Ghosts of Arkansas

White River Monster

Arkansas yana da rabuwa na halittu masu ban sha'awa a cikin gandun daji da tafkuna. Hanyoyin mu na rufewa na dauke da mu zuwa arewacin Highway 67 zuwa kananan ƙauyen Newport, Arkansas. Newport yana da nau'i na Loch Ness Monster wanda aka yarda da ita a matsayin ainihin abin mamaki. Kogin White River Monster yana da ra'ayin kansa.

Tun daga 1915 zuwa 1924, mazauna birnin Newport sunyi ganin wani doki a cikin White River.

Wannan adon, wanda ake lakabi "Whitey", an bayyana shi azaman maciji ne kuma akalla talatin ƙafa tsawo. Whitey hakika ya kasance sananne sosai. Mazauna sun ce zai tashi a rana kuma ya zauna na minti 10 zuwa 15 kafin ya shuɗe. Daruruwan mutane sun ce sun gan shi.

Shaidu a cikin 20s sun ruwaito cewa ya yi babbar murya mai ƙarfi kuma yana da murya mai launi. Yawancin rahotanni da magoya da masu sansanin suka yi a bakin kogin.

Whiteyya ya bace don kadan, ba tare da gani ba, amma ya dawo a 1937 lokacin da mai shuka ya ce ya ga dodo. Ya yi iƙirarin ya ga wani abu mai tsawo wanda ya kasance kamu goma sha biyu kuma tsawonsa kamu huɗu ko biyar. Ya yi ikirarin ganin dodo sau da yawa bayan haka, amma ba zai iya ƙayyade girman ko abin da yake daidai ba.

Tare da wannan sabon wurin, mutanen garin suka gina taruna don kama Whitey. Mutane da dama sun ma nema shi. Ba su taba samun wani abu ba kuma Whitey ya bace tun shekaru da yawa.

A 1971, maza biyu sun bayar da rahoton cewa sun gamu da waƙoƙi guda uku tare da bankunan kogi da kuma wuraren da aka shuka bishiyoyi da ciyayi saboda girman adon. Kwanan nan Cloyce Warren na Kamfanin White River Lumber Company ya kayyade halittu a 1971 . Wannan shine hoton da muke da Whitey.

Shin hoto ne na wani doki? Hukumomi na Arkansas sun yi tunani kamar haka.

Wani bangare mafi ban sha'awa na wannan labari ya faru a shekara ta 1973. Majalisar Dokokin Jihar Arkansas, musamman Majalisar Dattijai ta Jihar Arkansas Robert Harvey, ta kafa Rundunar White River Monster ta hanyar yankin White River da ke kusa da Jacksonport State Park. Sun kafa wani ƙuduri wanda ya sa doka ba ta da "haramtawa, ta kashe, ta tattake, ko ta cutar da Rashin Kogi na White River yayin da yake cikin rudani." Wannan hujja ne game da wanzuwarsa ko kuma ƙoƙari na zana masu yawon bude ido? Whitey yana daya daga cikin tsoffin kabilun birane da aka kare.

Tun lokacin da ake ganin farin cikin Whitey a farkon lokaci, mafi yawan malaman suna tunanin akwai ainihin gaskiya ga wannan labari. Farkon da ake gani shine wata dabba sananne wanda ba a samo shi a Arkansas. Kwanan baya dubawa sun kasance masu tayar da kaya (za su iya samun manyan) wanda aka ba da karin bayani a zukatan mai lura saboda labarun.

Masana ilimin halitta sun yi imani da cewa Whitey shine ainihin hatimin giwa wanda ya ɓace ba tare da kuskure ba kuma ya ƙare a Newport. Wasu 'yan birni sunyi imanin cewa wannan shiri ne na manoma a yankin. Babu wanda ya san tabbas.

Ba a taɓa gani duniyar ba a cikin 'yan shekarun nan, amma yawancin mutanen da suke zaune a fadin White River har yanzu sunyi imani da cewa yana nan.

