> Michelle Young, who lives in The Moors, Kidlington, says they did try to solve the mystery.
> "A neighbour did try to ask them where they were from but they didn't speak any English and we didn't get very far," she said.
> Baz Daniels, who has lived in Kidlington for more than 20 years, said he had been in touch with a friend in China to try to get to the bottom of the tourist influx to his village.
> "Kidlington is apparently being marketed by Chinese tourist agencies as a beautiful English village on the way to Bicester Village shopping centre," he said.
> "Many of the visitors live in cities, and love to see things like the hanging baskets and little flowers in people's gardens.
> "Visitors are now actively asking to add Kidlington to their tour itineraries," he added.
It sounds like the real mystery is how it got started and why it hasn't stopped.