JOTT-Phenomenon: When things just disappear

When I was working with Axel Ertelt from Halver on the manuscript for "e;Portals and Teleportation,"e; which was published as a book in 2023, we repeatedly came across stories where eyewitnesses reported that things, items, or objects disappeared without a trace overnight. Considering that many of these things were found again because the person misplaced them or forgot them somewhere. In English, this disappearance is called a "e;disappearing object phenomenon"e; (DOP). It's a seemingly widespread phenomenon in which an object seemingly disappears from view, only to later reappear in another, often obvious, location. However, it is further explained: "e;Although it is often attributed to forgetfulness or the wrong location, some reports point to a genuine "e;unexplained phenomenon"e;! This astonished us, because Axel and I have already experienced situations where "e;something"e; disappeared without a trace and inexplicably. But how does this "e;haunting"e; come about? Since it couldn't be a silly joke, ghosts, or anything like that, we continued our research online. We wondered if anyone had already seriously studied the "e;Disappearing Object Phenomenon"e; (DOP). Because we didn't find anything interesting in German-speaking countries, we began our search with just two English terms. Our search terms were "e;dinge, die spurlos verschwunden"e; = "e;things that disappeared without a trace"e; and "e;Gegstand unerklarlich verschwunden"e; = "e;object inexplicably disappeared."e; With this book, I am probably the first German author to venture a little further. I would like to at least give you an idea of the controversial hypothesis about the JOTT phenomenon. It sounds a bit like magic, doesn't it? This book presents a bold hypothesis.