Wadansu suna tunanin cewa ya mutu saboda kogi ya samo rashin lafiya. Dole ne ku binciko kanku. Akwai abubuwa masu yawa a kan White River (T-shirts, da dai sauransu) har ma idan ba ku ga mai dadi ba, za ku iya samun T-shirt wanda ya ce kuna da ƙarfin zuciya don nemansa.

Idan kana so ka yi tafiya a Little Rock, zaka ziyarci tsohon State House Museum. Tsohon Land House shi ne Arkansas 'babban asalin babban gini da kuma mafi girma a jihar jihar a yammacin Mississippi River. Hakika yana da haukan! An ce da za a haunted da guda fatalwa. Da fatalwa daga wanene tambaya. Ma'aikatan Arkansas sun kasance da tsabta, don haka duk wani yawan mutane na iya samun jituwa a cikin jihar.

Muna da manyan mutane da ake zargi.

Yana da mahimmanci a lura cewa bayanin da aka yi daga tsohon Jihar House shine cewa babu fatalwa. Na yi magana da mutane da dama da kuma wasu ma'aikatan ma'aikata da suka ce shi kawai za a haunted, kashe rikodin. Wannan an ce, kada ku ji tsoron ziyarci Jihar. Yana da babban kayan gargajiya da kuma mai ban sha'awa a tarihin Arkansas. Wannan kawai don fun.

Ɗaya daga cikin siffofin da ake zargi da haɗari shine John Wilson, tsohon Shugaban majalisar na gidan da kuma batun daya daga cikin jirgin saman Arkansas. Wasu daga cikin cikakkun bayanai game da duel suna ɓoyewa, amma dai, kamar yadda duels suka kasance, sakamakon sabani na siyasa.

A lokacin ganawar a 1837, Wilson ya jagoranci wakili, Manjo Joseph J. Anthony ya zama "maras kyau". Anthony da Wilson ba su da wata hanya. Su biyu sun musayar kalmomi kafin wannan lamarin. Anthony ya fara kai hari kan Wilson kuma yayi barazana ga shi.

Wadannan maza biyu sun shiga cikin wuka kuma Wilson ya kashe Anthony, ko da yake wani wakilin ya jefa kujera a gare su don karya su. An cire Wilson a kan dalilin "kisan kai" ba tare da izini ba. Siyasa sun kasance m.

An ce an gani fatalwar Wilson a cikin hanyoyi masu yawa na Old State House wanda ke saka gashin gashi.

Ma'aikata na gine-gine sun bayar da rahoton ganin yadda ya fito.

Amma, shine fatalwar ainihin Wilson? Sauran ma'aikatan suna da ra'ayin daban.

A shekara ta 1872, an bayyana Elisha Baxter a matsayin gwamnan Arkansas bayan da aka gudanar da zabe. Abokin hamayyarsa, Joseph Brooks, ya bayyana cewa, an yaudare shi daga nasara. Shekaru bakwai da bakwai bayan haka, Brooks ya yi juyin mulki na Gwamnatin Jihar. Ya jefa Baxter daga ofishinsa kuma ya kafa gungun a kan fadin Jihar House don ya raunana hare-haren. Cannon yana zaune a can. Gwamnan ya gurguzu ya sauka a kan titi kuma ya kafa wani ofishin, yana gudanar da mulkinsa a kan Brooks. Lokaci ne kawai kafin Shugaba Grant ya shiga cikin kuma ya dawo da umarnin Arkansas. An kira Baxter ne a matsayin mai mulki mai adalci kuma Brooks ya tilasta ya janye.

Wasu ma'aikatan sun yi imanin cewa Brooks yana cike da damuwa game da tilasta masa daga ofishinsa. Koda a cikin mutuwa, ya yi imanin kansa gwamna mai adalci. Watakila shi ne wanda ke ci gaba da haɗuwa da Old State House.

Harshen Brooks-Baxter yana daya daga cikin shahararrun shahararren tarihin Arkansas. Zai zama da kyau idan Brooks har yanzu ya ki ya bar gidansa a babban birnin.

