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TIL that in July 2014 a German tourist got into a fight while in Bulgaria. Following advise not to fly he said goodbye to his friends and booked a hotel. A day later he started acting strangely and was last seen running out of Varna airport and climbing a fence, his whereabouts are still unknown.

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