I-Gurdon Light
Ngokungafani namanye ama-hauntings amanye ama-Arkansas, ukukhanya kwe-Gurdon ghost kuyinkimbinkimbi yamanje futhi akuyona into eye yabonakala esikhathini esidlule. Kubonwe kuthelevishini, kufakwe izithombe ezokuvakasha futhi ngokuvamile zamukelwa njengezikhona. Izimfihlakalo ezingaphendulwanga ngisho zeza edolobheni ukuze zibhalwe ngo-1994. Imfihlakalo akusiyo ukuthi ikhona noma cha. Imfihlakalo yilokho ngempela ukukhanya kuwukuthi.
Abantu bendawo baxoxela inganekwane ukuthi bayichaze ukukhanya, kepha izimfihlo ezingaphendulwanga zitshele okuhlukile.
Isihloko esivamile kuzo zombili izinganekwane ukuthi ukubonakala kwesimo somoya kungumsebenzi wesitimela. Indawo isasetshenziswa yizitimela, futhi indlela ukukhanya kuhamba ngayo bekuyokukhumbuza isisebenzi sezitimela esithwala isibani.
Enye yezinganekwane kunembile ngokomlando. Ngo-1931, uWilliam McClain, oyisikhulu esitimela saseMissan-Pacific, waxosha uLoubert McBride (noma uLouie McBryde). UMcBride wabe esebulala uMcClain. Izenzakalo eziholela ekubulaweni ziyi-sketchy kancane. Ezinye imithombo zithi ukuphikisana kwakungenxa yokuthi uMcBride wabhebhethekisa ingxenye yethrekhi futhi wabangela ukulimala. Abanye bathi uMcBride wayecela amahora amaningi futhi uMcClain ngeke abanike yona. I-athikili evela eSouth Standard, iphephandaba lase-Arkadelphia, ngo-1932 ithi uMcBride utshele insizwa ukuthi ubulale uMcClain ngoba uMcClain wammangalela ngokuthi uyisizathu sokuthi kubekhona ingozi yezitimela ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambili. Ngakho-ke, cishe lokhu kungumlando weqiniso.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi, uMcClain washaywa waze wafa ngesitimela se-spike maul. UMcBride kamuva wagwetshwe ukufa nge-electrocution futhi wabulawa ngoJulayi 8, 1932 (ubhalwe ohlwini lwamarekhodi okubulawa njengo-MCBRYDE, LOUIE). Ukukhanya kweGurdon empeleni kwakubhalwe kuqala ngemuva nje kokubulawa kwakhe ngawo-1930.
Kuthiwa ukuthi ukukhanya kunguMcClain, ukuthungatha amathrekhi nokuphatha ilanga elifanayo ayengayithatha umsebenzi.
Inkolelo abahlali abazungezile iyifushane ngokulandelana kwemlando, kodwa inesithakazelo esifanayo. Kuthiwa umsebenzi wesitimela wayesebenza ngaphandle kwedolobha ngobunye ubusuku. Waba ngengozi emgwaqweni wesitimela futhi ikhanda lakhe laphulwa emzimbeni wakhe. Abazange bazuze ikhanda lakhe. Abantu basendaweni bathi ukukhanya empeleni kuyisibani kusukela ekukhanyeni kwakhe njengoba ehamba amathrekhi efuna ikhanda lakhe elingekho. Kwakungavamile ukuba abasebenzi bezitimela balimale noma babulawe, ngakho kungenzeka ukuthi omunye wayenqanyuliwe.
Lokhu kukhanya akukwazi ukubonwa emgwaqweni omkhulu. Kufanele uhambe kuwo. Ukunyuka kwamamayela amabili nengxenye endaweni ongabheka ngayo ilanga elingavamile. Uzodlula ngamathambo amabili ngaphambi kokubonakala. Le ndawo ikhonjiswe kancane kancane emathrebeni bese igquma ende. Ukukhanya ukukhanya okumhlophe okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka okuyinto ngezinye izikhathi kubonakala kuyi-orangish. Ukukhanya kuhamba emuva nangemva futhi kuhamba eduze. Ukukhanya kuvame ukubonwa ngobusuku obumnyama futhi bubonakale kakhulu uma bubukeka futhi bugqamile. Hlola ibalazwe le-Roadside America ngaphambi kokuhamba.
