I-White River Monster
I-Arkansas inesabelo sayo sezidalwa eziyingqayizivele ezihlala emahlathini nasemachibini. Uhambo lwethu lwe-cryptozoological lusithatha ngasenyakatho ku-Highway 67 edolobhaneni elincane laseNewport, e-Arkansas. I-Newport ine-version ye-Loch Ness Monster evunyelwe kabanzi njengento yangempela. I-White River Monster ibuye ibe nomdlalo wayo.
Kusukela ngo-1915 kuya ku-1924, izakhamuzi zaseNewport zibike ukuthi zibona i-monster e-White River.
Lesi sikhulu, esabizwa ngokuthi "Si-Whitey", sichazwa njengenyoka-njll futhi okungenani izinyawo ezingamashumi amathathu ubude. Okumhlophe ngempela kwakungenakwenzeka. Izakhamuzi zithi uzoba ntambama bese uhlala imizuzu engu-10 noma engu-15 ngaphambi kokunyamalala. Amakhulu abantu athi uyambona.
OFakazi abaneminyaka engama-20 babika ukuthi kwakwenza umsindo ozwakalayo futhi ube nesibindi esincane. Imibiko eminingi yenziwa ngumdobi kanye nabasemagumbini eceleni komfula.
U-Whitey wanyamalala okwesikhashana, ngokubona okungahleliwe kuphela, kodwa wabuyela ngo-1937 lapho umnikazi wesitshalo ebona ukuthi ubona i-monster. Uthi wabona okuthile okuyizingalo eziyishumi nambili ubude nobubanzi obuyizinyawo ezine noma ezinhlanu. Uthi ubona lesi silo izikhathi eziningana emva kwalokho, kodwa akakwazanga ukucacisa ubukhulu noma ukuthi kwakunjani ngempela.
Ngalokhu kubonwa okusha, abantu bendawo bakha amanetha ukuze babambe i-Whitey. Abahlukahlukene baye bamfuna ngisho naye. Abakaze bathole noma yini futhi i-Whitey yanyamalala futhi amashumi eminyaka.
Ngomnyaka we-1971, amadoda amabili abike ukuthi abone amathrekhi amathathu emilanjeni emanzini omfula odaka kanye nezindawo lapho izihlahla nezimila bephukile ngenxa yobukhulu be-monster. Isidalwa sasibizwa ngisho nesithombe ngo-1971 nguCloyce Warren we-White River Lumber Company . Lona kuphela isithombe esine-Whitey.
Ingabe isithombe sasiyi-monster ngempela? Abaphathi be-Arkansas babonakala becabanga kanjalo.
Ingxenye ethakazelisayo kunazo zonke yalesi sigameko kwenzeka ngo-1973. I-Arkansas State Legislator, ikakhulukazi uSenator State Senator Robert Harvey, yakha i-White River Monster Resiphege eduze noMfula i-White ogijima eduze kwe-Jacksonport State Park. Basungula isinqumo esenza ukuthi kube ngokungemthetho "ukuhlukumeza, ukubulala, ukuphanga, noma ukulimaza i-White River Monster ngenkathi esekudleni." Ingabe lobu bufakazi bokuthi ukhona noma umzamo wokudweba izivakashi? I-Whitey ingenye yezingqikithi ezimbalwa ezivikelekile zasemadolobheni.
Njengoba i-Whitey ibonakala njalo njalo, izazi eziningi zicabanga ukuthi empeleni kukhona iqiniso kulo mlando. Ukuqala kokubona kwakungenzeka ukuthi isilwane esaziwayo esingaziwa ku-Arkansas. Kamuva ukubonwa kwakungaba yi-alligator ama-turtles aphuza (angathola amakhulu kakhulu) ayegcizelela emqondweni wengqondo ngenxa yezinganekwane.
Izazi ze-biologists zikholelwa ukuthi i-Whitey empeleni yayiyi-seal ye-elephant elahlekile ukuthi ngandlela-thile ihambele ngokungalungile futhi yaphela eNewport. Abanye abantu bendawo bakholelwa ukuthi kwakuyicebo elihle lokuthola abalimi endaweni. Akekho owazi ngokuqinisekile.
I-monster ayizange ibonakale kakhulu eminyakeni yamuva kodwa abantu abaningi abahlala eduze noMfula Omhlophe bakholelwa ukuthi ukhona.
