Kusan karni guda kenan tun lokacin da Kanar Percy Fawcett, ƙwararren mai binciken Ingilishi, ya ɓace yayin da yake neman tsohuwar wayewar da ya kira 'Z' a cikin Amazon. A cikin 1925, shi da babban dansa Jack, mai shekaru 22, sun bace, suna ɗauke da kowane alamar 'Z' tare da su.
Shekaru da yawa bayan farkon abin da aka fi sani da shi a matsayin "babban sirrin bincike na karni na 20," wani fim mai ban mamaki ya kiyaye shi da rai. Duk da haka, tare da sabon fahimtar tasirin ayyukan ɗan adam akan dajin dajin "wanda ba a taɓa shi ba" a baya, yana yiwuwa a gano gaskiyar game da 'Z' da kuma inda Fawcett yake?
Rubutun 512
A cikin 1920, Fawcett ya yi tuntuɓe a kan wani takarda a cikin National Library of Rio De Janeiro da ake kira. Rubutun 512. Wani mai binciken Fotigal ne ya rubuta shi a cikin 1753, yayi cikakken bayani game da gano wani birni mai katanga a cikin zurfin yankin Mato Grosso na Amazon. Rubutun ya bayyana wani birni na azurfa da ke da gine-gine masu benaye, dogayen tudun duwatsu, da faffadan tituna da suka kai ga tafkin. A gefen tsarin, mai binciken ya lura da baƙon haruffa waɗanda suka yi kama da tsohuwar Girkanci ko haruffan Turai.
Masu binciken kayan tarihi sun yi watsi da waɗannan ikirari, suna masu cewa gandun daji ba za su iya ƙunsar irin waɗannan manyan biranen ba. Duk da haka, ga Fawcett, guntuwar wasanin gwada ilimi sun dace tare.
A cikin 1921, Fawcett ya fara nemansa na farko don nemo 'bataccen birnin Z.' Duk da haka, jim kadan bayan tafiyarsa, shi da tawagarsa sun yi sanyin gwiwa saboda matsalolin dajin damina, da namun daji, da kuma yawan rashin lafiya. Aikinsa ya tsaya cik, amma har yanzu ya sake tashi da kansa daga Bahia, Brazil, daga baya a wannan shekarar. Ya zauna a kan wannan tafarki na tsawon watanni uku kafin ya dawo bai yi nasara ba.
Bacewar Percy Fawcett
Ƙarshen farautar Percy na 'Z' ya ƙare tare da bacewar sa mara kyau. A cikin Afrilu, 1925, ya ƙara ƙoƙari don gano 'Z', wannan lokacin mafi kyawun kayan aiki kuma mafi kyawun samun tallafi daga jaridu da ƙungiyoyi ciki har da Royal Geographic Society da Rockefellers. Haɗu da shi a cikin tafiya shine babban abokinsa Raleigh Rimell, babban dansa Jack mai shekaru 22, da ma'aikata biyu 'yan Brazil.
A wannan rana mai muni ta 29 ga Mayu, 1925, Percy Fawcett da tawagarsa sun isa bakin wata ƙasa da ba a taɓa gani ba, inda baƙi ba su taɓa ziyartan daji ba. Ya bayyana a cikin wata wasika zuwa gida cewa suna tsallaka Upper Xingu, kudu maso gabashin kogin Amazon, kuma sun tura daya daga cikin abokan tafiyarsu dan kasar Brazil komawa, suna fatan ci gaba da tafiya da kansu.
Yayin da suke kan hanyarsu ta zuwa wani wuri da ake kira Dead Horse Camp, Fawcett ya aika da aikewa zuwa gida na tsawon watanni biyar kuma bayan wata na biyar, suka tsaya. A nasa na karshe, ya rubuta sako mai karfafa gwiwa ga matarsa, Nina, yana mai cewa za su yi nasara wajen mamaye yankin nan ba da dadewa ba. "Muna fatan za mu tsallake wannan yankin nan da 'yan kwanaki…. Ba ku buƙatar jin tsoron kowace gazawa.” Abin takaici, wannan shi ne na ƙarshe da kowa ya taɓa ji daga gare su.