Ka yi tunanin, yarinya a kan hanyar zuwa ga kasuwa ya kashe a cikin mummunar hatsarin mota. Ina tsammanin kowane wuri yana da nasaba da wannan labarin alƙarya. Ina tsammanin kowane gari yana rantsuwa da su gaskiya ne. Haka yake daidai ga Arkansas. Wannan fatalwar fatalwar yana dauke da mu zuwa babbar hanya 365 a kudancin Little Rock. Ka tambayi duk wanda ke zaune a wannan yanki kuma za su yi rantsuwa cewa sun san mai haɗin gaske gaskiya ne.

Bisa ga labarin, a kowace shekara a kusa da dare da rana, wani matashi a cikin tufafi mai tsabta (wani lokaci ana sa tufafin da aka tattaru da kuma matar da ke rufe da jini da ƙuntatawa) ya dakatar da direba kan Highway 365.

Ana ganinta a kan ɓangaren da ke gudana a kudancin Little Rock da kuma bayan garuruwan Woodson, Redfield da har zuwa Pine Bluff amma yawancin lokacin da aka same shi a kan gada. Ta gaya wa direba mai ban mamaki cewa ta kasance cikin hatsari kuma tana bukatar tafiya a gida.

Abin sha'awa, wasu ɓangaren matalauta sun ba ta damar tafiya gida kawai don gano cewa idan sun isa gida sai ta nemi a jefa a, ba ta cikin motar. Ta ƙare gaba ɗaya. Mutumin yana da damuwa sosai don ya buga a ƙofar gidan cewa an kai ta. Mai gidan ya buɗe ƙofar kuma ya yi rahoton cewa an kashe 'yarta a cikin dare da dare da kowace rana tun daga wannan lokaci, ta sami wani dabam ya kawo ta gida. Ɗaya daga cikin bambanci a kan wannan labarin ya nuna cewa yarinyar ta bar gashi a motar motar da ba ta san ba, kuma a lokacin da ya buga ƙofar, yayinda hannunsa ya yi, mahaifiyarsa ta yi kuka yana cewa, "Wannan shine yarinyar 'yarta".

Yarda? Da kaina, wasu labarun fatalwar Arkansas sun fi ƙarfafa ni. Wannan yarinyar ta tafi gida daban-daban a wani birni daban-daban a duk lokacin da na ji shi. A wasu lokuta ana kashe shi a wani wuri, wani lokaci yakan dawo kuma wani lokacin yana tafiya gida tare da kwanan wata. Ban taba samun wani bayani ba game da duk wanda ya yi iƙirarin zama dangin yarinya ko wani abu game da mutuwarsa.

Idan kana da cikakkun bayanai game da wannan labari, bari in san. Duk da haka, ba na son sayen shi da zuciya ɗaya. Yau kamar iyayen yarinyar sun zo gidan talabijin a yanzu.

Duk da haka, Ba zan iya kama hawa a wannan gabar a cikin duhu da hadari ba!

Na san abin da kake tunanin, ba dukkan pianist ba ne? Wannan ya bambanta, dogara da ni. Yi hanzari zuwa babbar hanyar Amurka ta 67 sannan kuma kai zuwa Searcy don ziyarci Jami'ar Harding, da kuma fatalwar da take haɗaka ɗakin majalisa. Domin ganin fatalwa, dole ne ka kai ga sashen kiɗa da gidan kiɗa.

Tarihi, wannan labari ya zama daidai. Ana kiran "fatalwow" Galloway Gertie, "domin Harding har yanzu Galloway College for Women lokacin da Gertrude halarci.

Galloway yana daya daga cikin manyan cibiyoyi a kudanci, kuma Gertrude ya kasance babban mawaki.

