Some say this is evidence of time travel, while others say this person comes from a parallel universe. So what is the truth in this story?

The appearance of  the man from Taured

According to www.ancient-origins.net, there are many sources that tell the story related to Taured in quite detail. Specifically, on a hot day in July 1954, a man arrived at Haneda Airport, also known as Tokyo International Airport. This man is white and has a beard. Although this person’s primary language was French, some sources say he also spoke Japanese and many other languages. Up to this point, there’s nothing unusual about the story.

The sequence of events that follow will vary from source to source. According to one version, when the man handed over his passport to be stamped, the Japanese immigration officer noticed something strange. Although the passport appeared to be genuine, the country in which the passport was issued was named Taured, which both the employee and his colleagues insisted did not exist. As a result,  the man from Taured was taken in for questioning.

In another version, the man said he was from Taured and when immigration officers did not believe him, he produced his passport.

According to this man, Taured is located between France and Spain and has existed for 1,000 years.

When given a map,  the man from Taured pointed to the Principality of Andorra area and was confused as to why his country had a different name on the map. Both sides refused to give in. The Japanese staff insisted that Taured did not exist, but the man insisted that he did.

Ultimately, the man was detained by Japanese immigration officers because they suspected that he might be some kind of criminal. While conducting their investigation, they took him to a nearby hotel to stay the night. To ensure that this man did not escape, two guards were posted outside his room. However, the next morning, when immigration officers arrived at his room, they found him gone. There was no indication of how he escaped and all personal papers that could have been used as evidence for the story also seemed to have disappeared.

Evidence of time-space travel?

Many have sought to explain this strange occurrence by delving into possibilities that usually belong to the realm of science fiction. Among them are Bryan Alaspa and Jeremy Bates – both of whom wrote books inspired by the story of  the man from Taured. In fact, online there are many people copying this story and using it as evidence.

One of the most notable explanations for this incident is that  the man from Taured somehow accidentally passed through a parallel dimension, ending up at Haneda Airport in Tokyo. Following this line of logic, the hypothesis is that there is a parallel Earth, similar to our own, except that the location called Andorra here is called Taured there. Another proposal is that the man is a time traveler from the future, although this explanation is considered more problematic than the hypothetical time travel explanation. .

While it is entirely possible that the story of  the man from Taured was a figment of someone’s imagination and eventually became a legend, it has also been suggested that a similar incident actually happened.

So is there any truth to the story of the Taured man?

According to snopes.com, the famous story of  the man from Taured is actually a fictionalized version inspired by the true story and much less sensational. The origin of this strange story appears to be inspired by the true account of John Allen Kuchar Zegrus, aka “The Mystery Man.”

Fraudster John Allen Kuchar Zegrus, 36, managed to invent a country, its capital, its language and even created fake passports. He then used it to travel throughout the Middle East, deceiving customs officers in these countries.

Unfortunately for him, the fraud scheme was discovered in Japan, where he was convicted of illegal entry and fraud in April 1960.

Zegrus came to Japan with his Korean wife from Taipei (Taiwan, China). He was not arrested until he cashed a fake check to cover the expenses of their stay in Japan.

A Tokyo judge sentenced Zegrus to one year in prison. After hearing the verdict through an interpreter, Zegrus stood up and used a piece of broken glass hidden in his mouth to cut his hand, then declared: “I will kill myself!”

Zegrus was taken to a nearby hospital and the story ends here. It is believed he has already served his sentence. Zegrus’s wife, then 30 years old, repatriated to Korea. It is unclear what happened to this person.

Some people believe that Zegrus came from Algeria. This is because he mentioned Tamanrasset which he said was the capital of Taured located south of the Sahara desert. The name Tuared is another spelling of Taured – which may be a misspelling of Tuareg. Tamanrasset is the name of a province in Algeria, while Tuareg is a Muslim ethnic group that mainly lives in the Sahara desert, including southern Algeria.

The whole incident was raised during a debate in the 1960s in the House of Commons in the UK about border procedures as an example of how easily passports can be counterfeited.

However, no one knows who Zegrus really is and where he really comes from remains a mystery.