In June 2009, a man who never existed identified as Peter Bergman with no identity, no past, and no record of where he came from appeared in Sliogo, Ireland and checked into a small hotel, paid in cash, and carried a single, worn-out bag, though he provided an address in Vienna.
For 3 days CCTV captured his movement, walking all over the town, carrying a purple plastic bag but returned back to the hotel empty-handed, it got stranger and the police analysed every of his movement.
He walked the streets of Sligo 13 times in 3 days, he bought 8 international stamps. The police tried to figure out what for, however, on his last day, Bergmann checked out of his hotel and walked to the bus station, he ordered a cappuccino and a sandwich, then sat at a table. Witnesses saw him write something on a piece of paper.
That afternoon, he took a bus to Rosses Point Beach. Witnesses saw him walking back and forth along the shore, fully dressed, shoes in hand. At 10:50 PM, he was still there pacing, someone spoke with him but he never responded.
The next morning, a father and son were walking on Rosses Point Beach. Through the mist, they spotted something in the sand. At first, they thought it was a mannequin. As they got closer, Bergmann was lying face down in the sand, just beyond the waterline.
He was wearing a navy T-shirt and black underwear, nothing else. His clothes were neatly folded nearby, Police assumed it was a simple drowning.
The autopsy revealed nothing unusual, official result of death was acute cardiac arrest. The investigation intensified, but he left behind more questions than answer.
Peter Bergmann is an eternal mystery of the internet age.
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