Abanye bacabanga ukuthi ufile ngoba umfula usuzuzile. Kuzodingeka uzithole wena. Kuningi lwezikhumbuzo ze-monster ezungeze i-White River (T-shirts, njll.) Ngakho-ke ngisho noma ungaboni i-monster yangempela, ungathola i-T-shirt ethi uthi unesibindi sokumfuna.
Uma ufuna ukuthatha uhambo oluthile lwe-Little Rock, kufanele uvakashele i-Old State House Museum. I-Old State House kwakuyi-capital yase-Arkansas yasekuqaleni kanye nezwe elidala kunazo zonke elise-Capitol entshonalanga yoMfula iMississippi. Kuyiqiniso ukuthi i-haunted! Kuthiwa kuhanjiswa ngomoya oyedwa. The ghost of ngubani umbuzo. Amapolitiki ase-Arkansas ayengcolile, ngakho-ke noma iyiphi inamba yabantu ingaba nokunamathiselwe okungeyona engokwemvelo esimweni esifanele.
Sinabantu abasolwa ababili abakhulu.
Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi isitatimende esisemthethweni esivela ku-Old State House ukuthi akukho ghost. Ngikhulume nabantu abaningi ngisho nabasebenzi abambalwa abashilo ukuthi bangase bahlehliswe, ngaphandle kwerekhodi. Lokhu kuthiwa, akufanele ukwesaba ukuvakashela iStateehouse. Kuyinto imyuziyamu enkulu futhi ukubukeka okuthakazelisayo umlando Arkansas. Lokhu kumane kumnandi.
Omunye wabantu abasola ukuthi u-John Wilson, owayenguSomlomo weNdlu owayengumengameli weNdlu kanye nenye yezingoma ezidume kakhulu e-Arkansas. Eminye imininingwane yedayelini ifihliwe, kodwa kwakungenxa yokuthi ama-duels amaningi ayengumphumela wezingxabano zezombusazwe.
Ngesikhathi somhlangano ngo-1837, uWilson wabusa ummeleli, uJoseph J. J. Anthony ukuba "aphumelele". U-Anthony noWilson abazange baphume ngendlela efanayo. Laba bobabili babelane ngamazwi ngaphambi kwalesi sigameko. U-Anthony waqala ukuhlasela uWilson futhi wamsongela.
La madoda amabili angena empini futhi u-Anthony wabulawa nguWilson, nakuba omunye ummeleli ephonsa isihlalo kubo ukuze abahlukane. UWilson ukhululekile ngenxa yezizathu zokuthi "ukubulala ngokungenacala". Izombusazwe zazinzima.
Kuthiwa umoya kaWilson ubonwe ngokudabukisayo ukuzungeza imizila ye-Old State House egqoke i-frock-coat.
Amalungu omsebenzi wesakhiwo abike ukuthi ubona ukubonakala kwakhe.
Kodwa, ingabe umoya uWilson ngempela? Abanye abasebenzi banombono ohlukile.
Ngo-1872, u-Elisha Baxter wabizwa ngokuthi uMbusi we-Arkansas ngemuva kokhetho oluphikisanayo. Umphikisi wakhe, uJoseph Brooks, umemezele ukuthi uphenywe ngaphandle kokuwina. Ngemva kwezinyanga eziyishumi nesikhombisa, uBrowns wabamba iqhaza likaHulumeni. Uphonsa uBaxter ngaphandle kwehhovisi futhi wabeka i-cannon eNtshonalanga Yendlu kaHulumeni ukuze aqede ukuhlaselwa. I-cannon ihlala khona. Umbusi othunjiwe wabuyela phansi emgwaqweni wabeka elinye ihhovisi, esebenzisa uhulumeni wakhe ngokumelene no Brooks. Kwakuyisikhathi esifushane ngaphambi kokuba uMengameli Grant angene futhi abuyiselwe ku-Arkansas. UBaxter wabizwa ngokuthi umbusi osemthethweni kanti uBrowns waphoqeleka ukuba athathe umhlalaphansi.
Abanye abasebenzi bakholelwa ukuthi uBrowns usakhathazeka ngokucindezelwa ehhovisi lakhe. Ngisho nasekufeni, uzikholelwa ukuthi ungumbusi ofanelekile. Mhlawumbe nguye oqhubeka ehlambalaza i-Old State House.
