From the files of Monster Island News - December 2008
Written By Ken Hulsey
It seems there's a shortage of male Bigfoot (known locally as Almasty) in Russia, and the females of the species have been seeking human companions. In the northern Caucasus town of Elbrus, residents have reported an unusual number of Almasty sightings, mostly encounters with flirtatious females, typically by local men. In fact, it's a very common occurrence to spot the legendary creature around the town itself, with every resident claiming to have seen the Almasty at least once."There are many deserted barns with boulders and woods nearby where they're most often spotted," said local resident Adelgery Tilov. "The Almasty come to town from those areas." It's also apparently quite common for the town's men to get "friendly" with the female Almasty, much to the acceptance of the local women.
"An Almasty female looks like a gorilla, but she can definitely tempt a man," chuckled elder Kazi Khajiyev. "They say a man the wild woman tries to seduce sees not the hairy ape-like creature, but the woman he wants to see - it's almost hypnotic."
Despite the numerous encounters, the residents still harbor some fear of the creatures and try to avoid confrontations. As Adilgery Tilov explained, "The Almasty have always lived here. They increased their numbers after the Balkars deserted their villages, taking the Almasty's homes, which is why they let themselves be seen by humans so often now."
Tilov even had a recent encounter that proved the Almasty females' romantic tendencies. "I was staying overnight in a deserted barn, had a fire going, and woke up to find a female Almasty gazing thoughtfully at me by the fire. She wasn't tall, maybe just over a meter, with messy black fur. I was terrified, but she just sat there for about ten minutes before vanishing into the woods."
Well, would you look at that! This certainly isn't the first time we've heard tales of an Almasty (that's the Bigfoot of the former Soviet Union, in case you were wondering) getting cozy with us humans.
A woman named Zana is said to have lived in the isolated mountain village of T'khina, located fifty miles from Sukhumi in Abkhazia, Caucasus. Some have speculated that Zana may have been an Almasty, a type of wild human, but there is no conclusive evidence. Captured in the mountains in 1850, Zana was initially violent towards her captors but soon became domesticated and even assisted with simple household chores.
Zana reportedly had sexual relations with a man named Edgi Genaba from the village, and gave birth to several children who appeared to be normal humans. However, several of these children died in infancy, which some have attributed to a genetic incompatibility between Zana (as an Almas) and humans. The father gave four of the surviving children away to local families, and these two boys (Dzhanda and Khwit Sabekia) and two girls (Kodzhanar and Gamasa Sabekia) were assimilated into normal society, married, and had families of their own.
Zana herself died in 1890. The skull of one of her sons, Khwit, was later examined by Dr. Grover Krantz in the 1990s and found to be entirely modern, with no Neanderthal features. Khwit's tooth was also analyzed as part of a Monster Quest TV show in 2008, but genetic tests were unable to conclusively determine his parentage. The legend of these "wild and primitive" Almasty humans or Bigfoot-like creatures has captivated Russian men for centuries.
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