Tawagar ta bayyana aniyarsu ta yin tafiya na tsawon shekara guda, don haka lokacin da biyu suka wuce ba tare da wata magana ba, sai mutane suka fara damuwa. An aika da dama daga cikin ƙungiyoyin bincike, wasu daga cikinsu sun ɓace kamar yadda Fawcett ya yi. An aika Albert de Winton, ɗan jarida don gano ƙungiyarsa kuma ba a sake ganinsa ba.
Gabaɗaya, an ƙaddamar da balaguro 13 a ƙoƙarin amsa bacewar Fawcett da ba a bayyana ba, kuma an kashe mutane sama da 100 ko dai sun shiga cikin mai binciken a cikin bacewarsa cikin daji. Mutane da yawa sun ba da kansu don yin balaguro, kuma da yawa daga cikinsu sun tashi don neman Fawcett a cikin shekaru masu zuwa.
Shin wani ya kashe Percy Fawcett?
Rahoton hukuma daga tawagar ceto ya nuna cewa an kashe Fawcett ne saboda ya yi wa wani basaraken Indiya laifi, wanda shi ne labarin da aka yarda da shi. Duk da haka, Fawcett ya kasance yana jaddada bukatar ci gaba da kyautata dangantaka da kabilun yankin kuma da alama abubuwan da mutanen yankin suka tuna da shi ya yi daidai da abin da ya rubuta.
Wani bayani da zai iya yiwuwa shi da tawagarsa sun mutu daga wani mummunan hatsari, kamar cuta ko nutsewa. Yiwuwar ta uku ita ce, ba zato ba tsammani ’yan fashi sun kai musu hari suka kashe su. Kafin wannan balaguron, an yi juyin juya hali a yankin, kuma wasu sojojin da suka yi tawaye sun buya a cikin daji. A cikin watanni da suka biyo bayan wannan balaguron, matafiya sun ba da rahoton cewa an dakatar da su, an yi musu fashi, kuma a wasu lokuta, ’yan tawaye sun kashe su.
A cikin 1952, Indiyawan Kalapalo na Brazil ta Tsakiya sun ba da labarin wasu baƙi da suka bi ta ƙasarsu kuma aka kashe su saboda rashin mutunta yaran ƙauyen. Takamaiman labarin nasu ya nuna cewa wadanda suka mutu sune Percy Fawcett, Jack Fawcett, da Raleigh Rimmell. Daga baya, dan kasar Brazil mai binciken Orlando Villas Boas ya binciki wurin da ake zaton an kashe su tare da kwato gawarwakin mutane, tare da wasu kadarori da suka hada da wuka, maballi, da kananan abubuwa na karfe.
An gudanar da gwaje-gwaje da yawa akan ƙasusuwan, duk da haka ba za a iya cimma takamammen ƙarshe ba saboda rashin samfuran DNA daga dangin Fawcett, waɗanda suka ƙi bayar da ko ɗaya. A halin yanzu, ana adana ƙasusuwan a Cibiyar Nazarin Magunguna ta Forensic da ke Jami'ar Sao Paulo.
Duk da rashin fahimtar yanayin da Kanar Percy Fawcett ya yi suna 'Lost City of Z', an bayyana tsoffin garuruwa da rugujewar wuraren addini a cikin dazuzzukan dazuzzukan Guatemala, Brazil, Bolivia, da Honduras a 'yan kwanakin nan. Godiya ga ci gaban fasahar binciken, ana iya tunanin cewa za a iya gano wani birni wanda zai iya haifar da tatsuniyoyi na 'Z' a wani lokaci nan gaba.
Bayan karanta game da bacewar Percy Fawcett ba tare da bayyananni ba da Lost City of Z, karanta game da Alfred Isaac Middleton wanda aka ce ya gano Lost City of Dawleetoo da akwatin gwal.
