Edward Mordrake ni ingingo idahwitse y’umugani wo mu mujyi, nkurikije uwo mugani, wavutse mu kinyejana cya 19, uzungura urungano rw’icyongereza, kandi ufite isura inyuma y’umutwe. Isura yashoboraga guseka, kurira, no kuvuga. Yasabye abaganga kuyikuraho kuko yavugaga ko yamwongoreye ibintu biteye ubwoba. Yiyahuye afite imyaka 23.
Inkuru yasobanuye ishusho ya Mordake nk’imwe ifite ubuntu budasanzwe kandi ifite isura isa n’iya Antinous. Isura ya kabiri (bivugwa ko ari igitsina gore) yari ifite amaso abiri numunwa byunamye
Isura yigana ntishobora kubona, kurya cyangwa kuvuga cyane ariko byavuzwe ngo “gusebanya mugihe Mordake yari yishimye” na “kumwenyura mugihe Mordake yarimo arira “. Mordake yasabye inshuro nyinshi abaganga kumukuraho “isura y’abadayimoni”, avuga ko byongoreraga ibintu ngo “umuntu yavuga ikuzimu gusa” nijoro, ariko nta muganga wabigerageza. Dukurikije uwo mugani, Mordake yiyahuye afite imyaka 23, nyuma yo kwiherera mu cyumba.
Ibisobanuro bya mbere bizwi kuri Mordake tubisanga mu ngingo ya 1895 ya Boston Post yanditswe n’umwanditsi Charles Lotin Hildreth. Iyi ngingo isobanura ibibazo byinshi byerekeranye nibyo Hildreth yita “abantu b’igitsina gore”, harimo n’umugore wari ufite umurizo w’amafi, umugabo ufite umubiri w’igitagangurirwa, umugabo wari ufite igikona kimwe na Edward Mordake. Hildreth yavuze ko yasanze izi manza zasobanuwe muri raporo za kera za “Royal Scientific Society”. Ntibyumvikana niba societe ifite iri zina yabayeho.
Encyclopedia y’ubuvuzi 1896 Anomalies na Curiosities of Medicine, yanditswe na Dr. George M. Gould na Dr. David L. Pyle, harimo inkuru ya Mordake. Konti yakuwe mu buryo butaziguye mu ngingo ya Hildreth. Ariko, yashimwe gusa “inkomoko”. Encyclopedia isobanura morphologie yibanze y’imiterere ya Mordake, ariko ntabwo itanga isuzuma ry’ubuvuzi ku bumuga budasanzwe. Ubumuga nk’ubwo bwo kuvuka bushobora kuba bwari uburyo bwa parasitike ya craniopagus (umutwe w’impanga ya parasitike ufite umubiri udatera imbere),
Imwe mu nkuru zidasanzwe kimwe n’akababaro gakabije k’ubumuga bw’abantu ni iy’uwitwa Edward Mordake, bivugwa ko yarazwe umwe mu rungano rwiza mu Bwongereza. Ntabwo yigeze avuga izina, ariko, yiyahuye mu mwaka wa makumyabiri na gatatu. Yabayeho mu bwigunge rwose, yanga gusurwa ndetse n’abagize umuryango we. Yari umusore wagezeho neza, intiti yimbitse, n’umucuranzi w’ubushobozi budasanzwe. Igishushanyo cye cyari gitangaje kubera ubuntu bwacyo, kandi mu maso he ni ukuvuga isura ye isanzwe yari ya Antinous. Ariko inyuma y’umutwe we hari indi sura, iy’umukobwa mwiza, “mwiza nk’inzozi, uhishe nka satani.” Isura y’umugore yari mask gusa, “ifata igice gito cyigice cy’inyuma cy’igihanga, nyamara ikagaragaza ibimenyetso byose by’ubwenge, by’ubwoko bubi, ariko.” Byagaragaye kumwenyura no gusebanya mugihe Mordake yarimo arira.
Amaso yakurikizaga imigendere yabarebaga, kandi iminwa “yakinaga ntahwema.” Nta jwi ryigeze ryumvikana, ariko Mordake yanga ko yabuzwa kuruhuka n’ijoro no kwongorera urwango rwa “shitani impanga”, nkuko yabyise, “itigera isinzira, ariko ikavugana ubuziraherezo nk’ibintu bavuga gusa. y’i kuzimu. Nta gitekerezo gishobora gutekereza ibishuko biteye ubwoba binshyira imbere. Kubwububi bumwe butababarirwa bwa ba sogokuruza Naboshye kuri iyi fiend – kubwukuri ni ukuri. Ndagusaba kandi ndagusaba ngo ubikure mubisa nabantu, niyo naba mpfira. ” Ayo yari amagambo ya Mordake adahwitse yabwiye Manvers na Treadwell, abaganga be. Nubwo yarebye neza, yashoboye gushaka uburozi, ari naho yapfiriye, asiga ibaruwa isaba ko “isura y’abadayimoni” ishobora kurimburwa mbere yo gushyingurwa kwe, “kugira ngo idakomeza kwongorerana ubwoba mu mva yanjye.” Abimusabye, yasabiwe ahantu h’imyanda, nta ibuye cyangwa umugani wo kuranga imva ye.
