Human teleportation...it happened once, why not again?

In doing research on a folded space teleportation idea for a story, I stumbled across a little mystery that has yet to be solved. Now whether or not this is true, it certainly seems that it did occur. Let me share it with you.

So apparently, in 1593, a Filipino soldier was standing guard at the Governor’s palace in Manila, on Las Islas Filipinas, or the Philippine islands. Our erstwhile guardsman, one Gil Perez, was exhausted from the events that preceded his fateful watch.  Moluccas pirates had killed the Lord Governor of Las Islas Filipinas, Gomez Perez-Dasmarinas, during an ill-fatted attempt to eradicate them.

Wait the story gets better… Gil Perez decided to close his eyes, leaning against a wall to rest, just a little catnap is all. After all the place was in a tizzy from the death of the Governor and the possibility that the pirates might attack.

Although he was determined to do his duties, he was exhausted, and quickly fell into a slumber. After a while, strange noises woke him, opening his eyes he was startled to find himself in wholly unfamiliar surroundings. The people spoke fluent Spanish, however with an accent he found a little...different.

However being a proud member of the Guardia Civil, and unsure of what to do, he continued to do his duty and guarded the palace he found himself at. However his bewildered expression, and completely different guard uniform made him stand out among the other guardsmen. Soon an officer began asking him questions that frankly Gil was unable to answer.

After a brief conversation where our guardsman became increasingly agitated when he found out where he was. He, Gil Perez, a member of the Filipino Guardia Civil, was at the Plaza Mayor… in Mexico City.

During his interrogation with the Viceroy and his Council, he happened to mention that the Moluccas pirates had killed the Governor of the Philippines, His Excellency Don Gomez Perez Dasmariñas.

No one believed him of course, but then poor Gil Perez was interrogated by Church authorities and even though he continually insisted he somehow traveled from Manila to Mexico overnight but had no idea how, he was promptly accused of either being a cowardly deserter or practicing “the black arts”, either way he was imprisoned.

Proclaiming his innocence for two months as he languished in prison, Gil Perez, erstwhile teleporter resigned himself to dying in prison. However, a ship arrived from the Philippines bearing news of the death of the Lord Governor on October 23. Several people aboard the ship also confirmed that they knew who Gil Perez was and in fact had seen him assume his duties as palace guardsman and were surprised to see him in a Mexican jail.

Both government and church officials were amazed and mystified but could offer no explanation to what happened. After some lengthy debate, Gil Perez was released and sent back to the Philippines with a letter explaining where he had been, that he had not deserted and seemingly went back to assume his duties as a member of the Guardia Civil

This is one of the weirder stories I have come across, but is has given me a number of ideas for expanding my story. It also gives rise to many questions. There have been theories that humans can teleport. There is supposed research by the United States Air Force, which reportedly  has commissioned an 88-page study titled "Teleportation Physics Study" in which author Eric W. Davis of Warp Drive Metrics says that teleportation – the movement of a thing or person from location to location through the power of the mind alone – is "quite real and can be controlled."

The Air Force purportedly is intrigued enough by the possibilities of psychic teleportation – or p-Teleportation, as it is called – to spend some $7.5 million to research it.

It is always interesting when doing research for a story idea to stumble upon bits of history that don’t fit into a defined category, and untold possibilities. I wanted to share this with you with the parting thought, what if Gil Perez had actually teleported?  He would have done so without any of our advanced technology, since it was the 16th century. Does that mean the ability to be instantaneously anywhere in the world is inherently in us we just haven’t figured out how?