Mysterious Man From a Non-Existent Continent — Who Was He?

The theory of parallel worlds has been discussed in the scientific community for a very long time. Unfortunately, we’re not developed enough yet to prove or disprove it. But it’s still an interesting theory, and that’s why we have a lot of unusual urban legends about “the guests from a parallel reality”, according to many. Let’s check out a few of them. A man from a non-existent country.

This story took place in 1851 in a small German village, Frankfurt an der Oder. A lost man came out to the local villagers asking for help. The man introduced himself as Jophar Vorin. He spoke very poor German and had a very strong accent. The man himself claimed that he speaks “Laxar” and “Abram” — languages that don’t actually exist on our Earth.

He claimed to be from “Laxaria” — a country on the mainland called “Sakria”, separated from Europe by a huge ocean. However, none of these places existed on the Earth’s map. People sent Jophar to the local authorities. He talked to a psychiatrist, but the doctor concluded that the man was totally sane. An investigation by the local police also revealed nothing suspicious about him.

Jophar Vorin claimed that the purpose of his visit to Europe was to find his long-lost brother. He survived a shipwreck and found himself near the village. They showed him a map of the world and a globe and asked him to indicate the place where he crashed, but he didn’t recognize anything familiar. He seemed to have extensive knowledge about his home world.

Jophar named five main continents on it: Sakria, Aflar, Astar, Auslar, and Euplar. His story was considered plausible. Scientists from Frankfurt decided to send the man to Berlin for further research. However, during the trip, he had something like a seizure. The man suddenly jumped out of the carriage and disappeared into the surrounding forest.

Despite a long and thorough search, no traces of Jophar were found. He seemed to have disappeared as mysteriously as he had appeared. Inspector Labeouf, who was assigned to escort him to Berlin, thought that this man could be a “being from another world” and that he returned from where he came from. Lady on Highway 167.

This incident happened on October 20, 1969. It was first reported in 1988 in the magazine Strange. The article tells about two men, L.C. and his business partner Charlie (the names are fictitious). One afternoon, L.C. and Charlie were driving along Highway 167 in southwest Louisiana. Discussing work, they drove towards the oil center of Lafayette. The highway was empty at first, but then the men noticed a very old and very slow car ahead.

The men started discussing this mysterious car. Such cars haven’t been produced for several decades, but this one looked quite new. The men thought it was thanks to the owner’s care and admired it. They slowed down to get a better look at the car. L.C. noticed a bright orange sign on it that said “1940”. They saw a driver. It was a young woman in old-fashioned clothes: a hat with a long feather and a fur coat, even though it was warm outside.

There was a child next to her, also dressed in a warm coat and a hat. L.C. and Charlie wanted to talk to her, but then they noticed the expression on her face. The woman was looking around in panic, almost on the verge of crying. L.C. called out to her and asked if she needed help. She nodded, and he gestured for her to park on the side of the road. But when the men also parked, they suddenly noticed that the woman’s car had disappeared.

They looked around the highway in shock. She couldn’t have gone somewhere far so fast. But the car was nowhere to be found. After some time, another man drove up to L.C. and Charlie. He saw everything that happened and claimed that the car had simply disappeared. The men talked about the incident for several hours.

When they reached the city, they contacted the police. However, the police couldn’t help them in any way — apart from their words, there was no confirmation of the existence of the car. The case was discussed for a while in local newspapers and then was forgotten. The Gadianton Canyon Incident.

This incident occurred in May 1972 in southeastern Utah near the Modena railroad crossing, on the edge of the Escalante Desert. Jenna North was driving her father’s 1971 Chevrolet Nova. Her friend Carol Abbott was in the passenger seat. In the back seat, there were two other girls: Lisa Rochefort and Bethany Gordon.

It was after 10 p.m. when the girls crossed the Utah-Nevada state line. They wanted to get back to campus before their housekeeper, Mrs. Mortensen, locked the dorm doors. This stretch of Highway 56 in Utah is pretty deserted. There’s nothing there but sand and a few plants. The girls were very happy when they finally noticed the Union Pacific railroad crossing in Modena.

But right behind the railing, Jenna noticed two highways: one went into the desert, and the other — to Gadianton Canyon. The girls decided to take the road to the canyon. They thought it would be a shortcut to campus. The other girls were chatting with each other when Jenna noticed that they were no longer driving on asphalt, but on white cement. “Watch out!”, suddenly shouted one of the girls.

The road ended abruptly at a high rock wall. It was a dead end. They had to go back the same way they came here. And while Jenna’s friends were complaining that now they would have to sleep in the car, Jenna saw that the landscape had changed dramatically. They weren’t in the desert anymore. Instead, the canyon turned into an open area with wheat fields, pine thickets, and a small lake ahead. A full moon was shining in the sky, which was strange because it shouldn’t have been there that night.

The girls had no idea where they were, so they just drove to the light ahead. It was some building that they thought was a diner or restaurant. The girls saw a bright neon sign, but none of them could read what was written on it. These symbols were unlike any language they knew. Suddenly, several people came out of the building. They seemed shocked and frightened by Jenna’s Chevrolet.

They waved their hands and shouted something, but the girls didn’t understand them. Lisa decided to ask the men for directions. She stuck her head out of the window and... immediately let out a terrifying scream. “Get out of here!”, she shouted to Jenna. The Chevrolet sped away from the building. Bright headlights illuminated their car from behind. They were being chased by a few vehicles. These vehicles were “egg-shaped”, had three wheels, and made a buzzing sound.

The road ahead led back to the canyon. Jenna didn’t have time to slow down and crashed right into it. The vehicles had disappeared together with an unfamiliar landscape. The girls were back in the desert again. Fortunately, none of them were hurt... Physically.

But Lisa was in a state of shock. She was saying again and again: “They weren’t human”. The girls had to help her walk. An hour later they were able to stop a Utah Highway Patrol car. They told the police their story. The details of the report compiled by the police officer were complicated and confusing. During the investigation, the police couldn’t figure out from the tire tracks exactly where the car went astray.

The tracks ended very abruptly as if the Chevrolet had suddenly disappeared. The police couldn’t explain how the car could’ve driven two miles without leaving any traces — especially on such solid ground. There are still disputes about this story, but in the end, all versions and explanations of what happened are just guesses. Perhaps we’ll never find out the truth.

These were the urban legends about “interdimensional traveling”. Of course, there’s no proof that any of these stories are real. Often the truth turns out to be very mundane. For example, the famous “man from Taured”, who people also called “a guest from another reality”, turned out to be a simple fraudster named John Allen Kuchar Zegrus. But even so, these stories are still very interesting.