proclamation in Urgell, declaring himself "Boris I, King of Andorra", simultaneously declaring war on the Bishop of Urgell. He was arrested by Spanish authorities on July 20 and ultimately expelled from Spain. From 1936 to 1940, a French detachment was garrisoned in Andorra to prevent influences of the Spanish Civil War and Franco's Spain. Francoist troops reached the Andorran border in the later stages of the war. During World War II, Andorra remained neutral and was an important smuggling route between Vichy France and Spain.

Given its relative isolation, Andorra has existed outside the mainstream of European history, with few ties to countries other than France and Spain. In recent times, however, its thriving tourist industry along with developments in transport and communications have removed the country from its isolation. Its political system was modernised in 1993, when it became a member of the United Nations and the Council of Europe



It remained in an official state of belligerency until 1957 as it was not included in the Treaty of Versailles.

Perhaps in an alternate universe it's aggressive but inert behaviour towards Germany and the aims of France with regards to reperations from Germany allowed Andora to gain Independence indirectly from France who felt they could afford to allow this principality to go given what they managed to take from the Treaty to ensure they remained mainland Europe's strongest country. With independance came a name change.........Taured. It is interesting to note that Andora was a smuggling route during the war and in an alternate universe may have used this to their advantage to seek independance. Today it is a country that functions outside of the European Union.

Wow, nice post, and the plot thickens. I've read that all possibilities and timelines exist at once and are imperceptible to us the majority of the time, however from time to time the lines cross and we end up with these kind of cases.

A couple of similar incidents from the past I felt were pretty interesting:

THE FUTURE ROADHOUSE

One night in 1972, four coeds from Southern Utah University were driving back to their dorm in Cedar City after spending the day at a rodeo in Pioche, Nevada. It was about 10 p.m. and the girls were eager to get back to their dorm before curfew. They were traveling along Highway 56, which has a reputation for being "haunted." A while after taking a fork in the road that turned to the north, the girls were surprised to see that the black asphalt had turned into a white cement road that eventually ended abruptly at a cliff face. They turned around and tried to find their way back to the highway, but soon became concerned about the unfamiliar landscape - red canyon walls that gave way to open grain fields and pine trees, which they had never encountered before in this part of the state. Feeling completely lost, the girls felt some comfort when they approached a roadhouse or tavern. They pulled into the parking lot and one of the passengers poked her head out the window to get directions from a few "men" coming out of the building. But she screamed and ordered the driver to get out of there - fast. The girls sped off, but realized they were being chased by the men in strange, tri-wheeled, egg-shaped vehicles. Speeding again through the canyon, the girls seemed to have lost their pursuers and found their way to the familiar desert highway. The reason for the scream? The men, she said, weren't human. (See Utah's Time/Space Warp Canyon Encounter for more details.)

FLIGHT INTO THE FUTURE

In 1935, Air Marshal Sir Victor Goddard of the British Royal Air Force had a harrowing experience in his Hawker Hart biplane. Goddard was a Wing Commander at the time and while on a flight from Edinburgh, Scotland to his home base in Andover, England, he decided to fly over an abandoned airfield at Drem, not far from Edinburgh. The useless airfield was overgrown with foliage, the hangars were falling apart and cows grazed where planes were once parked. Goddard then continued his flight to Andover, but encountered a bizarre storm. In the high winds of the storm's strange brown-yellow clouds, he lost control of his plane, which began to spiral toward the ground. Narrowly averting a crash, Goddard found that his plane was heading back toward Drem. As he approached the old airfield, the storm suddenly vanished and Goddard's plane was now flying in brilliant sunshine. This time, as he flew over the Drem airfield, it looked completely different. The hangars looked like new. There were four airplanes on the ground: three were familiar biplanes, but painted in an unfamiliar yellow; the fourth was a monoplane, which the RAF had none of in 1935. The mechanics were dressed in blue overalls, which Goddard thought odd since all RAF mechanics dressed in brown overalls. Strange, too, that none of the mechanics seemed to notice him fly over. Leaving the area, he again encountered the storm, but managed to make his way back to Andover. It wasn't until 1939 that that the RAF began to paint their planes yellow, enlisted a monoplane of the type that Goddard saw, and the mechanics uniforms were switched to blue. Had Goddard somehow flown four years into the future, then returned to his own time?

Some thought provoking events that are well documented.

Fascinating.

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(04-18-2012 02:56 PM)Anonymous Kritter Wrote:  Fascinating.

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Over 1800 views of this post. Time travelers no doubt.

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I was thinking bot fail but yes. Time travelers it is.

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TimeBot

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Tax haven and discrete money laundromat...?