I-White River Monster
I-Arkansas inesabelo sayo sezilwanyana eziqhambileyo ezihlala emahlathini nasemachibi. Uhambo lwethu lwe-cryptozoological lusithatha ngasenyakatho kwi-Highway 67 ukuya kwidolophu encinane yaseNewport, eAnsansas. I-Newport inenguqu yeLoch Ness Monster eyamkelwa ngokubanzi njengento yangempela. I-White River Monster inayo umdlalo wayo.
Ukususela ngo-1915 ukuya ku-1924, abahlali baseNewport babika ukuba babona i-monster eMfuleni oyi-White.
Esi sikhulu, esabizwa ngokuba ngu "Whitey", sachazwa njenge-snake-like kunye neyimizuzu engamashumi amathathu ubude. I-Whitey ngokwenene yayilungele ukuqikelela. Abahlali bathi uya kuhamba ngemini kwaye ahlale emininzi ye-10 okanye imizuzu engama-15 ngaphambi kokunyamalala kwakhona. Amakhulu abantu babethi bayambona.
AmaNgqina angama-20 athi ingxelo leyo yenze isandi esikhulu kwaye sine-back spiny backbone. Iingxelo ezininzi zenziwe ngumlobi kunye neenkampu ngaphesheya komlambo.
I-Whitey yanyamalala ngenxa yento encinane, ngaphandle kokubona okungahleliwe, kodwa yabuya ngo-1937 xa umnini-mhlaba wayemangalela ukubona i-monster. Wayebonile ukuba wabona into ephakamileyo eyayingamamitha alishumi elinamibini ubude kunye nezine okanye ziikubhite ezintlanu ububanzi. Uthe wambona i-monster eziliqela emva koko, kodwa akakwazanga ukubala ubungakanani okanye oko kwakunjalo.
Ngale mibono emitsha, abemi bakha izitya zokubamba i-Whitey. Iintlobo ziye zamfuna. Abazange bafumane nantoni na i-Whitey yanyamalala kwakhona amashumi eminyaka.
Ngomnyaka we-1971, amadoda amabini abike ukuba babona iingoma ezilitshatsheli ezintathu kumanxweme omlambo kunye neendawo apho imithi kunye nezityalo zaphulwa ngenxa yobungakanani be-monster. Isidalwa sade safotshwa ngo-1971 nguCloyce Warren we-White River Lumber Company . Le yodwa ifoto esinayo i-Whitey.
Ngaba iifoto ngokwenene i-monster? I-Arkansas bameli babonakala bacinga njalo.
Inxalenye ebalulekileyo kakhulu yale ngqungquthela yenzeke ngo-1973. I-Arkansas State Legislator, ngokukhethekileyo uSenet State State Senator Robert Harvey, yenze i-White River Monster Impumulo ecaleni kwendawo yoMlambo oyi-White ehamba kufuphi ne-Jacksonport State Park. Benze isisombululo esenza ukuba kubekho mthethweni ukuba "uhlambele, ubulale, uwunyathele okanye uwonakalise i-White River Monster ngelixa sele uhamba naye." Ngaba bubungqina bokuba ukhona okanye umzamo wokubhenketha? I-Whitey ingenye yeengcamango ezimbalwa ezikhuselweyo zasezidolophini.
Ekubeni u-Whitey wayebonakala njalo rhoqo, abaninzi abaphengululi bacinga ukuba ngokwenene kukho inyaniso kule ngongoma. Ukubonwa kwangaphambili mhlawumbi kwakukhona isilwanyana esaziwayo esingaqhelekanga kwi-Arkansas. Kamva ukubonakala kwakubonakala kube yi-alligator i-turquping turtles (inokufumana ikhulu kakhulu) eyayigxininisa kwiingqondo zommeli ngenxa yeengcamango.
Izazi ze-biologists zikholelwa ukuba i-Whitey yayisona isitywina seendlovu elahlekile, ngendlela ethile eyafuduka ngokungalunganga kwaye yaphela eNewport. Abanye abantu basezidolophini bakholelwa ukuba kwakuyiqhinga elibanzi lokufumana ingqalelo kumafama kuloo ndawo. Akukho mntu uyazi ngokuqinisekileyo.
I-monster ayibonakali kakhulu kwiminyaka yakutshanje kodwa abaninzi abantu abahlala kufuphi noMlambo omhlophe bakholelwa ukuba ukhona.
