A cikin shahararsa "Bace 411" jerin litattafai kan batattu masu ban mamaki, ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da ba a sani ba wanda mai bincike da tsohon ɗan sanda ya rufe Dauda Paulides cibiyoyin a kusa da wani yaro dan shekara 10 mai suna Damian McKenzie wanda ba a iya ganewa ya ɓace daga Ostiraliya cikin baƙon yanayi a cikin 1974 ba tare da alama ba.
A watan Satumba na waccan shekarar, McKenzie da gungun wasu wasu matasa arba'in suna kan sansanin matasa a tsaunukan jihar Victoria ta Australia, kusa da Victoria Falls da Kogin Acheron a Taggerty. Shi kansa sansanin an gudanar da shi "Kungiyar Matasan Australia," kuma an yi niyyar zama yawon shakatawa na kwanaki 5 mai sauƙi yayin da ɗaliban za su yi tattaki kuma su shagala cikin ayyukan waje daban-daban, babu abin da ke da haɗari. An kula da sansanin sosai, kuma ba a taɓa samun wata matsala ko abin da ya faru ba, amma wannan yana gab da canzawa sosai.
A ranar 4 ga Satumba, 1974, ƙungiyar ta yi balaguro zuwa Steavenson Falls a Marysville, Victoria, wanda ya haɗa da yin tafiya mai kaifin hanya daga dutsen zuwa faduwa. Tafiyar tana da wahala, amma ana kula da ƙungiyar sosai kuma kowa yana cikin kewayon gani na wasu. An ce Damien ya yi gaba da sauran a lokaci guda, a takaice ya bace daga gani, amma lokacin da walimar ta zo kusa da lanƙwasa, babu inda aka same shi.
Kulawa bai iya gano yaron ba ta hanyar binciken yankin, yi masa jawabi bai amsa ba; kamar ya fice daga duniyar nan. Lokacin da aka sanar da hukumomi, an ƙaddamar da ɗayan manyan ayyukan bincike a cikin tarihin Ostiraliya don nemo shi, wanda ya haɗa da mutane sama da 300 daga hukumomi daban -daban, gami da 'yan sanda, Ƙungiyar Bincike da Ceto, Ƙungiyar Binciken Kungiyoyin Tafiya da Tafiya na Victorian. Hukumar Kula da Gandun daji ta Victoria, da Red Cross, da masu ba da agaji da yawa na gida, gami da amfani da jiragen sama da karnukan bin diddigi don lalube hamada da ta hana. Binciken ya shafe sama da mako guda kuma a ƙarshe an dakatar da shi saboda mummunan yanayi ba tare da gano alamar Damian McKenzie ba, ba a san makomarsa ba.
Za a sami wasu abubuwan ban mamaki, a cewar David Paulides yayin binciken. Na ɗaya, yana iƙirarin cewa karnukan bin diddigin ba za su iya ɗaukar ƙanshin yaron ba. Ba wai sun dauko sawu sannan suka rasa shi ba; a maimakon haka, karnuka ba za su iya samun karatun kamshi ga yaron ba kwata -kwata, suna zagayawa cikin da'irori, ba su da tabbacin abin da yakamata su nema. Wani abin birgewa, a cewar Paulides, shi ne cewa an gano waƙoƙin yaron sun kai gefen ɗaya daga cikin ruwan sannan kuma kawai ya tsaya kamar ya bushe a wurin. Wannan wata alama ce da ba a saba gani ba, kodayake ba a san yadda take ba, kamar yadda wani ƙwararren mai bincike kan shari'ar mai suna Valentine Smith ya ce:
Son sani yana ci gaba da ƙaruwa. Ko sawun ɓacewar ɓatattun abubuwan ƙawata ne ko a'a, gaskiyar ta kasance cewa babu Damian ko wata alamarsa da ta taɓa kasancewa, wanda ke haifar da kashe ra'ayoyi game da abin da ya faru da shi. Wataƙila shine kawai ya ɓace a cikin daji. Yankin da suke yawo an bayyana shi da tuddai da dazuzzuka masu yawa, tare da buroshi masu nauyi da ganyayyaki waɗanda kusan ba za a iya wuce su ba a yankuna da yawa. Hatta ma'aikatan bincike da ceto sun yarda cewa yaron na iya tafiya kaɗan kaɗan kuma wataƙila ba su lura da shi ba. Idan faɗuwa ta same shi a sume, ya mutu da sanyin jiki a cikin yanayin sanyi, ko kuma ya kasance naƙasasshe kuma bai iya kira ba, yana yiwuwa aikin ya yi kewar sa.
Matsalar ita ce kawai ya kasance ba a ganinsa na 'yan mintuna kaɗan, don haka ta yaya zai yi nisa da wannan rukunin, kuma me yasa ba zai amsa kiran sunansa ba da daɗewa ba bayan ya ɓace?
Wata ka'idar kuma ita ce, ya yi tashin hankali ya faɗi ƙasa mai ƙarfi kuma ya faɗa cikin Kogin Steavenson da ke makwabtaka da shi, inda ya yi wanka ya nutse, ko da yake masu bincike sun bincika kwatankwacin zurfin rafin kuma mai saurin tafiya kuma sun tabbata ba ya nan . Za su iya, a gefe guda, sun manta da shi?
Har ila yau akwai yuwuwar ya fado mashin ɗin, kamar yadda aka fara amfani da yankin don binciken zinare har zuwa wani ɗan lokaci, kuma yayin da duk an san an rufe katangar ma’adanai don hana faruwar hakan, wataƙila akwai ƙarin waɗanda suka ɓace. kuma an manta. Abu mafi ban tsoro ma shine yiwuwar sace Damian, amma shaidu suna da'awar babu alamar wani sabon abu a kusa da shi, kuma yanayin yanayin ƙasa zai sa ya zama mai wahala ga wanda ya saci ya kwace yaron sannan ya sake mayar da shi wuri mai kyau, tare da sauƙaƙe kawai. hanyar da za a bi don kasancewa a ƙasa.
Daga ƙarshe, ba mu san abin da ya faru da Damien McKenzie ba. An bar mu muna mamakin yadda zai kasance ba a ganinsa na ɗan lokaci sannan ya ɓace daga doron ƙasa. An bar mu da maganganun Paulides cewa akwai waƙoƙin da suka ɓace a zahiri a tsakiyar tafiya kuma karnukan masu sa ido sun rikice, amma ba a san yadda ake tabbatar da hakan ba. Shin wannan yaron ya ɓace, sace shi, kashe namun daji, ko wataƙila wanda ba a sani ba ya kashe shi? Duk halin da ake ciki, ba a taɓa gano yaron ba, kuma har yanzu ba a warware shari'arsa ba.
