Iyo nyaya yaKap Dwa, iyo inoreva kuti "misoro miviri," inowanikwa muzvinyorwa zveBritain mukutanga kwezana ramakore rechi20, pamwe nezvinyorwa zvakasiyana siyana zvekufamba pakati pezana ramakore rechi 17 nerechi19. Iyo ngano inoti Kap Dwa aive ane misoro miviri Patagonian hofori, aine hurefu hwemamita gumi nemaviri kana 12 metres, aimbogara mumasango eArgentina, South America.
Nhoroondo Kuseri kweKap Dwa
Ngano yechisikwa inotanga muna 1673, uko hofori yemamita anopfuura gumi nemisoro miviri, yakatorwa nevatyairi veSpanish ndokutapa ngarava yavo. VaSpanish vakamurova kumukuru, asi akarega (ari hofori) uye panguva yehondo yakatevera akakuvara zvakaipisisa. Vakabaya moyo wake nepfumo kusvika parufu rwake. Asi zvisati zvaitika, hofori yakanga yatotora hupenyu hwemauto mana eSpanish.
Zvino zvakaitika kuna Kap Dwa hazvinyatso kujeka, asi muviri wake wakasvinwa wakanzi unounzwa kuti uratidzwe munzvimbo dzakasiyana siyana uye neparutivi. Muna 1900, amai vaKap Dwa vakapinda muEdwardian Horror Circuit uye pamusoro pemakore akapfuudzwa kubva kuna showman kuenda kuna showman, pakupedzisira vachizopedzisira kuWeston's Birnbeck Pier muna 1914.
Mushure mekupedza makore 45 akatevera achiratidzwa muNorth Somerset, England, Kap Dwa yekare akatengwa nemumwe "Ishe" Thomas Howard muna 1959, uye achitevera mamwe mashoma-off-offs akazopedzisira ave muBaltimore, MD, yenzvimbo dzose. Iye zvino anozorora muunganidzwa unoshamisa wezvisinganzwisisike izvo Bob's Side Show paThe Antique Man Ltd muBaltimore, raRobert Gerber nomudzimai wake. Zvisaririra zvakafa zveKap-Dwa zvinotendwa kunge manyepo akagadzirwa nevanyori venhoroondo, kunyangwe uchiri musoro wegakava.
The Patagonians
Iwo maPatagones kana hofori dzePatagonian aive rudzi rwevanhu hofori runyerekupe rwekugara muPatagonia uye rwakatsanangurwa munhoroondo dzekutanga dzeEuropean. Ivo vanonzi vakapfuura zvakapetwa zvakapetwa zvakapetwa munhu pakureba, nedzimwe nhoroondo dzichipa urefu hwe12 kusvika 15 tsoka (3.7 kusvika 4.6 m) kana kupfuura. Ngano dzevanhu ava dzaizobata pamusoro pemafungiro eEuropean enharaunda iyi kweanosvika makore mazana maviri nemakumi mashanu.
Kutaurwa kwekutanga kwevanhu ava kwakabva parwendo rwemufambisi wengarava wechiPutukezi Ferdinand Magellan nevashandi vake, avo vaiti vakavaona vachiongorora mahombekombe eSouth America munzira yekuMaluku Islands mukutenderera kwavo kwenyika muma1520s. Antonio Pigafetta, mumwe wevakapona vashoma mukufambisa uye munyori wezvekufamba kwaMagellan, akanyora munhoroondo yake nezvekusangana kwavo nevagari vemo zvakapetwa kaviri kukwirira kwemunhu:
“Rimwe zuva takangoerekana taona murume asina kupfeka ari muhofori mumahombekombe echiteshi ichi, achitamba, achiimba, uye achizadza guruva pamusoro wake. Mutungamiri-mukuru [kureva., Magellan] akatumira mumwe wevarume vedu kuhofori kuti aite zviito zvakafanana sechiratidzo cherunyararo. Aita izvo, murume akatungamira hofori kuenda kuchitsuwa kwaive kwakamirira mukuru-mukuru. Apo hofori yacho yaive muna kaputeni-mukuru uye nekuvapo kwedu akashamisika zvikuru, uye akaita zviratidzo nemunwe mumwe wakasimudza mudenga, achitenda kuti takabva kudenga. Akanga akareba zvekuti takangosvika muchiuno chete, uye aive akagwinya… ”
Gare gare, Sebalt de Weert, kaputeni wechiDutch akabatana nekutsvaga kwemahombekombe eSouth America neFalkland Islands kumaodzanyemba kweArgentina muna 1600, nevashandi vake vakati vanoona nhengo dze "rudzi rwehofori" varipo. De Weert akarondedzera chimwe chiitiko apo aive nevarume vake mumabhoti vachikwasva kuchitsuwa chiri muMagellan Strait. VaDutch vakati vaona zvikepe zvinomwe-zvisingaoneki zvichisvika nazvo zvakange zvakazara hofori dzakashama. Aya mahofori anofungidzirwa kuti aive nevhudzi refu uye ganda rakatsvukuruka uye vaive nehasha kune vashandi.
Kap Dwa Chaiye Here?
Kap Dwa ane vese vatsigiri nevanozvidza: kune iyo taxidermy chokwadi uye kune vanhu vanotenda kuti uyu muviri chaiwo. Padivi re "chaiyo", akati wandei anoshuma hapana humbowo huri pachena hwetaxidermy. Rimwe bhuku rinoti vadzidzi veJohns Hopkins University vakaita MRI pamuviri waKap Dwa.
Zvinoenderana nechinyorwa mu Fortean Times, Frank Adey anoyeuka achizviona muBlackpool kuma1960. "
Nekudaro, izvo zvinopokana mavambo enyaya uye chimiro cheKap Dwa sekukwezva kwepadivi, hongu, zvinokanganisa kuvimbika kwayo mune mamwe mapoinzi. Isu tinotenda, kana yaive amai vehofori chaiyo saka inofanirwa kuratidzwa mumuseum ine mukurumbira, uye inofanirwa kuongororwa zvirinani nemasainzi emazuva ano. Zvinoita sekuti Kap Dwa ongororo yeDNA haisati yaitwa. Saka chero bvunzo idzi dzisiri kuitwa, amai veKap Dwa vanoramba vakafukidzwa zvachose nechakavanzika.
