Posted by
Bill Ryan
I don't have a video or even a reference for this story, which I heard quite some time ago. Does anyone else recall it??
A guy arrived in Toyko on a flight, with a passport from a European country that didn't exist. Of course, he was detained by the Japanese immigration officials, who treated him well and respectfully but escorted him to a paid-for airport hotel room where he was asked to remain until the morning. There was a police guard at the door, just as routine, and the windows were the kind that could not be opened. All this time, the traveler, who was a well-dressed businessman, seemed extremely distressed and bewildered by what was happening.
In the morning the airport authorities knocked on the door to ask the man to accompany them to continue the investigation. There was no response, so they obtained the key and entered the room themselves.
But the hotel room was empty. The man had completely disappeared.