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"So I went to the departmen indicated in the directory, said | was feeling ill, and left. All the contents of my handbag were the same: my credit cards, my ID, everything, but didn't recall having changed departments at any time. went to the doctor and underwent drug and alcoho testing...all clean. returned to work the next day and was able to make my way by asking questions and saying that wasn't feeling well. "I've been separated from my partner of seven years for some six months. We broke up and I started a relationship with a fellow from my neighbourhood. | know him perfectly well, having been with him or four months. | know his name, surname, address, where he works, is son from another relationship and where he studies. "Well, that fellow no longer exists. He appeared to have existed before my ‘jump’, but there is no trace of im now. I've hired a detective to ind him and he does not exist. "I've visited a psychiatrist and it's all been put down to stress. He hinks they're hallucinations, but | now this isn't the case. "My former boyfriend is with me as hough nothing had happened— apparently we never broke it off {in his world|—and Agustin (my current boyfriend) appears to have never existed. He doesn't live in the apartment where he used to live, and cannot find his son. "| swear to you that it's true and hat I'm very sane. My own family doesn't remember things like surgery performed on my sister's shoulder a ew months ago: she says she's never been operated on. Small hings to that effect. "I cannot find any pathology that matches my experience. For five months I've been reading all of the heories I've come across and am convinced that it has been a jump between planes or something, a decision or action taken that has caused things to change. “What upsets me is that I'm in the same year, not in a different time, and I'm exactly the same. Let me explain: it's as though I had lost my memory five months ago and woken up having dreamed those five months, with the exception that everyone remembers me during that time, and I've done things that I'm not aware of having done. "Has anyone had a similar experience? Pranksters can refrain from commenting. This is very serious to me. Thank you. Light." (Source: Avalon Enigmas y Misterios, 18 February 20n, http://tinyurl.com/zgrcwhb) AN IMPOSSIBLE VISITOR ARRIVES IN TOKYO Ass incident took place in Tokyo, Japan, during the early 1990s: a man arrived on a flight with a passport from a nonexistent country. The man expressed anger and shock when Japanese customs officials detained him. Although the officials checked their records carefully, the passport had been issued by a country that did not exist. No record showed that the country had ever existed. The passport was real and had customs officials’ stamps on various pages, including stamps by Japanese customs officials from previous visits. The man was a well-travelled Caucasian who said that the country was in Europe and had existed for almost 1,000 years. He carried lega currency from several European countries and an internationa driver's licence, and he spoke severa languages. Finally, indignant, he demanded a meeting with higher governmen authorities. He was convinced tha some massive practical joke was being played on him. After being detained for almost 14 hours in a small security room at the airport terminal, some government officials took pity on him and transported him to a hotel. They ordered the visitor to wait there until they decided what to do about the matter. From the reports, the Japanese were just as confused and flustered as the mysterious man without a country. Although two immigration officials were posted with instructions not to permit the man to leave his room, the next morning the guards discovered that he was gone. The only exit was the door that they had watched, and the only window had no outside ledge and was 15 storeys above a busy downtown street. The man was never seen again. (Source: Before It’s News, 3 January 2012, http://tinyurl.com/8ssuylr) eo oo ° oe 66 * NEXUS "The picture's snowy." FEBRUARY - MARCH 2012 www.nexusmagazine.com