IBennington, idolobha elincane eVermont liyindawo eyinqaba ngempela yokuthi kwenzeke ukunyamalala okungaqondakali. Kepha ngubani ongakaze ezwe ngomlando odumile wedolobha? Phakathi kuka-1945 no-1950, abantu abahlanu banyamalala endaweni. Ingane eneminyaka eyisishiyagalombili ubudala yayiphakathi kwezisulu, kanjalo nomzingeli owayeneminyaka engama-74 ubudala.
Isibonelo esisodwa, ngokusobala esaziwa kakhulu ngokunyamalala, kwaba yisizathu sangempela sokusungulwa kwePhoyisa laseVermont State ngo-1947. UPaula Jean Welden - umfundi ojwayelekile wasekolishi owanyamalala emoyeni ngoDisemba 1, 1946, ehamba ngemuva kwempicabadala ezoshiya umphakathi uthukile futhi ihluphe idolobha elinokuthula kuze kube phakade.
Ukunyamalala okungachazeki kukaPaula Jean Welden
UPaula Jean Welden oneminyaka engu-18 ubudala wayengusomabhizinisi eBennington College ngalezo zinsuku zokunyamalala kwakhe. Ubenethalente eliningi futhi enentshisekelo ezintweni ezisukela ezintabeni kuya ekudlaleni isiginci. NgoDisemba 1, 1946, watshela owayehlala naye egumbini, u-Elizabeth Parker, ukuthi wayezohamba uhambo olude. Wonke umuntu wayecabanga ukuthi kwakuyindlela kaPaula yokuzivuselela ngoba wayedlula esiqeshini esicindezelayo esanakwa ngabangani bakhe. Babengazi, kwakuzobe kungokokugcina ukuthi babone uPaula ebuyela ekhampasi. UPaula akazange abuye.
Ukuqala kuyaqala
Izinkathazo zaqala ukukhula ngenkathi uPaula engabuyeli ezifundweni zakhe ngoMsombuluko olandelayo. Umndeni kaPaula waziswa, kwaqala ukuthungathwa. Indawo yokuqala abayihlola kwakuyi-Everett Cave, njengoba bekuyindawo uPaula azwakalise ukuthi ufuna ukugibela kuyo. Kodwa-ke, lapho iqembu elincane eliholwa ngumhlahlandlela lifika Emgedeni, uPaula akatholakalanga. Eqinisweni, babungekho ubufakazi bokuthi yiluphi uhlobo lokuthi uPaula wayekade ekulo mzila.
Ngemuva kwalokho, ingxenye enkulu yokuseshwa ibigxile kuVermont's Long Trail - umzila wamamayela angama-270 oqala ukusuka emngceleni wezwe oseningizimu uye emngceleni waseCanada - lapho ofakazi bathi bambone khona ebomvu. Kubikwa ukuthi uPaula uthathe isinqumo sokuqala ukwenyuka intaba nganoma yisiphi isikhathi ngemuva kuka-4 ntambama. Nokho, ngaleso sikhathi, ubumnyama baqala ukwehla, futhi isimo sezulu sasiba sibi kakhulu. Kwakuyindlela yokupheka yenhlekelele.
I- "Red Riding Hood" engokoqobo
UPaula Welden ubizwe ngeLittle Red Riding Hood yangempela ngenxa yendlela abegqoke ngayo ngaphambi kokuthi ahambe ayonyuka intaba. Wayegqoke ijakhethi ebomvu iRed Parka enoboya, ijini namateku. Kwakungenangqondo ukuthi othile agqoke lokhu kancane lapho eyokwenyuka intaba ebusika lapho iqhwa seliseduze.
Abaningi babecabanga ukuthi uPaula wakuthatha kancane ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu njengoba kwakungu-10 degrees Celsius kuphela ngesikhathi ehamba. Kodwa-ke, kungekudala ngemuva kwalokho, isimo sezulu sashintsha saba sibi, sehla saba ngu-12 degrees Celsius. Isimo sezulu esibi kakhulu saba yinto yokuqala engaba nomthelela ekunyamalaleni kwakhe, kepha njengoba sizobona, ngokuqinisekile akuyona ukuphela kwethiyori eyethulwayo.
Imikhondo eminingi engajwayelekile
Umzila awuzange unikeze izinkomba, noma kunjalo, futhi kungekudala, lokho iBennington Banner ekubiza ngokuthi "umkhondo ohehayo futhi ongangabazeki ongaziwa" waqala ukwenzeka. Lokhu kufaka phakathi izimangalo zikaweta waseMassachusetts ukuthi ubekhonze owesifazane osemusha ocasukile ofana nencazelo kaPaula.
Lapho ezwa ngalokhu kuhola, ubaba kaPaula wanyamalala emahoreni angama-36 alandelayo, okusolwa ukuthi wayefuna ukuhola, kepha kwaba isenzo esingajwayelekile esaholela ekubeni abe ngumsolwa omkhulu ngokunyamalala kukaPaula. Ngokushesha kwaqala ukuvela izindaba zokuthi impilo yasekhaya likaPaula yayingeyona into engatheni njengoba abazali bakhe babetshele amaphoyisa.
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Ngokusobala, uPaula ubengabuyanga ekhaya kuSiyabonga ngesonto eledlule, futhi kungenzeka ukuthi wayekhathazekile ngokungaboni ngasolinye noyise. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ubaba kaPaula wabeka umbono wokuthi uPaula wayekhathazekile ngomfana amthandayo nokuthi mhlawumbe lo mfana kwakufanele abe ngumsolwa kuleli cala.
Ukunyamalala kukaPaula Welden kancane kancane kwabanda
Eminyakeni eyishumi eyalandela, indoda yendawo yaseBennington yaqhosha kabili kubangani bayo ukuthi yayazi lapho isidumbu sikaPaula sangcwatshwa khona. Akakwazanga ukuholela amaphoyisa kunoma yisiphi isidumbu, noma kunjalo. Ekugcineni, kungabikho bufakazi obuqinile becala, kungekho mzimba, futhi kungekho zinkomba zobunhloli, icala likaPaula Jean Welden lakhula ngokubanda ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, futhi imibono yakhula ingaziwa, kubandakanya naleyo exhunyaniswe nemimoya namandla angaphezu kwawemvelo.
Umbhali nomcwaningi wemilingo waseNew England uJoseph Citro weza nombono “weBennington Triangle” - owawufana kabi neBermuda Triangle - owawuchaza ukunyamalala okuxhunyaniswe "namandla" akhethekile aheha izivakashi zasemkhathini, obezothatha uPaula ahambe nazo babuyela emhlabeni wabo. Ngaphandle kwalokhu, kuneminye imibono eminingi engajwayelekile enjenge 'time warp', 'ukuba khona kwendawo yonke ehambisanayo', njll. Esekela umbono weBennington Triangle. Sekungamashumi eminyaka, inqwaba yabantu ilahlekile ngokungachazeki kule ndawo. Akekho kubo owake wabuya!
Ngemuva kokufunda ngecala elingajwayelekile likaPaula Welden, funda ngalokhu Ukunyamalala okungathethekiyo okungasombululwanga: Kuvele kwaphela! Ngemuva kwalokho, funda ngalokhu Izindawo eziyi-12 eziyimfihlakalo eMhlabeni lapho abantu benyamalala khona.
