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cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/16021003

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/16021002

Vasile Gorgos was 63 years old when he left his home in eastern Romania to go on a short business trip.

As a cattle farmer and trader, Vasile often made such excursions and, this time, had bought his train ticket in advance.

The difference here was that on this fateful day in 1991, he didn’t return home.

Knowing that he was due to come back the same day, his family immediately called the police who launched a search effort.

But after days turned into weeks, then months, then years, with neither sight or sign of Vasile, his loved ones were forced to assume the worst.

With no leads or traces to follow, they suspected foul play, but endless questions were left unanswered.

But then, on 29 August, 2021, three decades after Vasile’s disappearance, his family was faced with the ultimate plot twist.

A car stopped in front of their home – the same one they’d had for the past 30 years – and out stepped an old man, looking confused.

That man was none other than 93-year-old Vasile, wearing the same clothes he left in all those years ago. His pocket even contained the same train ticket he was due to travel with.

The car allegedly raced off before anyone had a chance to question the driver, but when asked where he’d been, a baffled Vasile replied that he’d been “at home”, Medium reports.

He subsequently underwent a thorough medical examination but doctors concluded that he was in remarkably good health.

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[-] [email protected] 140 points 1 month ago

Jail makes the most sense considering he returned with the same ticket in his pocket, but then again, since his family reported him missing you would have thought that they would have found out that he was in jail...

[-] [email protected] 66 points 1 month ago

Jail in another country or in debt to the mob I'd say.

[-] [email protected] 46 points 1 month ago

That's a good point. He went missing in 1991, before the internet boom though. Maybe he got lost in the system? Or maybe he got arrested in different country?

I wonder what shape his clothes and the items he had were in. Were they dirty? Were they exactly how they were?

[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Yeah also, how would he be able to wear the same clothes for 30 years? Not just because of the smell- I'm pretty good at taking care of my things but don't think I could keep them intact for that long.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

No clothing would last thirty years of daily use.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

If he hadn't been to jail, maybe he put them in storage for 30 years specifically because he didn't want to be recognized in his new life.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

That would explain a lot, but not the lack of contact.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

He doesn't want them knowing about his horrific crimes

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah, that's the most likely explanation to me. He knows, but he isn't saying.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Lack of contact in jail in "some country" doesn't make sense?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yes. Do you really think a nation would incarcerate someone for decades, and not send their family a letter to let them know where they are?

He was a missing person, remember. Surely this is something that would be checked?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Not if it's 1991, depending on the nation, and depending on whether or not this man would be of clear mind to remember he has family. 🤷‍♂️

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

You think he was locked up by the secret police or something?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Sure, let's go with that lol.

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