Abanye bacinga ukuba uye wafa ngenxa yokuba umlambo ufumene ungezantsi. Kuya kufuneka uzenzele yona. Kukho ezininzi izikhumbuzo ze-monster ezikuMlambo oyi-White (i-t-shirts, njl. Njl.) Nangona ungayiboni i-monster yangempela, unokufumana i-T-shirt ethi uthi ukhaliphe ngokwaneleyo ukumkhangela.
Ukuba ufuna ukuthatha ityelelo le-Little Rock elincinci, kufuneka uhambele iMyuziyam yaseNdlu yaseMandulo. I-Old State House yayisakhiwo sasekuhlaleni sase-Arkansas kunye neyona ndlela indala kunazo zonke ezihlala e-capitol ngasentshonalanga yoMlambo wase-Mississippi. Ngokuqinisekileyo ihaunted! Kuthiwa kuthiwa unomphefumlo omnye. Umphefumlo wombuzo lowo. Iipolitiki zase-Arkansas zisetyenziselwa ukungcola, ngoko nayiphi na inani labantu abanokuthi banamathele ngokungekho ngokwemvelo kwi-statehouse.
Sinezibheno ezimbini ezibalulekileyo.
Kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba isitatimende esisemthethweni esivela kwi-Old State House kukuba akukho ghost. Ndiye ndathetha kubahlali abaninzi kunye nabasebenzi abambalwa abatshoyo kunokuthi bahlelwe yintetho, ngaphandle kwirekhodi. Oko kuthethwa, akufanele ukwenze ukwesaba ukutyelela i-Statehouse. Yimyuziyam enkulu kunye nembonakalo enomdla kwi-Arkansas. Oku kungokuzonwabisa.
Omnye wabantu abathandabuzayo abanokukhwabanisa nguJohn Wilson, owayenguSomlomo weNdlu kunye nomxholo wesinye sezidume ezidumileyo ze-Arkansas. Ezinye zeenkcukacha ze-duel zifihliwe, kodwa kwakunjalo, njengama-duels amaninzi, isiphumo sezopolitiko.
Ngethuba lentlanganiso ngo-1837, u-Wilson wabusa ummeli, uMninimandla uJoseph J. Anthony ukuba "akayikho myalelo". U-Anthony noWilson abazange bahambelane. Aba babini babeshintshana amagama phambi kwesi siganeko. U-Anthony waqala ukuhlasela uWilson waza wamsongela.
Amadoda amabini angena emlonyeni wamacu kwaye uAnthony wabulawa nguWilson, nangona omnye ummeli wawaphosa isihlalo kubo ukuze awaphule. UWilson ukhululwe ngenxa yezizathu zokuthi "ukubulawa ngokuzikhethela". Izopolitiko zazinzima.
Kuthiwa ukuba umoya kaWilson ubonwe ngokudabukisayo ujikeleza iikorrid ze-Old State House egqoke ingubo.
Abasebenzi bezakhiwo baye babika ukubonakala kwakhe.
Kodwa, ingumoya ngempela uWilson? Abanye abasebenzi banengcamango eyahlukileyo.
Ngo-1872, uElisha Baxter wachazwa nguRhuluneli waseArchansas emva kokhetho oluphikisanayo. Umchasi wakhe, uJoseph Brooks, wamxelela ukuba wayekhohlisiwe. Kwiinyanga ezilishumi elinesibhozo emva koko, iBrooks yaqhuba ukutshutshiswa kweNdlu kaRhulumente. Wamphonsa uBaxter ngaphandle kwesikhundla waza wamisa isikhonkco kwiNtshontsho yeNdlu kaRhulumente ukukhubaza ukuhlaselwa. Ikhonkco isahlala khona. Irhuluneli egxothwe phantsi yabuyela phantsi kweso sitrato yabeka elinye iofisi, isebenza urhulumente wayo ngokumelene ne-Brooks. Kwakuphela nje ixesha elifutshane ngaphambi kokuba uMongameli uGrant angene kwaye abuyiselwe i-Arkansas. UBhaxter wabizwa ngokuba ngugosa osemthethweni kunye ne-Brooks yaphoqeleka ukuba ithathe umhlalaphantsi.
