Sanibonani bafundi, futhi samukelekile ku-travelogue yethu lapho singena khona ezinganekwaneni ezisemadolobheni ezisuka esifundazweni ngasinye kweziyi-50. Ngesonto eledlule, sifike maphakathi nendawo, kepha kusenezindaba eziningi kakhulu zomgogodla okufanele zihambe! Ngakho-ke hlala, njengoba singenisa abanye abahlanu, futhi njengenjwayelo, sikukhuthaza ukuthi wabelane ngezinganekwane zakho ozithandayo zasemadolobheni ezivela esifundazweni sakho kumazwana angezansi njengoba sifika kuwo!

IMontana: I-Hitchhiker yeBlack Forest Lake

Ama-hitchhikers adlala indima emlandweni wedolobha ongaphezu koyedwa. Imvamisa, kuyindaba yowesifazane osemusha obonakala esekuhluphekeni onganyamalala lapho umshayeli emile noma ocela ukubuyiselwa ekhaya ukuze anikeze izinkomba zokuya emathuneni. Okungcono futhi, kunezinganekwane zomshayeli olanda i-hitchhiker, ayise endlini lapho anyamalala khona lapho efika. Lapho umshayeli eya emnyango, bathola ukuthi lo mshayeli wesishayamthetho empeleni bekungumoya welungu lomndeni elashona engozini yemoto eminyakeni edlule.

E-Cascade County, eMontana, noma kunjalo, kukhona uhlobo oluhlukile lwenganekwane eyenzeka eduze neBlack Forest Lake ku-Highway 87.

Kubukeka sengathi abantu abangaphezu koyedwa abahamba ngokushayela lo mgwaqo womgwaqo babike ukubonwa okwesabekayo okuphela esiphethweni esesabisayo isikhathi ngasinye. Konke kuqala lapho abashayeli bezimoto bebona indoda ebonakala ingowomdabu waseMelika ogqoke i-denim eceleni komgwaqo. Umgwaqo omkhulu lapha mude futhi uyisicaba izikhathi eziningi umshayeli azoyibona le ndoda kudala ngaphambi kokuba ifike kuye.

Nakhu lapho le ndaba ithola isipoki. Lapho isondela ku-hitchhiker, le ndoda izonyamalala ngokuzumayo eceleni komgwaqo ize igingqe ngokuzumayo i-hood yemoto, inyuke ngefasitela lomoya nangaphezulu kophahla. Lapho umshayeli wethukile emile ukuze abheke le ndoda, uvele wanyamalala, futhi akukho nokuklwebheka okukodwa noma isifotho emotweni yize kunemisindo yangempela yomshayeli ezwa ngesikhathi kuhlangana.

Abantu bendawo bathi lona umoya wendoda eshayiswe yimoto yabulawa emgwaqeni omkhulu, kodwa awekho amarekhodi akhombisa lokho okwenzekile.

INebraska: IPortal School aka Hatchet House

Le ndaba akuyona inganekwane yasemadolobheni ngokweqiniso, kepha inezinhlobo eziningi zamathophi aboshelwe kuyo esiwabona kwezinye izibonelo futhi, kumane kuyindaba esabekayo…

Kubukeka sengathi emuva ekuqaleni kwawo-1900 kwakukhona isikole esincane segumbi elilodwa ePortal, eNebraska eSarpy County. Idolobha ngokwalo manje aliyona nje idolobha eliyizipoki, elinika isisindo kuphela imicimbi okubikwa ukuthi yenzeke ngolunye usuku olumnandi esikoleni.

Ngesizathu esingagagulwanga ngegama, uthisha wakulesi sikole - phambilini wayecabanga ukuthi ungowesifazane onomusa futhi ophanayo - wathatheka ngelinye ilanga. Ethukuthele egane unwabu, wavimba izindawo zokuphuma eza esakhiweni esincane, wathatha isigqoko, futhi wabulala wonke umfundi owayemnakekela. Kwezinye izinhlobo zendaba, bathi lo wesifazane ugcine enqume ikhanda izingane wabeka amakhanda abo emadeskini egumbini.

Kepha uthisha ubengakaqedi. Ngokulandelayo wasusa izinhliziyo zabafundi ngamunye ezifubeni zabo ngemuva kwalokho, mhlawumbe lapho ulaka lwakhe lwase lwehlile, wazisola kakhulu. Wathatha izinhliziyo wahamba waya ebhulohweni eliseduze lapho waphonsa khona ngamunye ngamunye emanzini angaphansi.

