Imifanekiso yoqobo yeSlender Man (iMboleko: Into eyoyikekayo)
U-Alissa Weier, omnye wamantombazana amabini ahlaba umhlobo wabo eneminyaka eyi-12 kwinto abathi yayililinge lokuzama ukubonakalisa umlingiswa oyintsomi kwi-Intanethi uSlender Man, uzakumiswa de abe neminyaka engama-37.
Ngo-2014, uWeier noMorgan Geyser babanjwa emva kokuzama ukubulala umhlobo wabo uPeyton Leutner epakini elinamahlathi eWaukesha, eWisconsin. U-Leutner wasinda kuhlaselo, olwambona wagwazwa izihlandlo ezili-19 nguGeyser phantsi kwenkuthazo ka-Weier. Onke amantombazana ayeneminyaka eli-12 ubudala ngelo xesha. Ubudala obuncinci kunye nesini sabahlaseli bacaphukise ngokwaneleyo, kodwa emva kokuba u-Weier noGeyser beqinisekisa ukuba bazama ukuphumelela uSlender Man, umntu owayesisithunzi kwiimbali ze-Intanethi, ibali laqhuma.
Emuva ngo-2014, bekunokwenzeka ukuba abantu abadala abaninzi beve malunga netyala bengazange beve ngeSlender Man okanye i-creepypasta, amabali ayoyikisayo, imifanekiso, kunye neememes ezisasazeka kwiforum ukuya kwiforum kwiwebhusayithi de babe zizinto zentsomi ekwi-Intanethi. Indoda ecekeceke yazalwa ngo-2009 kukhuphiswano lweFotoshop Into eyoyikisayo, eyambona evela ngasemva kwesihlwele sabantwana njengezinto ezimnyama, ezizayo, ezingenanto zinamalungu amade (kwaye ngamanye amaxesha, iintambo).
Umzobo weSlenderman nguThomasccq (Umthombo: Wikimedia Commons)
Oku kusete i-tenor ye-Slender Man eyandisiweyo yeentsomi eziya phambili, eziye zavela njengohlobo lwentsebenziswano yeprojekthi ye-Intanethi: wayehlala ejolise ebantwaneni ngezenzo zakhe ezoyikisayo, kodwa ngokungathandekiyo, ngamanye amaxesha wayebonwa njengomkhuseli nomxhobisi wabantwana, ngakumbi abo owayefuna uncedo lwakhe.
U-Weier noGeyser bathi boyika ukuba xa bengambulali uLeutner njengohlobo lwedini elithandekayo, uSlender Man angazibulala iintsapho zabo. Nangona kunjalo babengashukunyiswa luloyiko lodwa: babenethemba lokuba isenzo eso siza kubonisa ukunyaniseka kwabo kuMntu oMnene, kwaye ngenxa yoko, baya kuba ngabameli bakhe, okanye abalandeli, kwaye bavunyelwe ukuba baphile emva koko kwindlu yakhe yobugqi ihlathi.
Kuyaqondakala ukuba abantu babothuswa sisenzo samantombazana ngelo xesha, kodwa ityala laphinda lamisela into efikelela kwi ukoyika isimilo , echazwa njengemvakalelo yoloyiko esasazeka phakathi kwenani elikhulu labantu ukuba ububi obuthile busongela intlalo-ntle yoluntu… ngesiqhelo ngumsebenzi woosomashishini abaziphethe kakuhle kunye nemithombo yeendaba. Eminye imizekelo yokoyika ngokuziphatha kubandakanya ukuzingelwa kwamagqwirha kangangeenkulungwane, uloyiko lokuba abanquli bakaSathana babexhaphake kakhulu kwiminyaka yoo-80, okanye umbono wokuba imidlalo yevidiyo ibangela ubundlobongela.
Kwakukho amazwi amakhulu kunye ne-op-eds kwityala le-Waukesha elikhankanya isenzo samantombazana ukuya kwi-Intanethi engcolileyo, ukuba yayingumngxuma omnyama onokubambisa abantwana ebumnyameni nasengozini-phantse njengabo bathakathi izindlu ehlathini ezazisenokuba zazenziwe kwiintsuku zokuqala zentsomi.