I-Brooks-Baxter impi ingenye yezindawo ezidume kakhulu emlandweni wase-Arkansas. Kungaba kuhle kakhulu uma uBrooks esenqaba ukuyeka ikhaya lakhe enhlokodolobha.
Cabanga nje, intombazanyana esendleleni eya e-prom ishaywa yingozi engozini yemoto. Ngicabanga ukuthi indawo yonke inezinguquko zayo siqu legendendeni yasemadolobheni. Ngicabanga ukuthi wonke umuzi ufunga ukuthi uqinisile. Kunjalo naku-Arkansas. Ukubukwa kwesimo seghost kusiyisa emgwaqweni omkhulu 365 eningizimu ye Little Rock. Buza noma ubani ohlala kulo mkhakha futhi azofunga ukuthi azi ukuthi umshayeli wesikhumbi ungokoqobo.
Ngokombiko, unyaka wonke ubusuku obusika owesifazane osemusha egqoke izingubo ezimhlophe (ngezinye izikhathi igqoke libikwa ukuthi lidutshukile futhi owesifazane ombozwe ngegazi nokulimala) umisa umshayeli ku-Highway 365.
Ubonwe yingxenye ehamba eningizimu ye Little Rock futhi edlula amadolobha aseWolson, eRedfield ngisho nasePine Bluff kodwa isikhathi esiningi esitholakala ebhuloho. Utshela umshayeli ongaboni ukuthi useyingozi futhi udinga ukuhamba ekhaya.
Ezingenakwenzeka, amanye ampofu ampofu amnika ukuba ahambe ekhaya ukuze athole ukuthi lapho efika endlini acele ukuba ahlaselwe, akasasekho emotweni. Ulahlekile ngokuphelele. Lo muntu uhlale edidekile ngokwanele ukuba angqongqoze emnyango wendlu ayithathiwe. Umhlali uvula umnyango futhi ubika ukuthi indodakazi yakhe ibulawe ngobusuku obubusuku kanye nobusuku obuhamba phambili kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, ube nomuntu ohlukile ukumuyisa ekhaya. Ukuhluka okuhlukile kulo mlando kulandisa ukuthi le ntombazane yashiya ingubo emotweni yomshayeli engaqapheli futhi lapho egoqa emnyango, egqoke izingubo ezandleni, umama waphumula wakhala izinyembezi ethi, "Lona kwakuyijazi lamantombazane".
Kuqinisekisiwe? Ngokomuntu, ezinye izindaba ze-Ghost of Arkansas ziyangiqinisekisa nakakhulu. Le ntombazane iya endlini ehlukile edolobheni elincane njalo lapho ngizwa. Ngezinye izikhathi uyabulawa e-prom, ngezinye izikhathi ehlala ekhaya futhi ngezinye izikhathi egibela ekhaya ngedethi. Angikaze ngithole noma yiluphi ulwazi mayelana nanoma ngubani othi empeleni ungumndeni wentombazane encane noma noma yini ngokufa kwakhe.
Uma unolwazi olunembile mayelana nalendzaba, ngicela ngazi. Njengamanje, angikuthengi ngenhliziyo yonke. Kubonakala sengathi abazali bentombazane bebezofika esiteshini sezindaba manje.
Noma kunjalo, ngeke ngibambe ukugibela ngaphesheya lelo bhuloho ngobusuku obumnyama nesiphepho!
Ngiyazi ukuthi ucabangani, akubona yini yonke i-pianist inhlanhla encane? Lo uhlukile, ngithembele. Thatha i-US Highway 67 bese uhamba waya ku-Searcy ukuze uvakashele i-Harding University, nomoya oheha amahholo angcwele. Ukuze ubone umoya, kufanele uphumele emnyangweni womculo kanye nesakhiwo somculo.
Ngokomlando, le nganekwane ibonakala ilungile. Umphefumulo ubizwa ngokuthi "uGalloway Gertie," ngoba uHinging wayeseGalloway College yabesifazane ngesikhathi uGertrude ehamba.
I-Galloway ingenye yezikhungo ezinhle eNingizimu, futhi uGertrude wayengumculo omkhulu.
