Nguva yokutanga nyaya yevanhu vari mumvuri yakakurukurwa kwenguva yakareba pachiratidziro chaApril 12, 2001 apo mutariri Art Bell akabvunzurudza muAmerica wekare Thunder Strikes, uyo anozivikanwawo saHarley "SwiftDeer" Reagan. Munguva yechiratidziro, vateereri vakakurudzirwa kuendesa mifananidzo yevanhu vari mumvuri vavakanga vaona uye nhamba huru yeaya mifananidzo yakakurumidza kugoverwa pachena pawebhusaiti. Muna Gumiguru wegore iro, Heidi Hollis akaburitsa bhuku rake rekutanga pamusoro penyaya yevanhu vari mumvuri, uye akazoita muenzi wenguva dzose paGungwa kuenda kuGungwa. Hollis anorondedzera vanhu vari mumvuri semasiluette erima ane maumbirwo evanhu uye maprofiles anobhururuka uye anogara kunze kwezvakaipa, uye vanhu vanotaura kuti vanhu vari mumumvuri vakaedza "kuvasvetera uye kuvamutsa".
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