Izimfihlakalo ezingaphenduliwe azitholanga ukuthi ukukhanya okuyikho ngempela, futhi akukho ososayensi abaye bahlola indawo, kodwa kunezinkomba ezimbalwa.
Esinye sezikhombisi-mqondo ukuthi empeleni nje izibani ezihamba phambili ezibonisa izihlahla. Kodwa-ke, izazi-mlando azivumelani. Bathi ukukhanya kuye kwabhalwa futhi kwakhulunywa ngakho kusukela ngaphambi kokuba umgwaqo omkhulu ube khona. Ososayensi baye bazama ukuchaza ukukhanya futhi baphetha ukuthi ngeke kube yizibani zomgwaqo.
E-athikili ye-Arkansas Gazette yama-1980, umfundi owayengumqeqeshi eHenderson State University wahlola ukukhanya wathi:
I-interstate eliseduze kuya emathrebeni cishe ngamamayela amane, futhi intaba enkulu imi phakathi kwamathrekhi kanye naphakathi. Uma ukukhanya kubangelwa izibani eziphambili, kuzodingeka ziphazamiseke futhi ngaphezu kwentaba ezobonakala ngakolunye uhlangothi.
Lesi sihloko sithi uCangle uzame ukulinganisa ubude besikhathi kungathatha imoto ukuwela iphuzu elingaphansi kwezinga elingama-45 degree (i-angle ye-interstate kuya emathrekhi) ngamamayela angu-55 ngehora. Ukuhamba ngezinyawo ngamamitha angu-80 ngomzuzwana, wachaza ukuthi, 'izibani zizobonakala isikhathi eside kunomzuzwana kuthatha ukukhanya kweGurdon ukuba kuvele futhi kuphele. "UCangle naye wahamba eduze kakhulu nomgwaqo omkhulu ukuze azwe imisindo yamaloli athile athile. Uphikelela ukuthi imisindo ayizange ihambisane nokubonakala kokukhanya.
UDkt. Charles Leming, uprofesa we-physics e-Henderson State University, wayenamandla ekukhanyeni ngaphambi kokuba adlule. Yena nabafundi bakhe babheka okuningi ukukhanya. Esinye sokuthola okuthakazelisayo kwakungukuthi lapho ukukhanya kubhekwa ngokusebenzisa izihlungi, izibani azizange zifake polarized. Noma yikuphi ukukhanya kwe-mirage kuzokwenyuka. Futhi babengatholakali okwamanje wamandla kagesi ku-galvanometer, nokuthi ukukhanya kubonakala ngokuqhubekayo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi isimo sezulu siyini.
Kukhona futhi inkolelo ebonisa ukuthi ukucindezeleka emakristini e-quartz ngaphansi kweGurdon kubangele ukuba bakhiphe ugesi futhi bakhiqize ukukhanya. Bambiza lokhu umphumela we-piezoelectric. Inkolelo yokuthi i-New Madrid iphutha, elihamba ngale ndawo, libeka ukucindezela okukhulu phezu kwamakristali futhi libacindezela ndawonye kubangele ukuba bathuthukise inkokhelo bese beka inhlansi.
I-Gurdon, i-Arkansas itholakala ngamamayela angaba ngu-75 eningizimu ye Little Rock nge-Interstate 30 futhi itholakala empumalanga ye-Interstate Road High 67. Ukukhanya kungaphandle kwedolobhana futhi kulandelwe imigwaqo yesitimela. Kuthatha amahora ambalwa ukufinyelela indawo. Ungacela izikhombisi ku-Gurdon. Buza kunoma yisiphi isiteshi segesi. Wonke umuntu kuleli dolobha elincane uyazi ukuthi usho ukuthini (bayibiza ngokuthi "ukukhanya okukhanyayo bluffs"). Kukhona ukukhanya okufanayo nendaba efanayo ku-Crossett. I-Crossett inama-quartz amaningi futhi.
Lona engibonile mina ngokwami. Kuyinto engavamile kodwa angicabangi ukuthi kubonakala sengathi ilanga. Ukukhanya okukhulu, okucacile okubonayo okuhambayo nxazonke. Mina nomngane wami sazama ukusondela ngokwanele ukuze sibone ukuthi kwakungakanani, kodwa lokho akunakwenzeka, kuqhubeka ukuhamba futhi uma ufika lapho ukhona, sekuphelile. Le ndawo ethandwayo yezingane ku-Halloween.