Kukhona izinguqulo ezimbili zendaba engizizwile. Okwamukelwa kakhulu kunjengokulandela. Ngobunye ubusuku u-Gertrude wayebuyela ku-dorm yakhe kusukela ngosuku. Wamtshela ubusuku obuhle waya enkampanini ekamelweni lakhe eGooden Hall. Uzwile umsindo ngaphakathi kwe-elevator wahamba ukuyihlola futhi ngandlela-thile wawela ekufeni kwakhe. Kuthiwa ukukhishwa kwegazi kumemeza kwamanye amantombazane futhi omunye wabona ifomu elimnyama eligijima endaweni yesehlakalo, kodwa ukudlala okungcolile akuzange kuboniswe. UGertie wayegqoke izingubo ezimhlophe, ezenziwe ngama-lacy, njengoba abesifazane besifazane babevame ukwenza usuku, lapho ewa. Ezinye izindaba zithi wangcwatshwa kulesi sigqoko.
Akubanga isikhathi eside emva kokufa kukaGertrude ukuthi abafundi baqala ukubona i-blonde esembatho esilahlekile emshini we-elevator noma emahholo. Abanye baze bathi babezwa ukugqoka izingubo zakhe njengoba behamba emahholo ngesikhathi bezama ukulala.
Ukucindezeleka kwakuthola uGalway ngo-1934. IGoenen Hall yachithwa ngo-1951. Ukwakhiwa kwe-Harding Administration manje lapho uGooden Hall ehlala khona. Umqashi wukuthi basebenzisa izitini ezivela kuGooden Hall ukwakha ihholo lokuhlala labesifazane likaPattie Cobb kanye noClaude Rogers Lee Music Centre.
U-Gertie uthande isikhungo somculo.
Abafundi babika ukuthi bangase bazwe upiyano onqamule ukudlala ngokushelela, noma ubambe ukugqoka kwengubo yakhe emhlophe bese uzwa ukuthungwa kokuhamba kwakhe kudlule. Igoli lithi iqembu labafana linqume ukuchitha ubusuku kusikhungo somculo ukufakazela ukuthi uGertie akakho. Babevalelwe ngokuphepha, futhi ukuphepha kwahlola isakhiwo ukuqinisekisa ukuthi akekho omunye umuntu owakhona. Ngokushesha ngemva kokushiywa yedwa, baqala ukuzwa iphiyano engavamile. Babesaba, babiza ukulondeka, kodwa ngaphambi kokuphepha bangase baqoke isibindi ukuze bahlole. Njengoba besondela eduze komsindo, ukudlala kwamiswa futhi akekho omunye otholakala esakhiweni.
Isakhiwo esidala se-Lee asisetshenziswanga njengesakhiwo somculo, kusukela kwakhiwe isakhiwo seReynolds. Awekho ama piyano esakhiweni. Ukubukwa kukaGertie kwehlile, kodwa usekhona.
Omunye uthisha ulandisa:
Ngifaka imishini ekamelweni elidala ngemuva, futhi ngizwa umculo. Ngizwa ukugijima kwepiyano futhi yilizwi elihle lalo wesifazane. Konke engangikucabanga kwakuwukuthi, 'muntu, kuhle kangaka,' kodwa ngikhumbula ukuthi awekho ama pianos esakhiweni, futhi ngangingedwa.
Enye, engathembekile kangako, indaba yilezi-1930, owesifazane osemusha onomsebenzi othembisayo waya ku-Harding.
Wadumisa umculo. Wathandana nomunye umfundi we-Harding owabulawa ngengozi yemoto ngesikhathi esifushane ngemuva kokuhlangana. Wayecindezelekile kakhulu futhi wachitha isikhathi ngasinye sokuhamba ngosuku ngosuku lwesithathu esakhiweni somculo edlala ipiyano. Kamuva ku-semester efanayo wabulawa, naye wafa. Igoli lithi ushone ngenhliziyo ephukile. Ngokushesha ngemva kokufa kwakhe, abafundi babika umculo wepiyano wokuzwa kusukela esiteji sesithathu esakhiweni somculo. Noma nini lapho beya khona ukuphenya, bebengatholi muntu lapho. Abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi le ntombazanyana yayidonsa umthandi wayo kusukela ngaphesheya kwethuneni.
