Bennington, tawuni yaying'ono ku Vermont ndi malo osamvetseka oti zisachitike mosadziwika bwino. Koma ndani sanamvepo za mbiri yoipa ya tawuniyi? Pakati pa 1945 ndi 1950, anthu asanu adasowa m'derali. Wachichepere wazaka zisanu ndi zitatu anali m'modzi mwa omwe adazunzidwa, monganso mlenje wina wazaka 74.
Chochitika china, chomwe chinali chodziwika bwino kwambiri chakusowa, chinali chifukwa chenicheni chokhazikitsira Apolisi a Vermont State mu 1947. Paula Jean Welden - wophunzira wamba waku koleji yemwe adasowa mpweya pa Disembala 1 wa 1946, akuchoka kuseri kwachinsinsi chomwe chingasiyire anthu ammudzimo mantha ndi kuzunza mzinda wabatawu kwamuyaya.
Kusowa kosadziwika kwa Paula Jean Welden
Paula Jean Welden wazaka 18 anali wamaphunziro apamwamba ku Bennington College masiku amenewo atasowa. Anali ndi luso lapadera ndipo anali ndi chidwi ndi zinthu kuyambira kukwera mpaka kusewera gitala. Pa Disembala 1, 1946, adauza mnzake yemwe amakhala naye chipinda, Elizabeth Parker, kuti akupita kukayenda nthawi yayitali. Aliyense amaganiza kuti ndi njira yodzichiritsira Paula chifukwa anali kuthana ndi vuto lokhumudwitsa lomwe abwenzi ake adazindikira. Sanadziwe konse, ikadakhala nthawi yomaliza kumuwona Paula kubwerera ku sukulu. Paula sanabwererenso.
Kusaka kumayamba
Madandaulo adayamba kukula pamene Paula sanabwerere kumakalasi ake Lolemba lotsatira. Banja la Paula lidadziwitsidwa, ndipo kufufuza kudayamba. Dera loyamba lomwe adafufuza linali Khola la Everett, chifukwa anali malo omwe Paula adanena kuti akufuna kukwererapo. Komabe, gulu laling'ono lotsogozedwa ndi wowatsogolera litafika kuphanga, Paula sanapezeke. M'malo mwake, panali umboni wopanda umboni uliwonse wamtundu uliwonse kuti Paula adakhalapo pamalowo.
Pambuyo pake, gawo lalikulu la kusakako lidangoyang'ana pa Vermont's Long Trail - njira ya 270 mamailosi yomwe imayambira kumalire akumwera mpaka kumalire a Canada - pomwe mboni zimati zamuwona wofiira. Zimanenedwa kuti Paula adaganiza zoyamba kukwera nthawi ili yonse nthawi ya 4 pm Pofika nthawiyo, mdima udayamba kulowa, ndipo nyengo idayamba kukulira. Inali njira yodzetsa tsoka.
Moyo weniweni wa "Red Riding Hood"
Paula Welden adatchedwa Little Red Riding Hood weniweni chifukwa cha momwe adavalira asananyamuke kukwera. Anali atavala Jacket Yofiira Parka yokhala ndi ubweya, jinzi, ndi nsapato. Zinali zopanda nzeru kuti wina azivala mopepuka akamapita kokayenda m'nyengo yozizira nthawi yachisanu.
Ambiri amaganiza kuti Paula adanyalanyaza kusintha kwa nyengo popeza anali 10 degrees Celsius pomwe adachoka. Komabe, posakhalitsa, nyengo inayamba kukhala yovuta, kutsika mpaka madigiri 12 Celsius. Nyengo yamkuntho inali chinthu choyamba chomwe mwina chidamupangitsa kuti asowa, koma monga tionere, sichokhacho chomwe chimafotokozedwa.
Zitsogozo zingapo zachilendo
Njirayo sinatchulidwepo, komabe, ndipo posakhalitsa, zomwe a Bennington Banner amatcha "njira zokopa komanso zosadabwitsa" zidayamba kuchitika. Izi zikuphatikiza zonena za woperekera zakudya ku Massachusetts kuti adatumikira mtsikana wokwiya mofanana ndi zomwe Paula adalongosola.
Atamva za kutsogolera kumeneku, abambo a Paula adasowa kwa maola 36 otsatirawa, poganiza kuti akufuna kutsogolera, koma zinali zosamveka zomwe zidamupangitsa kukhala wokayikira kwambiri zakusowa kwa Paula. Posakhalitsa nkhani zinayamba kuonekera kuti moyo wapanyumba ya Paula sunali wachabechabe ngati momwe makolo ake adauzira apolisi.
Zikuwoneka kuti Paula anali asanabwerere kunyumba kukathokoza sabata yatha, ndipo mwina anali ndi nkhawa chifukwa chosamvana ndi abambo ake. Abambo ake a Paula adanenanso kuti Paula anali wokhumudwa ndi mwana yemwe amamukonda ndipo mwina mnyamatayo ayenera kuti anali wokayikira mlanduwo.
Kutha kwa Paula Welden pang'onopang'ono kudayamba kuzizira
Kwazaka khumi zotsatira, bambo waku Bennington wakudzitama kawiri kwa abwenzi kuti amadziwa komwe thupi la Paula lidayikidwa. Sanathe kutsogolera apolisi ku bungwe lililonse, komabe. Pamapeto pake, popanda umboni wamphamvu wamilandu, palibe thupi, ndipo palibe zidziwitso zamilandu, mlandu wa Paula Jean Welden udayamba kuchepa pakapita nthawi, ndipo malingaliro ake adakhala achilendo, kuphatikiza omwe amakhala okhudzana ndi zamatsenga komanso zamatsenga.
Wolemba komanso wofufuza zamatsenga ku New England a Joseph Citro adabwera ndi chiphunzitso cha "Bennington Triangle" - chofanana kwambiri ndi Bermuda Triangle - chomwe chimafotokoza zakusowa komwe kumalumikizidwa ndi "mphamvu" yapadera yomwe imakopa alendo akunja, omwe akanamutenga Paula kubwerera kudziko lawo. Kupatula izi, pali ziphunzitso zina zambiri zachilendo monga 'time warp', 'kukhalapo kwa chilengedwe chofanana', ndi zina zambiri zomwe zimathandizira lingaliro la Bennington Triangle. Kwa zaka makumi ambiri, anthu ambiri asowa mosadziwika bwino mderali. Palibe aliyense wa iwo amene wabwerera!
Mutaphunzira za nkhani yachilendo ya Paula Welden, phunzirani za izi Zowonongeka zosawoneka bwino kwambiri za 16: Zangotayika! Pambuyo pake, werengani za izi Malo osamvetsetseka a 12 pa Dziko Lapansi pomwe anthu amasowa mosadziwika.