Abanye abasebenzi bakholelwa ukuba iBrooks isacasulwa ngokunyanzeliswa kwiofisi yakhe. Ngaphandle kokufa, uyazikholelwa ukuba ngugosa elifanelekileyo. Mhlawumbi nguye oqhubeka ehlawula indlu yase-Old State House.
Imfazwe ye-Brooks-Baxter yenye yezinto ezidumileyo kwiimbali zeArchansas. Kuya kuba kufanelekile ukuba iBrooks iyakunqaba ukuyeka ikhaya layo kwinkunzi.
Khawucinge nje, intombazana encinci endleleni eya kwi-prom iyabulawa kwingozi engozi yemoto. Ndicinga ukuba yonke indawo inayo inguqulelo yalo mlando wasezidolophini. Ndicinga ukuba iidolophu zonke zifunga zona zinyani. Kwakunjalo neA Arkansas. Ukubukwa kwesimo somoya kukusiyisa kumgwaqo omkhulu 365 ngasezantsi kweLittle Rock. Buza nabani abahlala kulo mhlaba kwaye bayafunga ukuba bayazi ukuba i-hitchhiker yinyani.
Ngokwebali, unyaka wonke ngeenxa yokuhamba ebusuku umfazi osemncinci wengubo emhlophe (ngamanye amaxesha ukugcoba kuthiwa utyhafile kwaye umfazi ogutyungwe ngegazi kunye noxinzekileyo) umisa umqhubi kwi-Highway 365.
Uye wabonwa kwinqanaba elihamba ngasemzantsi kweLittle Rock kwaye adlula iidolophu zaseWolson, eRedfield kunye nakude ukuya kwiPine Bluff kodwa ininzi ixesha elifunyenwe kwibhulorho. Utshela umqhubi ongaboniyo ukuba usele engozi kwaye ufuna ukuhamba ekhaya.
Ingenakwenzeka, enye impofu ephosayo imenza ukuba ahambe ekhaya ukuze afune ukuba xa efika endlwini ayicelile ukuba ahlaselwe, akasekho emotweni. Uphelile ngokupheleleyo. Umntu uhlala edidekile ngokwaneleyo ukuba angqongqoze emnyango wendlu ayithathiweyo. Umhlali uvula umnyango kwaye uxela ukuba intombi yakhe yabulewe ngobusuku bobusuku kunye nobusuku bobusuku ukususela apho, unomntu ohlukileyo ozisa naye ekhaya. Uhlobo oluthile kule ngxelo luchaza intombazana yashiya ingubo emotweni yomqhubi ongeyifumene kwaye xa egosa emnyango, ingubo yambethe, unina waqhawula iinyembezi esithi, "Yayiyengubo yam intombazana".
Qi niseka? Ngokomntu, ezinye zezinto ezimbi ze-Arkansas zithembela kum. Le ntombazana iya endlwini eyahlukileyo kwidolophu encinane rhoqo xa ndiyiva. Ngamanye amaxesha uyabulawa e-prom, ngamanye amaxesha uhlala ekhaya kwaye ngamanye amaxesha uhamba ekhwela ekhaya kunye nomhla. Andizange ndifumane naluphi na ulwazi malunga nabani na owenene ukuba bangabantwana bentombazana okanye nantoni na ngokufa kwakhe.
Ukuba unolwazi oluchanileyo malunga nalo mlando, ndixelele. Njengokuba kunjalo, andiyithengi ngenhliziyo yonke. Kubonakala ngathi abazali beentombazana beza kufika kwisikhululo seendaba ngoku.
Sekunjalo, andiyi kubanjwa ukukhwela ngaphesheya kwelo bhuloho ngobusuku obumnyama nobushushu!
Ndiyazi oko ucingayo, akubona bonke abadlali bepiyano abancinci? Lo uhlukile, uthembele kum. Thatha i-US Highway 67 kwaye uhambe ukuya kuSearcy uvakatye iYunivesithi eyi-Harding, kunye nomoya okholisa iiholo zayo ezingcwele. Ukuze ubone umoya, kufuneka uqhubekele kwisebe lomculo kunye nesakhiwo somculo.
Ngokomlando, lo mlando ubonakala uchanekile. Umoya ubizwa ngokuba ngu "Galloway Gertie," kuba i-Harding yayiyiKoloji yaseGalway yabaseTyhini xa uGertrude ehamba.
I-Galloway yayiyinye yezona ziko ezilungileyo eMzantsi, kwaye uGertrude wayengumculo omkhulu.
