UMary Allen
Isingeniso: Uyini u-"Jacko"?
"UJacko" igama elivame ukubizwa ngokuthi isilwane esingaqondakali nesingaqondakali okukholakala ukuthi sihlala emahlathini aseNyakatho Melika. Naphezu kokuntuleka kobufakazi obuphathekayo mayelana nokuba khona kwayo, inganekwane ethi "Jacko" iqhubekile iminyaka engaphezu kwekhulu, idonsa umcabango wabantu abaningi. Nakuba abanye bephikisana ngokuthi "uJacko" umane nje uwumcabango nje, abanye bakholelwa ukuthi isilwane sangempela esingakatholwa yisayensi.
Umsuka nomlando ka "Jacko"
Ireferensi yokuqala eyaziwayo ethi "Jacko" ihlehlela emuva ku-1884 lapho iphephandaba laseBritish Columbia libika ukuthi iqembu labasebenzi basezimayini libambe isidalwa esiyinqaba, esifana nenkawu. Ngokombiko lesi silwane besilinganiselwa kumamitha amane ubude, sigcwele uboya obumnyama, sinobuso obufana nobenkawu. Abavukuzi bathi bathole isilwane sizulazula ehlathini base bekwazile ukusibamba ngemuva kokuzabalaza isikhashana. Nokho kuthiwa lesi sidalwa seqe kubathumbi baso ngesikhathi besiyisa edolobheni eliseduze ukuze sibukiswe. Kusukela lapho, kube nezinye izinsolo zokuthi zibonwe u-"Jacko" eNyakatho Melika yonke, kodwa akukho nokukodwa kukho okuqinisekiswe ososayensi.