Pakatikati pa chipululu cha Nevada pali dzenje lodabwitsa komanso lowoneka ngati lopanda malire lotchedwa Devils Hole. Malo odabwitsawa adabwitsa asayansi ndi okonda zamatsenga kwazaka zopitilira zana, ndi kuya kwake kosamvetsetseka komanso zochitika zosamvetsetseka. Ngakhale ayesa kangapo kuti aulule zinsinsi zake, a Devils Hole akupitilizabe kudodometsa ndikupangitsa chidwi kwa onse omwe amayesa kuyiyandikira.
Nthano ya Devils Hole inayamba m’zaka za m’ma 19, pamene inapezeka ndi gulu la asayansi achidwi. Pokhala ndi zingwe komanso zida zoyezera, anayesa kudziwa kuya kwa dzenjelo, koma zingwezo zinaduka modabwitsa ngati kuti zalumidwa ndi mphamvu yosaoneka. Ankangoganiza kuti pansi pake panali nyanja, koma zida zawo zochepa zinawalepheretsa kutsimikizira zimenezi.
Mu 1955, panachitika zinthu zomvetsa chisoni pamene gulu la anzake linaganiza zosambira n’kudumphira m’madzi ofunda a Devils Hole. Anzake aŵiri sanabwerenso, ndipo ngakhale anafufuza mozama, matupi awo sanapezeke. Akuti chochitikachi chinachititsa Amwenye a Paiute kukhulupirira kuti dzenje limeneli linali malo olowera kudziko la pansi lotchedwa Shin-au-av. Ankaonedwa kuti ndi malo oletsedwa kusambira, ndipo malinga ndi nthano ina, namwali amene anagwa m’dzenje anakokedwa pansi pa madzi ndipo anawonekeranso patapita masiku angapo m’kasupe wapafupi.
Kwa zaka mazana ambiri, Amwenye Achimereka amanena kuti akuwona zinthu zowuluka chakumapeto kwa kasupe, koma n’kuzimiririka mobisa m’nyanjamo. Izi zadzetsa malingaliro achiwembu akuti Devils Hole sikuti ndizochitika zachilengedwe, komanso khomo lolowera kumalo obisika akunja. Mfundo imeneyi inakopa chidwi kwambiri pamene mtsogoleri wodziwika bwino wachipembedzo Charles Manson anachita chidwi ndi dzenjelo ndipo anakhala masiku akuyesera kulipeza pafupi ndi Death Valley.
Manson ankakhulupirira kuti malowa ndi khomo lolowera kudziko lapansi pano komwe iye ndi banja lake atha kubisala kwa anthu ndikutuluka monga olamulira pambuyo pa Armagedo. Ena amanena kuti Manson ndi otsatira ake amasinkhasinkha pafupi ndi dzenje, kuyesera kulankhulana ndi chilichonse chomwe amakhulupirira kuti chimakhala kudziko lapansi.
Zaka makumi angapo pambuyo pake, mu 1999, gulu la ofufuza linaganiza zovumbula zoona zake za Devil's Hole. Anadzikonzekeretsa ndi luso lamakono ndipo anatsikira m'dzenje ndi kamera. Pamene ankatsika pansi pa dzenje looneka ngati losatha, anakumana ndi zochitika zachilendo ndi zosamvetsetseka.
Pakuya kwa 262 mapazi, makoma a Devils Hole adawoneka akukulirakulira, kupereka chithunzithunzi chakukula. Koma pambuyo pa mamita 30, iwo anasowa kwathunthu, osasiya kanthu koma mdima. Pamene adatsitsa kamera patsogolo, pakuya kwa 720 mapazi, magetsi adazima mwadzidzidzi. Ngakhale kuti anayesetsa kwambiri, sanathe kuwalamulira. Ndiyeno, pa kuya kwa 753 mapazi, kamera inayamba kupota ndi kugwedezeka ngati kuti yagwidwa mu whirlpool.