Kukho iinguqulelo ezimbini zebali eli ndivile. Eyona nto yamkelekileyo iyayilandela. Ngobunye ubusuku uGertrude wayebuyela kumdaka wakhe ukusuka kumhla. Wamxelela ubusuku obuhle waza waya ephezulu kwigumbi lakhe eGooden Hall. Wayiva ingxolo ngaphakathi kwinqwelo kwaye wahamba ukuyihlola kwaye kwandlela-thile wawa ekufeni kwakhe. Kuthiwa ukukhawuleza kwegazi kukuvusa amanye amantombazana kwaye enye yabona ifomu elimnyama lisuka kummandla, kodwa umdlalo ongcolileyo awuzange uboniswe. UGertie wayegqoke isambatho esimhlophe, njengengubo abafazi bexesha babevame ukwenza ngalo mhla, xa ewa. Ezinye iindaba zithi wangcwatyelwa kule gale.
Kwakungekho ixesha elide emva kokufa kukaGertrude ukuba abafundi baqala ukubona i-blonde kwisigqoko se-lacy kwi-elevator shaft okanye kwiindibano. Abanye bathi bangeva ukuguqa kwesambatho sakhe njengoko ehamba ngeeholo ngelixa bezama ukulala.
Ukubhokoxa kwakuthola iGalway ngo-1934. IWoren Hall yachithwa ngo-1951. Isakhiwo soLawulo lwe-Harding silapha apho iHowen Hall yayisetyenziswa khona. Umkhabi kukuba basebenzisa izitena ezivela kwiGoor Hall ukuya kwindlu yokuhlala yabesifazane bePattie Cobb kunye neClaude Rogers Lee Music Centre.
UGertie wayethanda isiko lomculo.
Abafundi babika ukuba banokuva ipiyano engapheliyo idlala ngokukhawuleza, okanye ibambe ingubo yakhe emhlophe kwaye ivale i-swished yokuhamba kwayo idlulileyo. Igosa ithi iqela lamakhwenkwe lagqiba ukuchitha ubusuku kwiziko lomculo ukubonisa ukuba uGertie wayengakho. Bavalelwe ngokhuseleko, kwaye ukhuseleko luhlolisise isakhiwo ukuqinisekisa ukuba akukho mntu ulapho. Kungekudala emva kokushiya yodwa, baqala ukuva ipiyano engaqondakaliyo. Babethukile, babiza ukhuseleko, kodwa ngaphambi kokuba ukhuseleko lufike baqokelela ubungqina ukuze bahlole. Njengoko bebesondela kwisandi, ukudlala kuyeka kwaye akukho mntu ufunyenwe kwisakhiwo.
Isakhiwo esidala saseLee asisetyenziswanga njengesakhiwo somculo, ekubeni kwakhiwe isakhiwo seReynolds. Ayikho i-pianos kwisakhiwo. Ukubukwa kukaGertie kuye kwehla, kodwa usengqonge.
Omnye utitshala uphendula:
Ndibeka izixhobo kwindawo yokudala emva, kwaye ndiva umculo. Ndiva ukugijima kwepiyano kwaye yilelizwi elihle laloo mfazi. Into endiyicinga kukuba, 'ndoda, enhle kakhulu,' kodwa ke ndikhumbule ukuba ayikho i-pianos kwisakhiwo, kwaye ndedwa.
Enye, engathembekanga kangako, ibali kukuba ngowama-1930, intombazana enomdla othembisayo waya kwi-Harding.
Wavuma ngomculo. Wathandana nomnye umfundi onzima owabulawa ngengozi yemoto ngexesha elifutshane emva kokudibana. Wayexineke kakhulu kwaye wachitha ixesha elilodwa lokuphumla emini kwisitezi sesithathu kwisakhiwo somculo esidlala ipiyano. Kamva kwi-semester efanayo wabulawa, naye wafa. Igosa ithi ufile ngentliziyo ephukileyo. Kungekudala emva kokufa kwakhe, abafundi baxela umculo we-piano wokuvakala ukusuka kwisitezi sesithathu kwisakhiwo somculo. Nanini na xa beya kuphanda, babengafumani mntu. Ininzi yayikholelwa ukuba yintombazana encinci eyayisondeza umthandi wayo ngaphandle kwelabafileyo.
