Njengoba iHalloween isondela, kubonakale kufanelekile ukukutshela indaba engajwayelekile ngemikhumbi yezipoki, futhi ungacabangi ukuthi yizinto zesikhathi esedlule, ngesonto eledlule izindaba zavela ngomkhumbi oyizipoki eLake Michingan. Uma udlulisa amehlo kancane kumanethiwekhi omphakathi uzobona izithombe.
Kepha ngaphesheya kokubonakala okuhle, Ngizokutshela ukuthi yimiphi imikhumbi yesipoki edume kakhulu emlandweni.
Impela indaba kaFlying Dutchman yaziwa kakhulu. Lo mkhumbi wasuka e-Amsterdam waya e-East Indies. Ngesikhathi sohambo ukaputeni walo, uVan der Decken, wabulala isikhulu sakhe sokuqala, samphikisa. Umkhumbi wacwila futhi kusukela lapho abadobi namatilosi amaningi bathi bake bawubona olwandle oluhlukahlukene.
Omunye umkhumbi ohamba ngokungenanjongo yiLady Lovibond, umkhumbi waseBrithani, owahamba ngoFebhuwari 1748. Ukaputeni, engalawulwa umona, washayisa umkhumbi wawucwilisa ogwini oluseningizimu-mpumalanga yeNgilandi. Inganekwane ithi ingabonakala endaweni leyo njalo ngemuva kwekhulu leminyaka.
Kuwo wonke amazwekazi kuvela le mikhumbi yezipoki, iCaleuche ivela ogwini lwaseChile, umkhumbi okuthiwa uvela njalo ebusuku eduze nesiqhingi saseChiloé, ngemiphefumulo yabo bonke abantu abacwile kuleyo ndawo. Labo abake bawubona bagcina ukuthi umculo uyezwakala nabantu bahleke emkhunjini.
Futhi njengoba bengisho, ungacabangi ukuthi yonke imikhumbi yesipoki ivela emakhulwini eminyaka adlule, ngoba ILyubov Orlova, umgibeli waseRussia owakhiwa ngo-1976, wabanjwa yiqhwa e-Antarctica ngo-2006, eminyakeni eyishumi nje edlule. Abanikazi bayo bayishiya ngo-2010, kwathi lapho idluliselwa ogwini lwaseCanada umkhumbi wawuntanta phezulu. Esinye isikebhe sokudonsa sizame ukusiphatha, kepha imisinga yolwandle yalidonsela ngaseBritish Isles, yase inyamalala. Ukugcina kwabo ukukubona kwakungo-Ephreli 2013, futhi izindaba ezimbi kakhulu zitshela ngamagundane adla abantu ngaphakathi.
Lokhu kumayelana nezindaba zemikhumbi yezipoki, kepha kunemikhumbi enesipoki sayo ... njengoJohn Pedder, kuNdlovukazi uMary, ungafunda i-athikili ngaye ngalesi sixhumanisi.