Poopa chitetezo chawo, gululi linayamba kukweza kamera m'mwamba mwachangu. Komabe, pokwera, chinthu chodabwitsa chinachitika - madziwo mwadzidzidzi anawunikira ndi kuwala kwa buluu komwe kunadzaza chipinda chonsecho. Chochitika chimenechi, chomwe sichinafotokozedwebe, chadabwitsa asayansi kuyambira pamenepo.
Koma zinsinsi za Devils Hole sizimathera pamenepo. Kuphatikiza pa kuya kwake kodabwitsa, dzenjeli limadziwikanso ndi kutulutsa mawu owopsa pakapita nthawi. Phokosoli lafotokozedwa ngati kubuula kotsika, komwe kumawoneka ngati kukuchokera m'miyala yozungulira Devil's Hole. Phokoso lachilendoli langowonjezera mlengalenga wowopsa komanso wapadziko lina la dzenjelo, ndipo asayansi akulepherabe kufotokoza chiyambi chake.
Ndiye, kodi Devils Hole ndi chiyani kwenikweni? Kodi ndi zodabwitsa zachilengedwe kapena china choyipa kwambiri? Ngakhale malingaliro ena akuwonetsa kuti ikhoza kukhala malo olowera kudziko lapansi mobisa, ena amakhulupirira kuti ikhoza kulumikizidwa ndi Area 51 yapafupi ndi machitidwe ake achinsinsi aboma. Komabe, palibe umboni wotsimikizirika wotsimikizira zonenazi, ndipo chowonadi chokhudza Devil's Hole sichikudziwikabe.
Kufotokozera kumodzi kwa kuya ndi mawonekedwe odabwitsa a Devils Hole ndi kulumikizana kwake ndi njira yayikulu ya pansi pa nthaka. Amakhulupirira kuti pakhoza kukhala ngalande zapansi panthaka ndi njira zolumikizidwa ndi aquifer iyi, zomwe zimatha kufotokozera zachilendo komanso mafunde owoneka ngati whirlpool omwe alendo amakumana nawo.
Koma ngakhale chiphunzitsochi sichikufotokoza bwino zochitika zonse zachilendo pa Devils Hole. Ena amanena kuti pangakhale mphamvu zauzimu zimene zikuchita, ndipo ena amanena kuti aona mizimu m’derali. Ena amakhulupirira kuti n’kutheka chifukwa cha mphamvu ya maginito kapena zinthu zina za m’mlengalenga.
Masiku ano, a Devils Hole amatetezedwa kwambiri ndipo amatchingidwa ndi makamera akuyang'ana kusuntha kulikonse. Palibe amene amaloledwa kusambira kapena kudumphira m'madzi ake, zomwe zimawonjezera aura yowopsya yozungulira dzenje limeneli.
Alendo okacheza m’derali kaŵirikaŵiri amafotokoza kuti ali ndi nkhawa ndiponso amaona kuti akuoneredwa, osati kokha ndi makamera amene amawayang’anira komanso ndi chinthu chosadziwika bwino. Ena amakhulupirira kuti achibale a Manson amangoyendayenda m'derali, kudikirira wozunzidwa wina. Ndipo ndi madera ovuta a chipululu ndi malo owopsa, sizovuta kumvetsetsa chifukwa chake.
Ndiye, ndi chiyani chomwe chili pansi pa dzenje lowoneka ngati losatha? Kodi ndizochitika zachilengedwe chabe, kapena zitha kukhala khomo lolowera kudziko lapansi losadziwika komwe kumakhala alendo?
Ngakhale adayesetsa kwazaka zambiri kuti aulule zinsinsi za Devils Hole, chowonadi sichikupezekabe. Chomwe tikudziwa ndichakuti dzenje ili m'chipululu cha Nevada, lomwe limadziwika ndi nsomba zosowa kwambiri komanso kukongola kwachilengedwe, likupitilizabe kukopa malingaliro athu ndikuyambitsa chidwi mwa iwo omwe akufuna kuwulula zinsinsi zake. Kuya kwake kodabwitsa ndi kumveka kwake kowopsa zimangowonjezera kukopa kwake, ndikupangitsa kukhala chimodzi mwa zinsinsi zochititsa chidwi komanso zosatsimikizika zanthawi yathu ino.