Benjamin Bathurst (disappearance)
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Benjamin Bathurst was a British diplomat serving in Continental Europe during the Napoleonic Wars. On 25 November 1809, during a brief stopover at an inn in the town of Perleberg, he disappeared and was never seen again. This disappearance has never been adequately explained, although numerous theories have been put forward including paranormal ones.
[edit] References in pop culture
Bathurst's case is mentioned by Charles Fort in his book Lo! and was the subject of Fortean Times article by Mike Dash[1]. It also provides the basis for a H. Beam Piper's 1948 science fiction story "He Walked Around the Horses", in which Bathurst slips into an alternate history timeline. Another science fiction treatment is the short novel Time Echo by "Lionel Roberts" (a pseudonym of Lionel Fanthorpe). In the latter, Bathurst is accidentally transported to a future time.
[edit] See also
[edit] External link
- Alleged report of Bathurst remains found in Perleberg stable {Reference only}
- Non-paranormal theories about what happened.
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