[2] In 1984, Günther Stoll,[3][4] an unemployed food engineer from Anzhausen, Westphalia (then West Germany), was suffering from a moderate case of paranoia.
Prior to his death, he occasionally spoke to his wife of "those [ones]," (German: denen) unknown people who supposedly intended to harm him.
He mentioned "those," specifically, on the evening of 25 October 1984 (at approximately 23:00), before suddenly shouting "Jetzt geht mir ein Licht auf!"
Shortly thereafter, Stoll went to his favorite pub (named "Papillon"[5]) in Wilnsdorf, where he ordered a beer and fell on the ground, injuring his face.
[6] At approximately 03:00, two truck drivers discovered Stoll's crashed vehicle in a trench adjacent to the A45, near the Hagen-Süd exit, 100 kilometres (60 mi) from Haigerseelbach.
After calling law enforcement, the drivers found the severely injured Günther Stoll naked in his car.
Suspicions regarding Stoll's holiday trips to the Netherlands, where he was thought to have made contact with drug dealers, proved unfounded.