An Algerian man who went missing for 26 years was found in a pit on a neighbor’s property in north-central Algeria and claimed he was put under a spell that prevented him from calling for help, according to reports.
Omar Bin Omran, 45, disappeared aged 17 in 1996 amid the Algerian Civil War, leaving his family to presume him dead in the fighting, The U.S. Sun reported. Bin Omran was found May 12 underneath haystacks in a cellar on the neighbor’s sheep farm, according to the report. Bin Omran reportedly said he could not call for help because his alleged captor had cast a spell on him.