Eli bali lixelelwe kwiiHolo eziHaunted ze-Ivy: iGhosts zeeKholeji zaseMzantsi kunye neeYunivesithi. Nangona kunjalo, abaphathi be-Harding ababedibene nabo babemva nje ngoGertie.
Enye iikholeji e-Arkansas i-Henderson State University e-Arkadelphia. I-Henderson kunye ne-neighborhood ye-Ouachita Baptist University baye bahlala beba zikolo. Ukuchasana yimbangela yale mibali yasezidolophini. Ngaphandle kweMigangatho yase-Urban, isikolo ngasinye sixelela ngokuthe kancinci.
Ekubeni i-Henderson yinto ehlaselwa, siya kuqala ngeenguqu zabo.
Ibali liyasibuyisela kwiminyaka ye-1920, ixesha apho i-rivalries yebhola lezemidlalo yayingumsebenzi onzulu.
Umlando uthi umdlali webhola we-Ouachita, uJoshua, wayedlala nomntu omtsha waseHenderson, uJane. Babethandana ngothando, nangona into yokuba uJane wayevela kuHenderson yaba yintsebenziswano yeJosh.
Ezinye iinguqu zebali bathi abahlobo bakhe baxhatshazwa baze bamgxotha ukuba bangenise. Ekugqibeleni waphula kunye naye ekugqibeleni wadlulela ekufumaneni intombazana entsha, eyamkelekileyo ye-Ouachita. Ezinye iinguqulelo zithi wadibana nentombazana yokuqala waza wahlukana noJane ngenxa yalo. Ngandlela-thile, u-Ouachita nguye olahlekileyo ngokwenene kweli bali. Ngaba abo ba-Ouachita bafana na?
Ngaphandle kokuba, xa u-Ouachita echaza, nguJane owayengu-Ouachita u-freshman noJoshuwa owayengumdlali webhola lebhola esuka eHenderson. Abo bafana ba-Henderson bangama-real jerks.
Abadlali abathandanayo banomdla xa bexelela iingcamango zasezidolophini.
Naliphi na, ibali (mhlawumbi inguqulelo) lithetha ukuba xa uJane efumanisa ukuba wayedana nentombazana entsha kwaye wamzisa ukuba abuyele ekhaya, wayenentliziyo ephukile.
Waya egumbini lakhe lokulala waza wambatha ingubo emnyama kunye nesigqubuthelo, wahamba waya ehlanjeni ngaphaya koMlambo wase-Ouachita waza wagijima waya ekufeni kwakhe.
Ngoku njalo ngonyaka ngeveki ephumayo, umoya kaJane, ogqoke umnyama ngomkhusane, kuthiwa kwiKholeji yaseHenderson. Ubonwe ehamba kunye naphandle kweSmith Hall, iholo elitsha lokuhlala kwabasetyhini kunye neenxa zonke kwiziko le-campus.
U-Ouachita umfundi uthi ukhona apho efuna umfazi owaba le ndoda ayithandayo kude naye (athole amantombazana aseHenderson) kunye namakhwenkwe awamxhaphaza aze amkholise uYoshuwa. Abafundi baseHenderson
Abafundi be-Henderson bathi ufuna ukuza kuhlala kunye noJosh.
Akenzi nto. Abafundi babika ukubonwa ngumntu omnyama otyhafayo, ukuva, ukuva izandla ezibandayo okanye ukushisa kwamanzi ngokukhawuleza. Akayinto engalunganga, ngaphandle kokuba efumanisa ukuba unxulumene nentombazana eyebiwe uJosh, ndicinga ukuba.
Ngokuqinisekileyo baxelela ingongoma yebali kwi-orientation orientation, ngoko abaninzi abafundi baseHenderson bakuvile.
I-tidbit ye-website ye-Henderson ithi:
Ingqungquthela ye "Lady in Black" yaqala ngo-1912, emva kokuqeshwa komfundi waseHenderson ogama linguNell Page, obizwa ngokuba yilokudala ibali. Ngokomxholo, iNdada eMnyama igxininisa iholo kwiidolophana zamantombazana esichazela ukuba ngubani oza kuphumelela iMfazwe yeRavine. Ukuba wayenxibe emnyama, ibonakalise ukunqoba kwaBlackdies; ukuba yambethe emhlophe, ukunqoba kwe-Ouachita kwakuxelwe. Emva kokufa kukaNell esemncinci, ibali liya kuba yayingumoya wakhe owahamba ngeeholo.