Ehlobo lika-1908, kwenzeka isenzakalo esiyinqaba endaweni yaseCowichan Valley eSiQhingini saseVancouver, eBritish Columbia, eCanada. Ngenkathi u-Willie McKinnon, indodana kaMnu. Angus McKinnon eneminyaka engu-14 ubudala esebenza engadini kayise ngezithuba zabo-11:30 ezimpondweni, i-meteor engaba amayintshi angu-10 ububanzi yajikijelwa emkhathini futhi yazingcwaba phansi cishe amafidi ayisishiyagalombili. lapho ayemi khona.
Ngenhlanhla, uWillie akazange alimale umthelela we-meteorite. Ngokushesha wabiza uyise ukuze abone ukuthi kwenzekani futhi lapho uMnumzane McKinnon efika endaweni, washaqeka lapho ethola ukuthi i-meteor yayicishe ibe yindilinga njengemabula; futhi indawo eshisayo yanikezwa amaphuzu ajulile nalokho okufana nezinhlobo ezithile ze-hieroglyphs eziyinqaba.
Le ndaba eshaqisayo yanyatheliswa njengendatshana yephephanda eliqala ngoSepthemba 5, 1908, enesihloko esithi, "Umlayezo Ovela KuMars".
Selokhu kwenzeka lesi sigameko esiyinqaba, uMnu. McKinnon uchithe ingxenye enkulu yempilo yakhe ezama ukucacisa izimpawu ezixakile etsheni eliyimfihlakalo. Kodwa-ke, itshe eliyinqaba lasemkhathini wangaphandle libonakala lingakaze lihlolwe ngendlela efanele, ngoba noma yimaphi amaphepha alo ocwaningo awakatholakali okwamanje.
Kulolu suku lwamanje, indawo yalo okuyiyonayona akwaziwa, futhi 'itshe lezimanga likaCowichan' lihlala liyimfihlakalo engachazeki engakathintwa kuze kube namuhla.
Le ndaba ethokozisayo isanda kushicilelwa ku Isakhamuzi SaseCowichan Valley ngoJanuwari 2015, ngo TW Patterson obelokhu ebhala ngeBritish Umlando we-Columbia iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-50.
Ngakho, kungaba yini? Ingabe i-meteorite yayibhalwe nge-hieroglyphics ngempela, noma ingabe yonke into iyindaba eqanjiwe kaMnu. MacKinnon? UCABANGANI?
