The enigmatic case of a man who disappeared 30 years ago, returned with the same clothes and remembers nothing

In 1991, the city of Bacău, located in Romania was the scene of a strange event. Vasile Gorgos 63-year-old cattle trader, disappeared without leaving any trace. He left his house to conclude a deal and was not seen again.

For three decades, his family believed he was dead, as no one knew where he was and no clues turned up. The story took a sharp turn in 2021, when he returned home, completely disoriented and wearing the same clothes as the day he was lost.

Vasile spent much of his life as a cattle trader. His days were usually very busy, as it was common for him to have to travel to other cities in Romania to carry out his business.

That morning in 1991 when he disappeared was no exception. He received a call asking him to go to another city to close a job deal, after which he told his family he would be gone for a few hours and return later.

As he had done on other occasions, he went to the station, bought his ticket for the Ploiesti – Bacău line and got into the car. He has not been seen since. Nor was it known who had called him.

Once they realized Vasile was missing, his family remained hopeful that he would be found alive and began an intense search for him. But there was no clue as to what had happened to him.

As the months and years passed, the chances of finding him became slim. The search ended and his loved ones were forced to accept that there was nothing more they could do.

In Bacău, there was unrest because of the absence of the breeder: his neighbors and acquaintances paid tribute in the city in memory of him. It was considered that they would never see him again.

But thirty years later, what no one expected happened. On an August night unlike any other, Vasile appeared at the door of the same house where he lived with his family and which he last saw in 1991.

On August 29, 2021, at the age of 93, the breeder unexpectedly reappeared. He looked disoriented, he couldn’t remember which entrance to his house was, and he was wearing the same clothes as the day he lost track of him.

According to witnesses, a vehicle left Vasile in front of the gate of his former home. After that, he left the area at full speed, but no one was able to register the patent.

When his family saw him standing at the door, they couldn’t believe what they were witnessing. According to the Romanian newspaper Avedarul Her daughter-in-law turned pale and quickly informed her husband that her father had returned, but he initially thought it was a joke.

After that, Vasile was greeted with emotion by his relatives, but he was also overwhelmed with questions. What tormented them the most was where he had been all these years and what had happened to him. Faced with this, the breeder answered, confidently, that he had always been in the house, as if he had never left it.

In addition to the fact that he arrived dressed in the same clothes as thirty years ago, there was another thing that caught the attention of his relatives: the objects he carried in his pockets. Among them, a train ticket for the Ploiesti – Bacău line, with the same date as the day his disappearance was reported and your ID. Both items were intact.

According to ETV Bacau It is believed that someone came to pick up Vasile and took him to the same address that appeared on his ID, and in this way he managed to return home.

It was also thought that he may have suffered from a neurological disease. The above, since he still remembered his year of birth, the people and events he had experienced before that fateful day in 1991, but he was unable to recognize his children.

His son, who initially did not believe his father was alive, said he still does not understand what happened. “We don’t understand him. He doesn’t know what he’s saying. He tells us about the time when he was dedicated to breeding and selling cows. “We ask him one thing and he tells us another.” he assured, slogan The Sun .

“Who knows where he was, who kept him, maybe they forced him to work… who knows what kind of life he led?

Vasile’s disappearance and return to his old home have sparked the spread of various conspiracy theories. According to The Sun, one of the things that has gained the most strength is that he had a double life and that one of his identities was linked to a crime. After that, it is believed that he changed his name and tried to escape his past, until he could not take it anymore and returned.

Beyond that, the details of what he experienced over three decades remain a mystery, even to his family. In fact, at the time when the Romanian press made their case known, they asked the authorities to help them solve their enigmatic case.