The Boy Time Forgot: A News Investigation

In 2012, a seven year old boy vanished for exactly three minutes during a

school trip. When teachers found him, he was simply standing there,

smiling, and holding a burnt leaf. The anomaly began that day.

While his classmates grew up and his teachers retired, he never aged. Medical experts compared

the case to Syndrome X, a real condition where physical aging appears to stop.

Doctors found no mutations. Yet, every year on the same date,

the leaf in his hand turned black. They said time forgot me.

The next morning, his house was empty. No trace remained but the leaf