Ua ʻike mākou āpau he hiki i nā kānaka ke lilo i poʻe pepehi kanaka pū, akā aia kahi hihia i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma Tsavo East Africa i ka hopena o ka makahiki 1800 e haʻi ana i nā liona ʻai ʻelua e waiho ana i kahi ala make o ka luku kanaka i kā lākou ala ʻana.

Wahi a kekahi ʻoiai ua hana nā liona i ka meaʻai i ka hapa nui o kā lākou mau mea i hōʻino ʻia, loaʻa paha iā lākou alualu ʻia no ka haʻuki no ka mea ʻaʻole i kūpono nā kānaka i kā lākou mau papaʻaiʻai maʻamau e kāhea ana i nā protein a me nā iwi nui aʻe.

ʻO ke kumu ke kumu o kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni i hoʻokani ʻia ʻo Michael Douglas lāua ʻo Val Kilmer i kāhea ʻia Ka Uhane a me ka pouli, ʻo ia ka mea i lawe i ke kūʻokoʻa kiʻi me nā mea ʻike maka maka weliweli ʻia e Lt. Col. John Henry Patterson i kāna puke. ʻO nā kāne-ʻai o Tsavo.

Ua kauoha ʻia ʻo Patterson, he ʻenekini, ma 1898 e kiaʻi i ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi alahaka e piʻi aʻe ma luna o ke kahawai ʻo Tsavo no nā alahao o Beritania. Akā ua hoʻopaneʻe kāna misiona i nā manawa he nui e nā liona kāne ʻelua i hoʻomohala i kahi ʻono ʻē aʻe no kāna koʻokoʻo.

Ua hoʻohana ʻia he mau kaukani limahana e Patterson e kūkulu i ke alahaka. Noho lākou i kahi kauhale makeshift ākea e komo ana nā hale lole a me nā hale i hāʻawi ʻia i kahi pale iki mai ka kaiaola kaiāulu koʻikoʻi.

ʻO nā liona kolohe kahi ʻāpana o kēia kaiāulu biotic. ʻAʻole like me kā lākou poʻe hoa Serengeti kaulana, hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā kāne Tsavo e ko lākou mau poʻo kāne ʻole, kahi kikoʻī e nalo ana mai ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni.

ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu ma mua o ka noho ʻana o Patterson i kāna wahi hou i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai kēia mau felines wiwo ʻole e hoʻouka i kāna mau kāne. Hele lākou a puni ka kahua hoʻomoana, e huli ana i ka huki ʻana i nā kāne mai kā lākou mau halelewa e haehae iā lākou mai nā lālā a kahi lālā. Ua hele kēia no kekahi manawa a kū ka pōpoki i ka hōʻike ʻana, hoʻi wale me ka hoʻopaʻi i kekahi mau mahina ma hope.

I ko lākou hoʻi ʻana, ua hoʻonui lākou i kā lākou pepehi kanaka pepehi kanaka. Holo maikaʻi nā pōpoki i nā pahele, nā hana hoʻoweliweli a i ʻole ka pā pā i hiki i nā kāne ke noʻonoʻo. He aha hou aʻe, ke hana nei nā pōpoki i ka tandem i kēia manawa.

Makaʻu no ko lākou ola ua haʻalele nā ​​limahana hana i ka papahana e kū nei i nā hana. Hoʻopau loa a ʻino hoʻi ma hope o ka papa kuhikuhi, ua hoʻoholo paʻa nā luna o Pelekane e kāpae i kēia mau peste maneating.

E komo ma kahi o 20 mau koa koa i hana i nā mea ʻē aʻe akā hoʻonāukiuki hou i nā pōpoki, ʻo Patterson kā lākou i makemake ai a i kā lākou alualu ʻana iā ia, mālama ʻia e pale i nā pū hoʻolimalima.

ʻO ka mea e nīnau i ka nīnau: Hiki i nā holoholona ke hoʻopaʻa i kahi kūʻai pilikino?

Ua hana kēia mau mea ʻelua e like me kā Patterson. Ua huhū lākou i kāna kūmau mau ʻana a me nā pū. I ka hoʻowahāwahā, ua hiki iā ia ke kī i hoʻokahi pōpoki i ka wāwae. Ua holo aku ʻo ia akā ʻoiai kona ʻeha, hoʻi pū me ka make wai no ke koko o Patterson.

ʻO ia ke kāne me ka holoholona a hiki i ka wā i loaʻa ai iā Patterson ka lima kiʻekiʻe, hopu i ka pahuhopu a hahau i ka liona i ka puʻuwai me ka poka, a make ia. Ua hala ka holoholona ma kahi o 9 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi a koi aku i ke kōkua o kekahi mau kāne e lawe aku iā ia.

Ua hālāwai ka lua o ka liona me ka hopena make o ka pū panapana a Patterson akā e like me ke kaikaina i hiki ke ola, holo i loko o ka savana ʻeha a huhū. I ʻumikūmākahi mau lā ma hope ua loaʻa ʻo Patterson iā ia a kī hou iā ia i nā manawa hou he 6, a hoʻokahi manawa make ma ke poʻo.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Patterson ʻo ka pōpoki, ʻoiai e make ana, ua ʻūlū i kahi lālā lāʻau e hoʻāʻo ana e kiʻi iā ia ma mua o ka hanu hope loa ʻana.

I nā mea āpau, ka Ua hiki i nā pōpoki ke pepehi ma kahi o 135 mau kānaka, ʻoiai e hoʻopaʻapaʻa ka ʻepekema he hyperbolic ka helu a moe i kahi ma kahi o nā kakini.

Ua kōkua maoli nā pōpoki ʻelua mai kahi hapakolu, akā ua pepehi ʻia ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana o Patterson a no laila undocumented.

ʻO nā pelts nunui o kā Patterson waiwai pio e lilo i ʻohana kapeta hale no kāna mau makahiki he nui ma mua o ke kūʻai ʻia ʻana aku i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Field i Kikako no $ 5,000. Ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā Curators iā lākou e hana i kahi diorama ola.

No ke kumu e ʻimi ai nā pōpoki nui i ka ʻiʻo kanaka, kahi kanaka noiʻi pōpoki ʻo Tsavo, ʻo Bruce Patterson (ʻaʻohe pili iā John), i ʻōlelo ʻia ma kahi nīnauele. ua hana paha lākou pēlā "No ka mea, lohi mākou, nāwaliwali a palekana ʻole."

Hiki iā ʻoe ke heluhelu i kā James Henry Patterson moʻokāki piha i kāna puke, ʻO nā kāne-ʻai o Tsavo.