Many people have claimed this story to be true, so the crux of the problem pertains to Taured. In case you’re wondering, there is no country by the name of Taured, either today or during the 1950s, the purported time when the incident took place. The story ends with the man disappearing (forever) a day after arriving in Japan. Moreover, all of his personal documents, such as his passport and driver’s license, also (conveniently) disappeared, thus making this strange mystery even more difficult to resolve.