Umbono wephako lezimbulu

**Izimbulu** (ezibizwa ngokuthi amaChitauli ngesishona) ziyizihuquzi ezingabantu noma ezisamuntu ngommomo, ezineqhaza eliphambili kwizicatshangwa, izinganeko zenzululwazi, ezezindiza ezingahlonziwe, nemibono yephako. Umbono wezimbulu wenziwa isibunge ngu-David Icke, usomibono yephako ofundisa ukuthi amankengane ayizimbulu ezimbuluzayo *(shapeshifting reptilian aliens)* alawula umhlaba ngokuthatha isimo somuntu nangokuzuza amandla wezombusazwe ukuze athonye imiphakathi yabantu. U-Icke ngamahlandla amaningi, useveze ukuthi abaholi abaningi bezwe, bakhwelwe yizona lezimbulu.

## Indabuko
U-Michael Barkun, usolwazi wenzulukwazi yezombusazwe enyuvesi yase-Syracuse, uveza ukuthi umbono wephako lezimbulu udabuka enganekweni ka-*Conan the Barbarian* eyadalwa ngu-Robert E. Howard, endaweni yakhe ethi *"The Shadow Kingdom"*, eyashicilelwa encwadini ebizwa *Weird Tales* ngoNcwaba we-1929. Lendaba yayithatha imibono yolwazi olungcwele *(theosophical ideas)* emayelana "nezwe elalahleka" lase-*Atlantis* nase-*Lemuria*, ikakhulukazi encwadini ethi 'The Secret Doctrine' ka-Helena Blavatsky eyabhalwa ngowe-1888, enamaphatho "ngabantu-nzawu" abake baba yisizwe esiphucukule esinamandla ezwekazini iLemuria".

"Abantu nyoka" baka-Howard bachaziswa ngokuthi basabantu (banemizimba yabantu namakhanda ezinyoka) ababemekhono lokulimgisa abantu uma bethanda, nababehlala emigudwini engaphansi komhlaba nababesebenzisa amakhono wabo wokumbuluza nokulawula umqondo ukuze bafohle phakathi kwabantu. U-Clark Ashton Smith wasebenzisa "abantu-nyoka" baka-Howard ezindabeni zakhe, Kanye nezihloko ezivela ku-H. P. Lovecraft, kanti futhi bobabili, uHoward beno-Lovecraft babeka Isisekelo sezindaba ze-Cthulhu Mythos.

Eminyakeni ye-1940, uMaurice Doreal (owaziwa nangokuthi u-Claude Doggins) wabhala ipheshana elinesihloko esithi "Imithinziyelo kaGobi" *("Mysteries of the Gobi")*  elachazisa "ngohlanga nyoka" olunemizimba enjengeyabantu...namakhanda...anjengawenyoka enkulu" kanye nekhono lokuthatha isimo somuntu. Lezidalwa zavela nasenkondlweni kaDoreal ethi "Izibhebhe zesimaragidu" *("The Emerald Tablets")*, lapho ebhekisela ezibhebheni zesimaragidu ezabhalwa "nguThoti, inkosi-mpristi yase-Atlanta". U-Barkun uqinisa ngokuthi "ngakho konke ukufana", amasu ka-Doreal ayevela kwethi "Umbuso wethunzi" *("The Shadow Kingdom")*, futhi ngokufanayo, "Izibhebhe zesimaragidu " zabumba isiseko sencwadi ka-David Icke ethi, Abantwana bobumeko *(Children of the Matrix)*.

Usolwazi uEdward Guimont uphika ngokuthi umbono wephako lezimbulu, ikakhulukazi njengoba liqangqwa ngu-Icke, wawugqoba ezinganekweni zengunanyali *(pseudohistorical legends)* ezathuthuka esikhathini sobukoloni base-Afrika, ikakhulukazi eduze naseZimbabwe enkulu kanye no-Mukele-mbembe.

## Ukuthunjwa amaNkengane
Izindaba zokuthunjwa kwabantu amankengane  ngezinye izikhathi kuthiwa kusuke kuyizimbulu.  Omunye umbiko wangaphambili wawuqhamuka eAshland, lapho iphoyisa laseNebraska uHerbert Schirmer, owakhumbula ukuthi ngaphansi komlutho wathathwa wangeniswa endizeni engahlonziwe ngowe-1967 izidalwa ezisabantu ezinommomo wezimbulu, ezazigqoke izinhlanga "zendlondlo enophaphe" ngakwesokunene sezifuba zaso. Abagxeki bathatha akushoyo ngokuthi impunge *( hoax)*.