Akwai nau'i biyu na wannan labarin da na ji. Mafi yarda da shi shine kamar haka. Wata rana Gertrude yana dawowa dakinta daga kwanan wata. Ta gaya masa kyakkyawar dare kuma ta hau kan bene zuwa ɗakinsa a Gooden Hall. Ta ji motsi a cikin ɗakin iska kuma ya tafi ya duba shi kuma ya kai ga mutuwa. An ce jinin jini yana farka da sauran 'yan mata kuma daya ya ga wani abu mai duhu wanda ya sauko daga wurin, amma ba a tabbatar da wasa ba. Gertie yana sanye da fararen launi, kamar yadda mata na lokaci sukan yi don kwanan wata, lokacin da ta fadi. Wasu labarun sun ce an binne ta cikin wannan riga.

Ba da daɗewa ba bayan mutuwar Gertrude cewa 'yan makaranta suna fara kallon launi a cikin kullun da ke cikin ɗakin hawa ko cikin dakuna. Wasu ma sun yi iƙirarin cewa za su iya jin muryar tufafinta yayin da ta ke tafiya a ɗakin majalisa yayin da suke kokarin barci.

Da wuya a samu Galloway a 1934. An rushe Gooden Hall a shekarar 1951. Gidan Mulkin Harding yana yanzu inda Gooden Hall ya kasance. Kuller shine sun yi amfani da tubalin daga Gooden Hall don gina gidan zamantakewar mazaunin Pattie Cobb da kuma Cibiyar Music ta Claude Rogers Lee.

Gertie yana son gidan kiɗa.

Dalibai sun bayar da rahoton cewa zasu iya jin kullun da ke bugawa da tausayi, ko kuma ta samo kwalliyar rigarta ta fari kuma ta ji yadda ake tafiya ta tafiya. Labarin ya ce wani rukuni na yara sun yanke shawara su zauna cikin dare a cikin gidan kiɗa don tabbatar da cewa Gertie bai wanzu ba. An kulle su ta hanyar tsaro, kuma tsaro ya kaddamar da gine-ginen don tabbatar babu wanda ya kasance a cikinta. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan an bar su kawai, sai suka fara jin piano mai ban mamaki. Abin mamaki, sun kira tsaro, amma kafin tsaro ya zo sai suka tara ƙarfin zuciya don duba shi. Yayin da suke kusa da sauti, wasan ya tsaya kuma babu wanda aka samu a cikin ginin.

Ba'a amfani da gine-gine na tsohon Lee a matsayin gine-gine ba, tun lokacin da aka gina ginin Reynolds. Babu pianos a cikin ginin. Gertie sightings sun ragu, amma har yanzu tana kusa.

Ɗaya malamin ya sake bayani:

Ina sa kayan aiki a cikin tsofaffin ɗaki na baya, kuma na ji kiɗa. Na ji motsin piano kuma yana da murya mai kyau. Duk abin da na tsammaci shi ne, 'mutum, wannan kyakkyawa ne,' amma na tuna cewa babu pianos a cikin ginin, kuma ni kaɗai.

Sauran, ƙananan abin dogara, labari shine cewa a cikin shekarun 1930, wata matashiyar da ke da gudummawar aiki ta halarci Harding.

Ta yi taɗa a cikin kiɗa. Ta ƙaunaci wani ɗan ɗalibin Harding da aka kashe a cikin hatsarin mota a ɗan gajeren lokaci bayan da suka sadu. Ta yi matukar damuwa kuma ta shafe kowane sa'a na rana a kan bene na uku na gidan kiɗa da ke wasa da piano. Daga bisani a cikin wannan lokacin da aka kashe shi, ta mutu. Littafin ya ce ta mutu ne daga zuciya mai raunin zuciya. Ba da da ewa bayan mutuwarta, dalibai sun ji labarin kiɗan kiɗa na daga bene na uku na gidan kiɗa. Duk lokacin da za su je bincike, ba za su sami wani a can ba. Yawanci sun gaskata shi ne yarinyar da ke tattare da ƙaunarta daga bayan kabarin.

An gaya wannan labari a cikin Halls na Harkokin Ivy: Ruwan Kwalejin Koleji da Jami'o'i. Duk da haka, Jami'an da ke da wuya sun ji labarin Gertie.