Ukanti ukuba ubukele uxwebhu lwe-HBO lwango-2016 kweli tyala, Lumkela uSlenderman, into evelayo ayisiyiyo imikhosi yeedemon exhaphakileyo ye-Intanethi kodwa ngumfanekiso wamabhinqa aselula aphosakeleyo naphazamisekileyo, aphulukene nefantasy, ekwabelwana ngenkohliso kunye nokuzabalaza kwelinye lawona maxesha anzima kakhulu okufikisa.
Ngelixa ndingenako nangayiphi na indlela ukuzithethelela ngezenzo zikaWeier kunye noGeyser, ekubeni ndandikhe ndangumfazi omncinci kakhulu ohlala kwi-Intanethi, ndiyaqonda ukuba inyani kwaye le nto uyibonayo kwiscreen sakho inokuba mfiliba kwaye ize-ngakumbi xa unolawulo oluncinci indawo yakho yokwenyani yehlabathi. Ukufunda kwam ityala kukuba inkolelo kwi-Slender Man yayingeyonyani kubo njengomnqweno wokuguqula yonke imigaqo ukuze baphumelele indawo yamandla, ukwamkelwa kunye nokhuseleko. Kwaye ukuba uSlender Man wayenyanisile kubo, ke babekwimo yengqondo ngelixa besenza ulwaphulo-mthetho olufuna uncedo noncedo.
Ukuba iingcali zonyango kunye nejaji ziye zambona uAlyssa Weier engenalo uxanduva lwezenzo zakhe ngenxa yokugula kwengqondo, abanayo, kufanele ukuba afumane uncedo kunye nokubuyiselwa kwimeko yesiqhelo. Kodwa isixa seminyaka ejongene nala mantombazana sihlekisa ngam. Isohlwayo sabo sibonisa ubugwenxa bokugwetywa kwabantu baseMelika ngenkani kunye nokuziphatha okungapheliyo kwetyala.
Ukubonisa indlela eyanyikimiswa ngayo le nkqubo nguSlender Man ngokuhlaba, abatshutshisi ekuqaleni babefuna ukuzama aba bantu baneminyaka eli-12 ubudala njengabantu abadala kwaye bafune isigwebo sabantu abadala ukuya kuthi ga kwiminyaka engama-65 entolongweni. Ukuba u-Weier ngoku angabinakho ukukhululeka ade abe neminyaka engama-37 ubudala emva kwesiganeko esenzeka xa wayeneminyaka eli-12 endibetha njengongenabuntu (usapho lwakhe lwalucelile ukuba angabanjwa kwiminyaka engama-25 ubudala, ebonakala ngathi sisicelo esinengqiqo). UGeyser, owabetha uLeutner, akakakagwetywa kodwa ujongene neminyaka engama-40 kwiziko labagula ngengqondo, ukuba akabanjwanga. Oko kuthetha ukuba ngekhe alibone ilizwe langaphandle ade abe uneminyaka engama-57 okanye ngaphezulu ubudala. Ngokwahlukileyo, amazwe amaninzi e-EU abeka esona sigwebo siphezulu ngokubulala umntu omdala kwiminyaka engama-30, uninzi lwamabanjwa lusebenza ixesha elincinci kakhulu.
Ngaba oku kukugweba kububulungisa ngokwenzekileyo? Ngaba amashumi eminyaka kwiziko okanye entolongweni ayakunceda ukulungisa oko kwaphukileyo kula mabhinqa aselula akhokelele kwisenzo esibi kunye nobundlobongela? Inyaniso yokuba inkqubo yethu yenkundla yayifuna ukuzama la mantombazana njengabantu abadala ngokuxhomekeke kwiminyaka engama-65 yeminyaka. Kwaye okwangoku, inkqubo yobulungisa kulwaphulo-mthetho yaseMelika inesiphene ngokunzulu ukuqala kangangokuba amantombazana kunokwenzeka ukuba afumane ububele obunokubakho kuba bumhlophe, babhinqileyo, bevela kwiintsapho ezikudidi oluphakathi, kwaye bayingqwalaselo yemithombo yeendaba.
Akunakubakho zigqibo zivuyisayo kweli tyala libuhlungu, kodwa ndinganqwenela ukuba novelwano olukhulu kunye nezohlwayo ezihambelana nobudala kunye ne-arhente yabenzi bobubi xa ulwaphulo-mthetho lwenzekile. EMelika, amabali ethu amabi kakhulu awasoloko ekwi-Intanethi.
(nge Umthetho kunye noLwaphulo-mthetho , umfanekiso: Into eyoyikisayo)
