Gil Perez

Sentries guarding Mexico City's Palace of the Plaza Mayor in October 1593 detected something odd about one of their colleagues. Even though he marched, turned, and saluted appropriately, his uniform seemed strange. Additionally, he had a completely bewildered expression. It discovered out that his outfit was from Manila, which is 14,000 km to the west. He acknowledged he was stationed in the Philippines when the Guard Captain questioned him. However, he was unsure of how he arrived to Mexico.

Even stranger, it took him less than a day to arrive. Because he was aware that the Governor of the Philippines had been assassinated the day before, he was certain of this. Gil Perez was imprisoned to await the Inquisition because he was thought to be working with the Devil.

But it was obvious that Perez was as puzzled by his teleportation across the Pacific as everybody else. He didn't appear to be a sorcerer, by any means. After several months, word that the governor had been killed finally arrived on a ship from the Philippines—exactly as Perez had predicted. Inquisitors freed the unusual soldier and gave him permission to return home because they were at a loss for what to do next.