Nkịta Ekwensu
The Demon Cat (nke a na-akpọkwa DC) [1][2] bụ nwamba mmụọ nke a na-ekwu na ọ na-agagharị n'ụlọ gọọmentị nke Washington, DC, nke bụ isi obodo United States. Ebe obibi ya bụ isi bụ isi ihe abụọ dị n'obodo ahụ: White House na United States Capitol.
Akụkọ ihe mere eme
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Akụkọ banyere Demon Cat malitere n'etiti afọ 1800 mgbe a kpọbatara nwamba n'ime ọwa dị n'okpuru ala nke United States Capitol Building iji gbuo òké na òké.[3][4] Akụkọ mgbe ochie na-ekwu na nwamba mmụọ bụ otu n'ime nwamba ndị a na-apụtụghị, ọbụlagodi mgbe ọ nwụsịrị.[5] A na-eche na ụlọ ya bụ crypt nke Capitol Building, nke e bu n'obi na mbụ dị ka ụlọ ili ozu maka Onye isi ala George Washington.[6]
Dị ka akụkọ ifo si kwuo, a na-ahụ nwamba ahụ tupu ntuli aka onye isi ala na ọdachi na Washington, D.C., [7] nke a na-ekwu na ndị nche White House hụrụ ya n'abalị tupu ogbugbu John F. Kennedy na Abraham Lincoln. [8] [1] A kọwara ya dị ka nwamba ojii ma ọ bụ nwamba tabby,[2] na nha nke nwamba ụlọ.[3] Otú ọ dị, ndị akaebe na-akọ na nwamba ahụ zara ruo "nha nke nnukwu agụ"[4][5] ma ọ bụ elephant, [2] [5] kwuru na ọ dị 10 ụkwụ na 10 ụkwụ, [6] mgbe a mara ya. Nwamba ahụ ga-agbawa ma ọ bụ dakwasị onye akaebe ahụ, na-apụ n'anya tupu ya enwee ike ijide 'onye a tara ahụhụ. [5]
N'afọ 1890, a na-ekwu na nwamba ahụ furu efu n'ụzọ a na-apụghị ịkọwa akọwa mgbe ụfọdụ ndị nche Capitol Hill gbara ya égbè ha, onye ọzọ a na-eche na ọ nwụrụ site na nkụchi obi mgbe ọ hụchara ya.[9]
Ihe ikpeazụ a hụrụ mmụọ ahụ a na-ekwu na ọ bụ n'oge ụbọchị ikpeazụ ma ọ bụ mgbe Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ gasịrị n'afọ ndị 1940. [7]
Nkọwa
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Dị ka Steve Livengood, onye isi nduzi njem nke U.S. Capitol Historical Society si kwuo, Ndị uwe ojii Capitol bụ ndị a ma ama maka iwe ndị ikwu na ndị enyi na-erughị eru nke ndị Congressmen dị ka ihu ọma, ndị ikom a ga-aṅụkwa mmanya mgbe ha na-agagharị.[4] Livengood kwenyere na akụkọ a malitere mgbe onye nche nke dina n'ụra mmanya riri otu n'ime nwamba ụlọ Capitol wee chee na ọ bụ nnukwu nwamba. Livengood na-ekwu na mgbe ọ kọọrọ onye isi ya ihe ahụ merenụ, a ga-ezigara onye nche ahụ n'ụlọ ka ọ gbakee, na "n'ikpeazụ ndị nche ndị ọzọ chọpụtara na ha nwere ike nweta ezumike otu ụbọchị ma ọ bụrụ na ha ahụ nwamba mmụọ ọjọọ"[4]
Edensibia
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ Edmundson. "Halloween: Many things go bump in the still of night in D.C.", The Patriot Ledger, October 30, 1999.
- ↑ Krepp (2012-08-21). "The Haunted Capitol Building. The Demon Cat", Capitol Hill Haunts (in en). Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-61423-656-6.
- ↑ Rosenwald. "The 'feline spook of the Capitol': How a Demon Cat became Washington's best ghost story", The Washington Post, October 31, 2018. Retrieved on November 21, 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Grundhauser (March 13, 2018). Why the U.S. Capitol's 'Demon Cat' Legend Is So Persistent (en). Atlas Obscura. Retrieved on November 21, 2020. Kpọpụta njehie: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "AtlasObscura" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 5.0 5.1 Davidson. "Plenty of spooks on Capitol Hill for Halloween", Deseret News, October 27, 1999. Kpọpụta njehie: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "lunge" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Terry Sue Shank. "Nation's capital can be a haunting place", The San Diego Union-Tribune, November 1, 1992. “'The demon cat would usually meet someone alone in a dark corridor. It had large yellow eyes that seemed to hypnotize, and it would snarl. It would seem to grow larger and larger until it would make a final lunge toward its victim and then either explode or disappear over the victim's head,' Thayn said. Historians recorded stories of the Capital Police firing guns toward the hissing cat as it disappeared only to find they were shooting into an empty hallway. 'It was said to appear only on the eve of a national tragedy or the change of administrations.' The cat even has a nickname among Capital workers: 'D.C.'”
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Catherine Avery. "Ghost Story ;There's a supernatural tale at most every corner in town", The Washington Times, May 28, 1993. Kpọpụta njehie: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "1940a" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Shogan (29 September 2021). Demon Cat - The Tale of a Wanderlust Feline Ghost. White House Historical Association. Archived from the original on 2021-09-29. Retrieved on 1 November 2021.
- ↑ Jim Abrams. "U.S. Capitol is not without its own ghostly tales;'Demon cat' is said to appear at times of national crisis, vanish suddenly", The Herald-Sun, October 31, 2003.
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