Temberero la Mitu ya Hexham

Poyamba, kupeza mitu iwiri ya miyala yosema pamanja m’munda wina pafupi ndi Hexham kunkaoneka ngati kosafunika. Koma kenako manthawo adayamba, chifukwa mituyo ndiyomwe idali gwero lalikulu la zochitika zapadera, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti pakhale mawonekedwe owopsa a munthu wa werewolf.

Mitu ya Hexham
Mitu ya Hexham. ©Mawu a Chithunzi: Northern Echo/Paul Screeton Amagwira Zolemba

Hexham ndi malo okhala ku Tyne Valley, makilomita 32 kumpoto kwa Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Colin Robson, yemwe panthaŵiyo anali ndi zaka 11, anapalira kuseri kwa nyumba ya makolo ake m’maŵa wina wa February 1972. Ali m’kati mwake, anapeza mwala wozungulira wofanana ndi mpira wa tennis wokhala ndi kutsogolo kwapadera mbali imodzi. Anapeza zinthu zosema mwankhanza za munthu pamwalawo atachotsa dothi; kutsogolera kunalidi kukhosi.

Ndi chisangalalo chonse adayitana mng'ono wake Leslie kuti abwere. Pamodzi, anyamata onsewa anapitiriza kufufuza ndipo posakhalitsa Leslie anapeza mutu wachiwiri. Miyalayo, yomwe inkatchedwa Mitu ya Hexham, imaimira mitundu iwiri yosiyana. Yoyamba inali yofanana ndi chigaza ndipo inkawoneka kukhala ndi makhalidwe aamuna; ankatchedwa "mnyamata".

Mitu ya Hexham
Colin ndi Leslie Robson ndi Hexham Heads. © Image Mawu: The Urban Pre-Historian

Mwalawu unali wamtundu wobiriwira komanso wonyezimira ndi makristalo a quartz. Inali yolemera kwambiri, yolemera kuposa simenti kapena konkire. Tsitsilo linkawoneka ngati likuthamanga m’mikwingwirima kuchokera kutsogolo kupita kumbuyo. Mutu wina, “msungwana” unali wofanana ndi mfiti. Anali ndi maso akutchire ndipo tsitsi linali lomangidwa mfundo. Mutsitsi, zizindikiro zamtundu wachikasu ndi zofiira zimatha kupezeka.

Atakumba mituyo, anyamatawo anailowetsa m’nyumba. Choncho, tsoka lonse linayamba. Mitu inatembenuka popanda chifukwa, zinthu zinathyoledwa popanda chifukwa chenicheni.

Pamene matiresi a mmodzi wa ana aakazi aŵiri a a Robsons anali ndi magalasi osweka, atsikanawo anatuluka m’chipindacho. Panthawiyi, duwa lodabwitsa linaphuka pa Khrisimasi ndendende pamalopo, pomwe mituyo idapezeka. Kupatula apo, kuwala kwachilendo kunali kuwala pamenepo.

Zitha kunenedwa kuti zochitika za Robsons sizikugwirizana ndi maonekedwe a mitu koma zimagwirizana ndi poltergeist-phenomena, zomwe zatulutsidwa ndi ana aang'ono a Robsons. Komabe, mnansi wa a Robsons, Ellen Dodd, anali ndi chokumana nacho chowopsa chotero, chimene sichingafotokozedwe mosavuta.

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Zojambula za Hexham Heads zolembedwa ndi Mary Hurrell wa Museum of Antiquities. © Mawu Azithunzi: Wikimedia Commons

Pambuyo pake, Akazi a Dodd adanena kuti munthu wa miyendo inayi adamugwira bwino m'miyendo. Wakhala theka la munthu, theka la nkhosa. Mayi Robson anakumbukira kuti usiku womwewo anamva phokoso la phokoso komanso kukuwa kwapafupi. Anansi ake anamuuza kuti mawu amenewo anachokera kwa munthu wooneka ngati nkhandwe.

Dr. Anne Ross, katswiri wodziwika bwino wa chikhalidwe cha Celtic, adanena kuti mituyo idzakhala pafupifupi zaka 1800 ndipo idagwiritsidwa ntchito poyambirira pa miyambo yachi Celt. Mawonekedwewo adayima mitu itachoka mnyumbamo.

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The Hexham Heads adawonetsedwa mu nyuzipepala ya 1874. © Image Mawu: Burialsandbeyond

Mu 1972, nkhaniyi idasinthanso, pomwe woyendetsa galimoto Desmond Craigie adanena kuti "Celtic" Mitu anali ndi zaka 16 zokha ndipo wapanga ngati zoseweretsa za mwana wake wamkazi Nancy. Chodabwitsa n'chakuti, zaka za mitu sizikanadziwika ngakhale mothandizidwa ndi kafukufuku wa sayansi.

Pamene mitu imachokera ku nthawi ya Celtic, tikhoza kuganiza kuti temberero lakale limawalemera. Koma pamene iwo sali okalamba, tinganene bwanji kuti amadzutsa zinthu zodabwitsa? Lilipo lingaliro lakuti mankhwala opangidwa ndi mchere amatha kusunga zithunzi zowoneka za anthu omwe adalengedwa. Zikuganiziridwa kuti malo ndi zinthu zimatha kutenga zambiri zomwe zingayambitse zochitika zinazake.

Mitu ya Hexham
Craig ndi mitu. © Mawu a Chithunzi: Ian Jarvis, Wolemba

Wasayansi wina dzina lake Dr. Robins nayenso anali ndi chidwi ndi malipoti okhudza maphokoso omwe akuti akhala akuchitika pokhudzana ndi mituyo. Ananenanso za kufanana kwa munthu wochokera ku nthano zakale za Nordic, the "Wuver". Anali wamphamvu ndi woopsa koma wachifundo kwa anthu malinga ngati sanamukwiyitse. Dr. Robins anachita chidwi kwambiri ndi mituyo moti anaganiza zopita nayo kwawo.

Atawayika mgalimoto yake kuti ayendetse kunyumba ndikutembenuza kiyi, zida zonse zamagetsi zomwe zidali pa dashboard zidalephera. Anayang'ana mituyo ndipo anati, “Siyana nazo zimenezo!” - ndipo galimoto idayamba.

Malo a Hexham-heads pano sakudziwika. Komabe, n’zosakayikitsa kuti iwo anali magwero a zochitika zimene anthu ambiri amati ndi a poltergeists. Iwo anachita ngati choyambitsa mwa njira ina. Koma n’chifukwa chiyani zili choncho? Izi zimadzutsa nkhani ya zaka zawo.

Kodi ndi ochokera ku Celtic, monga momwe Dr. Ross amanenera, kapena adangopangidwa mu 1956 ndi munthu wokhala ku Hexham kwa mwana wake wamkazi? Malinga ndi maganizo a Dr. Robins, chinthu chikakhala kuti chikhoza kupanga poltergeist-phenomena, zilibe kanthu kuti ndi ndani amene anachipanga, koma makamaka kumene chinapangidwira.