Isikole sathuthwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, kepha kuthiwa uma uhamba ngaphesheya kwebhuloho, manje elibizwa nge-Heartbeat Bridge, uzozwa imisindo yokushaya kwenhliziyo kwabafundi ngezansi kwesinye isikhathi, ungabona ngisho nomoya kathisha, ubanjwe usizi phezu kwalokho akwenzile.

INevada: Ababulali beRobb Canyon

Emuva ngawo-1970 kusolwa izidumbu ezine eRobb Canyon ngaseReno, Nevada. Bekonakele kakhulu, abesilisa abathathu nowesifazane oyedwa abakhonjwa, futhi ababulali babo abatholakalanga.

Uma uthi shazi, lokho kubonakala kuyindaba eqonde ngqo ngaphandle kokuthi ayikho imibiko esemthethweni mayelana nokubulawa kwabantu okukhona. Ayikho imibiko yamaphoyisa, izindatshana zamaphephandaba, akukho okukhona okusho ukuthi lokhu kubulawa kwenzekile, kepha lokho akuvimbi abanye bendawo ekufungeni ukuthi kuliqiniso.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, kusukela ngama-1970 iRobb Canyon bekuyindawo yezinhlobo eziningi zemisebenzi eyejwayelekile kubandakanya ukumemeza kwe-phantom, ukukhanya okukhanyayo, izindawo ezibandayo, nezibuko ezigcwele.

INew Hampshire: AbakwaWood Devils

Bekuyisikhathi sangempela sokuthi kube nenye i-cryptid kulezi zihloko futhi iNew Hampshire ikhombise ukusindisa usuku nabakwa-Wood Devils babo abadumile.

Kulinganiselwa ngaphezu kwamamitha angu-7 ubude, odeveli bezinkuni babonwe emahlathini aseduze nomngcele waseCanada isikhathi esingaphezu kwekhulu leminyaka. Izidalwa zichazwe kakhulu njengeBigfoot noma iSasquatch, kepha ngokungafani nabantu bakubo be-cryptid, zibushelelezi kakhulu, zizacile, zinoboya obumpunga obubavumela ukuba bazifihle phakathi kwezihlahla.

Iningi labantu lithi lihle kakhulu ekucasheni ukuthi ucishe ume eduze kwaleyo ngaphambi kokuthi uyiqonde.

Bachazwa nangokuthi bashesha ngendlela eyisimanga, bakwazi ukugijimela ezihlahleni ngejubane elingenabuntu nokwesabekayo.

Ukubukwa kwesidalwa kwaqala ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20 kepha kubikwe ngokusemthethweni muva nje ngo-2004 lapho indoda ibona isidalwa ngenkathi izingela nomkhulu wayo.

ENew Jersey: Shades of Death Road

Ubucabanga ukuthi ngizobhala ngeJersey Devil, akunjalo? Yize leyo cryptid esabekayo ingaba yinsumansumane edume kunazo zonke yasemadolobheni yaseNew Jersey, kukhona abanye, kimina, abaqhele kakhulu, kanti iShadades of Death Road ngenye yazo.

Okokuqala, ubani obiza umgwaqo ngokuthi “Shades of Death?” Awuceli inkathazo nje?

Nokho, ngokusho kweWeird NJ, kunezindaba eziningi mayelana nokuthi lo mgwaqo wawuthola kanjani igama lawo. Isibonelo, kolunye udaba lwendaba, indawo yomhlaba yake "yahlaliswa" yiqembu labahlali ababengalawuleki ababehlala belwa bodwa futhi bebaningi ababulawa phakathi kwalezi zingxabano. Bese kuba khona labo abathi ekuqaleni wawubizwa nge-Shades sibonga izihlahla ezinkulu ezisendaweni, kepha ngemuva kwabantu abaningi – kubikwa ukuthi babebaningi kangangokuba izidumbu / amakhaza endawo abeka izidumbu emigwaqweni ngenxa yokushoda kwegumbi – ashonela isifo esiwumalaleveva esivela njalo, igama lashintshwa laba yiShades of Death.

Noma ngabe ikuphi, lo mgwaqo udume njengendawo ethusayo, enezindawo ezihaqayo ezihlupha labo abahamba ngayo. Umhlaba ngapha nangapha komgwaqo kuthiwa uyikhaya lemimoya eminingi, "umgede wezinganekwane," futhi abantu abangaphezu koyedwa babike ukuthi babona ama-phantom ezinhlangothini zomgwaqo.