Le ndaba yatshelwa emaHholo aHaunted of Ivy: Ghosts of Colleges and Southern University. Kodwa-ke, izikhulu ze-Harding ezathintana nazo zazizwe kuphela ngoGertie.
Enye ikolishi ehlonishwayo e-Arkansas yi-Henderson State University e-Arkadelphia. I-Henderson kanye ne-Ouachita Baptist University, bebelokhu beyizikole eziphikisanayo. Ukuphikisana kuyimbangela yalezikwanekwane zasemadolobheni. Ngisho nasezindlini zase-Urban, isikole ngasinye sisitshela kancane kancane.
Njengoba u-Henderson nguye ohanjiswa, sizoqala ngenguqulo yabo.
Le ndaba isiphindela emuva kuma-1920, isikhathi lapho ama-rivalries e-football ayengabhizinisi elibi.
I-legend ithi umdlali webhola le-Ouachita, uJoshua, wayethandana nomuntu omusha eHenderson, Jane. Babethandana kakhulu, kodwa iqiniso lokuthi uJane wayevela kuHenderson waba yisihluku seJosh.
Ezinye izinguqulo zendaba zithi abangane bakhe bahlukumeza futhi bamncenga ukuba bangenise. Ekugcineni wahlukana naye futhi ekugcineni wathuthela ukuthola intombazane entsha ye-Ouachita eyamukelekayo. Ezinye izinguqulo zithi wahlangana nentombazane kuqala futhi wahlukana noJane ngenxa yalo. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yikuphi, u-Ouachita uyindlalifa yangempela endabeni. Labo abafana ba-Ouachita bafana, kunjalo?
Ngaphandle kwalokho, lapho u-Ouachita ekhuluma khona, kwakunguJane owayengu-Ouachita freshman noJoshuwa owayengumdlali webhola laseHenderson. Laba bafana bakaHenderson bangama-real jerks.
Abaphikisi beqiniso bayabambisana ngisho nalapho bekhuluma izinganekwane zasemadolobheni.
Noma kunjalo, indaba (noma yiyiphi inguqulo) ithi lapho uJane ethola ukuthi wayephola intombazane entsha futhi emyisa ekhaya, wayenenhliziyo ephukile.
Waya ekamelweni lakhe lokulala futhi wembatha igqoko elimnyama nesigqoko, wahamba waya ehlathini ngaphesheya koMfula i-Ouachita futhi wagijima waze wafa.
Manje njalo ngonyaka phakathi neSonto Lokuzikhumbuza, umoya kaJane, ogqoke omnyama ngesigqoko, kuthiwa iHenderson College. Uye wabonakala ehamba futhi ephuma kuSmith Hall, ihholo lokuhlala labesifazane elisha futhi ephakathi nendawo yekampus.
U-Ouachita abafundi uthi ukhona lapho efuna owesifazane oweba indoda ayemthanda kude naye (darn amantombazane aseHenderson) nabafana abahlukumezayo futhi bamcasula uJoshua. Abafundi be-Henderson
Abafundi be-Henderson bathi usalindele ukuzohlangana noJosh.
Akenzi okuningi. Abafundi babika ukubona umuntu omnyama othukile, ukukhala, ukuzwa izandla ezibandayo noma ukushisa okuphazima kweso. Ungenalutho, ngaphandle uma ethola ukuthi uhlobene nentombazane eyebiwe uJosh, ngicabanga.
Empeleni batshela inguqulo yendaba ehamba phambili, ngakho abafundi abaningi eHenderson baye bakuzwa.
I-tidbit ezithakazelisayo kuwebhusayithi kaHenderson ithi:
IThe Legend of the "Lady in Black" yaqala ngo-1912, emva kokuhlala komfundi we-Henderson ogama lakhe linguNell Page, obizwa ngokuthi udala indaba. Ngokomlando, uNdunankulu waseBlack wagijimela amahholo emgodini wamantombazane ebikezela ukuthi ubani oyongena empini ye-Battle of the Ravine. Uma egqoka amnyama, kwakubonisa ukunqoba kwaBlackdies; uma egqoke ezimhlophe, ukunqoba kuka-Ouachita kwabikezelwa. Ngemuva kokufa kukaNell esemncane, indaba ibonakala ukuthi yiyinto yakhe eyayihamba ngehholo.