Wani kwaleji mai haɗari a Arkansas shi ne Henderson State University a Arkadelphia. Henderson da maƙwabcin Jami'ar Ouachita Baptist suna da kishiya. Harkokin kishiyar ita ce dalilin wannan labarun birane. Ko da a cikin Urban Legends, kowane makaranta ya gaya masa kadan daban.

Tun da Henderson shine wanda yake haunted, za mu fara tare da fassarar su.

Labarin yana dauke da mu zuwa shekarun 1920, lokacin da kalubalantar wasan kwallon kafa ya kasance kasuwanci mai tsanani.

Labarin ya ce wani dan wasan kwallon kafar Ouachita, Joshua, yana da dangantaka da wani dan jarida a Henderson, Jane. Sun kasance masu girman kai cikin ƙauna, duk da cewa Jane na daga Henderson ya zama dan wasa na Josh.

Wasu sassan labarun sun ce abokansa sun raina shi kuma suka yi masa ba'a cikin biyayya. Daga bisani sai ya rabu da ita kuma a karshe ya koma wurin neman sabuwar yarinyar Ouachita, mai yarda. Sauran sifofin sun ce ya hadu da yarinyar da farko kuma ya karya Jane tare da shi. Ko ta yaya, Ouachita shine ainihin hasara a cikin labarin. Wa] annan mutanen Ouachita sune ne, daidai?

Sai dai, lokacin da Ouachita ya gaya masa, Jane ita ce Ouachita da kuma Joshua wanda ke buga kwallo daga Henderson. Wa] annan mutanen Henderson ne ainihin jigilar.

Abokan halayyar gaskiya suna haɓaka ko da a lokacin da suke fada da labarun birane.

Duk da haka dai, labarin (ko dai dai) ya ce lokacin da Jane ta gano cewa yana tare da sabon yarinya kuma ta kawo ta zuwa makomarta, ta sami rauni.

Ta tafi wurin dakinta kuma ta saka tufafin baki da kuma shãmaki, tafiya zuwa dutse a kan kogin Ouachita kuma ya tashi zuwa mutuwarta.

Yanzu a kowace shekara a lokacin mako mai zuwa, mahaifiyar Jane, wanda aka yi ado da baki tare da shãmaki, an ce ana hawan Henderson College. Ana ganinta yana tafiya da kuma daga cikin Smith Hall, ɗakin gidan maza da mata da ke kusa da sansanin.

'Yan matan Ouachita sun ce tana cikin neman mutumin da ya sata mutumin da yake ƙaunata daga ita (darn Henderson' yan mata) da kuma yara waɗanda suka yi wa Joshuwa raina. 'Yan makaranta Henderson

'Yan makarantar Henderson sun ce har yanzu tana so don halartar zuwan tare da Josh.

Ba ta yi yawa ba. Bayanan dalibai suna ganin ƙaramin siffar baƙar fata, jin kuka, da hannayen hannu mai sanyi ko saukowa na kwatsam. Ba ta da kyau, sai dai idan ta gano cewa kana da alaka da yarinyar da ya sace Josh, ina tsammani.

Suna faɗar labarin ne a lokacin da suke sa ido, saboda haka mafi yawan dalibai a Henderson sun ji shi.

Shawara mai ban sha'awa a shafin intanet na Henderson ya ce:

Labarin "Lady in Black" ya fara ne a shekara ta 1912, bayan bin wani ɗan littafin Henderson mai suna Nell Page, wanda aka ladafta shi da ƙirƙirar labarin. A cewar labarin, Lady in Black ya haɗu da dakunan tarurruka a cikin 'yan matan da suka yi tsammanin wanda zai lashe yakin basasar. Idan ta sa baki, sai ya nuna nasara ga Reddies; idan aka sa tufafin fari, an yi nasara ga Ouachita. Bayan mutuwar Nell a lokacin da ya fara, labarin ya ce shi ne fatalwarsa wanda yake tafiya cikin dakunan.