Pakatikati pa Mtsinje wa Mtsinje wa Congo, wobisika m'nkhalango zakutali ndi mitsinje, amakhala cholengedwa chomwe chanenedwa kwa zaka mazana ambiri. Ndi chilombo chosawoneka bwino chokhala ndi thupi lalitali, la njoka komanso miyendo yayifupi. Zikuoneka kuti nthano za cholengedwachi zinayamba kale ku nthawi ya chikoloni pamene ofufuza a ku Ulaya adakumana nawo koyamba paulendo wawo ku Congo River Basin.
Ngakhale kuti ofufuza akalewa ankasunga chinsinsi zimene apeza, nkhani zokhudza zolengedwa zachilendo zimene anakumana nazo zinafalikira. M’kupita kwa nthaŵi, nkhani zinayamba kufalikira pakati pa mafuko akumeneko zofotokoza chilombo chachilendo chimene chinali m’dera lawo: Mokele-mbembe. Kuwona kwa cryptid iyi kukupitilirabe mpaka lero, kupangitsa kusaka kwa cholengedwa ichi kukhala imodzi mwamafunso osangalatsa a cryptozoological lero.
Mokele-mbembe - chilombo chodabwitsa cha Mtsinje wa Congo
Mokele-mbembe, Lingala kutanthauza "amene amaletsa mitsinje", ndi malo okhala m'madzi omwe amati amakhala ku Congo River Basin, nthawi zina amafotokozedwa ngati chamoyo, nthawi zina ngati chinthu chodabwitsa.
The cryptid imalembedwa mofala m'zambiri zakumaloko kukhala ndi thupi ngati la njovu lokhala ndi khosi lalitali ndi mchira ndi mutu wawung'ono. Kufotokozera uku kumagwirizana ndi kufotokozera kwa Sauropod yaying'ono. Izi zimapatsa nthanoyo kukhulupilika kwa akatswiri a cryptozoologists omwe akupitilizabe mpaka pano kufunafuna Mokele-mbembe akuyembekeza kuti ndi dinosaur yotsalira. Mpaka pano, ngakhale amangowoneka, kanema wamtunda wautali ndi zithunzi zochepa zimapanga umboni wa kukhalapo kwa Mokele-mbembe.
Mwina pakati pa umboni wamphamvu kwambiri ndi nkhani ya kuphedwa kwa Mokele-mbembe. Reverend Eugene Thomas wa ku Ohio, USA, anauza a James Powell ndi Dr. Roy P. Mackal mu 1979 nkhani yomwe akuti inapha munthu wina wotchedwa Mokele-mbembe pafupi ndi Lake Tele mu 1959.
Thomas anali mmishonale amene anatumikira ku Congo kuyambira 1955, ndipo anasonkhanitsa umboni ndi malipoti akale kwambiri, ndipo ananena kuti iyeyo anakumanapo ndi anthu awiri. Anthu a fuko la Bangombe omwe amakhala kufupi ndi nyanja ya Tele akuti amanga mpanda waukulu wa spike pamtsinje wa Tele kuti a Mokele-mbembe asawalowetse pausodzi wawo.
Mokele-mbembe inatha kudutsamo, ngakhale kuti inavulazidwa pa spikes, ndipo anthu ammudzi anapha nyamayo. Monga William Gibbons akulemba:
“Abusa Thomas ananenanso kuti amitundu aŵiriwo anatsanzira kulira kwa nyamayo pamene ikuukiridwa ndi kuponyedwa mikondo… Pambuyo pake, phwando lachipambano linachitika, pamene mbali zina za nyamazo zinaphikidwa ndi kudyedwa. Komabe, amene anali ndi phande m’kupita kwa nthaŵi anafa, mwina chifukwa cha kuloŵerera m’zakudya kapena mwachibadwa.”
Mawu omaliza
Ngakhale pali malingaliro angapo okhudza chilombo chosowa chotchedwa Mokele-mbembe, mafotokozedwe ake amakhalabe osasinthasintha, poganizira nkhani ndi nthawi zosiyanasiyana. Ndiye, kodi mukuganiza kuti, kudera lakutali la dziko lino, a sauropod ngati cholengedwa chodabwitsa chomwe amati chikubisalira m'mitsinje ndi madambwe, kuwateteza kuti asalowerere anthu?
