I first encountered the anomaly while scraping API data for a travel automation project. I was filtering for "boutique hotels with over 4.8 stars and under $150 a night" in the Caribbean. The script returned a result for "Paradise Hotel, Cayo Largo." The coordinates were null. The address was a PO Box in Delaware. The phone number rang to a fax machine.
I emailed him. He replied with one line: "The reservation is confirmed. We look forward to your stay." hotel paradise online
You could click "Select Room." You could see the calendar. You could input your credit card. But the moment you hit "Confirm Booking," the page would hang for exactly eleven seconds and refresh to a landing page that read: "We are currently offline. Please check back at the witching hour." Online folklore has a few theories about what is going on here. I first encountered the anomaly while scraping API