KE KAHU HONOLAIA O KA MANAWA NUI: KE KAHUNA HANAU

ʻO ka Bennington Triangle "Bennington Triangle" kahi huaʻōlelo i haku ʻia e ka mea kākau o ʻEnelani Pelekane ʻo Joseph A. Citro e hōʻike ai i kahi o ke komohana hema o Vermont kahi i nalowale ai kekahi poʻe.

Ua nalowale ʻo Frieda Langer ma ʻOkakopa 28, 1950. E like me nā hapa nui o nā mea ʻē aʻe ma mua ona, ua nalowale loa ʻo Frieda me he mea lā ua hoʻomālamalama ʻia ka ʻoihana hōkū iā ia.

E launa a loaʻa i kā mākou nūhou hou

I kēlā lā hāʻule, hele ʻo Frieda a me kona hoahānau i ka wāwae mai kā lākou hoʻomoana wao nahele e kokoke ana i ka mauna ʻo Glastenbury.

Puka mai ka lā kokoke i ka pae a loaʻa i ka lewa kahi ʻono o ka hoʻoilo e hiki mai ana. Me he mea maʻamau a mālie nā mea āpau a hiki i ka nalowale ʻana o Frieda mai ke alahele lāʻau.

ʻOiai nā hulina o ka wahi i kēlā me kēia ʻīniha, ʻaʻole i loaʻa kahi kuhi o ka wahine ʻōpio. A laila ma hope o ʻehiku mau mahina ma hope mai ua ʻike ʻia kona kino, e waiho ana ma luna o ka anuu mai ona aku i nalowale ai. Ke ʻaahu nei ʻo ia i nā lole like, ʻaʻole i pala kona kino a ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻoholo ʻia kahi kumu o ka make.

Me he mea lā ua heleleʻi kahi hale make i ka haʻalulu he ʻumi mau minuke i hala aku nei, i ʻōlelo ʻia e kahi mākaʻi i kēlā manawa. ʻAʻohe mea i ʻike i kahi i hele mai ai, ʻaʻohe mea i ʻike i kahi i hele mai ai. Kūpilikiʻi ia.

Ma ka liʻiliʻi i ka hopena ua hoʻi ʻo Frieda, ʻoiai inā ua make ʻo ia. I ka hapanui o nā hihia ʻē aʻe i ka Triangle Bennington, ʻaʻole i loaʻa nā mea i hōʻino ʻia. Ua nalowale lākou mai kā lākou māla, mai ko lākou wahi moe, mai nā wahi ʻenekini, mai nā hale. Ua hala kekahi kanaka, ʻo James Tetford, ʻoiai e noho ana ma ke kaʻa ʻōhua.

ʻO kēlā nalowale ʻana, ma Kēkēmapa 1, 1949, pili i kahi kāne kānalua loa nāna i hoʻomāʻewaʻewa mau i ka manaʻo o kekahi mea kupua. Inā hoʻololi ʻo ia i kona manaʻo ʻaʻole mākou e ʻike.

Ma hope o ke kipa ʻana i nā ʻohana ma St Albans i ke awakea hau, ua kau ʻo Mr. Tetford i kāna kaʻa no ka huakaʻi i Bennington, kahi i noho ai i ka hale o nā koa. Aia he 14 mau ohua e ae ma ke kaʻa ʻōhua e hele ana i Bennington a ua hōʻike āpau e ʻike i ke koa mua e pīpī ana i kona noho.

Eia naʻe, i ka manawa i hōʻea ai ke kaʻa ʻōhua i kāna huakaʻi i ʻelima mau minuke ma hope, ua nalowale ʻo Mr. Tetford. Ua waiho kāna mau mea i loko o ka pahu nui a hāmama ka kalena ma ka noho kahi āna i noho ai. No ke kāne ponoʻī, ʻaʻohe kumu. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia mai ia manawa.

Ua hele mai kona nalo ʻekolu mau makahiki ma hope o ka hana nalo ʻē like ʻana. Ua hele aku kahi haumāna ʻo Paula Welden he ʻumikūmāwalu ona makahiki no ka huakaʻi ma ke ala lōʻihi ma Glastenbury Mountain, a ma hope he 100 mau mika ka mamao o nā kāne ma waena.

Ua aha ʻo Paula Jean Welden?
Ua ʻike ua mau hoa nei iā Paula e ukali ana i ke ala a puni kahi pōhaku i waho o ka maka. I ka manawa a lākou i hōʻea ai i ka spur, ua hala ʻo ia ʻaʻohe mea i ʻike a lohe paha iā ia mai ia manawa. Ua lilo i statistic ʻē aʻe o ka huinakolu Bennington.

ʻO Paul Jepson ka mea hānau ʻōpio loa i ʻike ʻia he ʻewalu ona makahiki, nona ka nalowale ʻana i hala 16 mau lā ma mua o ka mea holoholo ʻo Frieda Langer.

ʻO ka makuahine o Paul, he mea mālama, ʻae iā ia e pāʻani leʻaleʻa ma waho o kahi kahu puaʻa ke hele ʻo ia i loko e nānā i nā holoholona. I ka manawa i puka aʻe ai ʻo ia, ua hala ke keiki a, e like me ka nui o nā hihia ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole i loaʻa kahi kuhi o ia e like me ka ʻimi nui ʻana.

I ka makahiki 1975, ke kalaiwa nei kekahi kanaka nona ka inoa ʻo Jackson Wright me kāna wahine mai New Jersey a i New York City. Ua koi kēia iā lākou e huakaʻi ma waena o ka Tunnel Lincoln. Wahi a Wright, ʻo ia e kalaiwa ana, i kona manawa i hele ai i loko o ke ana, ua huki ʻo ia i ke kaʻa e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka aniani o ka condensation.

Ua hāʻawi manawaleʻa kāna wahine ʻo Martha e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka puka aniani i hiki iā ia ke maʻalahi i ka huakaʻi. I ka huli ʻana o Wright, ua hala kāna wahine. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i lohe a ʻike paha i kekahi mea ʻē aʻe e kū mai ana, a ʻo ka hoʻokolokolo hou ʻana ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia he hōʻike hewa. Ua nalowale aku nei ʻo Martha Wright.

No hea lā i hele aku ai kēia a me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe he nui, a no ke aha i lilo ai kēia ʻāpana ʻino ʻole o ʻAmelika e kokoke ana i ka palena ʻo Kanada i wahi no ka hana hewa?

ʻAʻohe pane a kekahi i kēlā me kēia nīnau, akā me he mea lā ke hoʻi nei ka inoa hōʻino o nā wahi i kahi manawa lōʻihi. ʻIke ʻia, no ka laʻana, i ke kenekulia ʻumikūmāwalu a me ʻumikūmāiwa kenekulia i pale aku i ka Wao akua ʻo Glastenbury, me ka manaʻo he ʻuhane nā ʻuhane ʻino. Ua kanu lākou ia mea ma ke ʻano he ilina wale nō.

Wahi a ka moʻolelo maoli, ua hālāwai nā makani ʻehā a pau ma laila i kahi mea i makemake i nā hana i waho o kēia ao. Ua manaʻoʻiʻo nō nā kamaʻāina he pohaku hoʻokalakupua ko ka wao nahele e ale ai i nā mea āpau i hala.

ʻO ka hoʻokalakupua wale nō? ʻO kēia ka manaʻo o ka poʻe noho keʻokeʻo mua a me ka mea a lākou e noʻonoʻo ai a hiki i ka nalo ʻana o kā lākou mau hoaaloha a me nā ʻohana.