Almasty Eyewitness at Weird Weekend
Posted by: Loren Coleman on August 1st, 2007
The reported appearance of the Almasty or Almas is often combined with frequently heard folkloric advice that the best way to escape from the female of the species is by running downhill. This motif is also found among reports from Sherpas regarding the Abominable Snowmen of the Himalaya.
A Ukrainian biologist who has spent years hunting for the Russian equivalent of the Yeti will be one of the speakers at this year’s Weird Weekend in Woolsery.
Grigoriy Panchenko claims to have seen one of the creatures himself in a barn on a remote farm in 1991. He also claims to have bones from the creature, known as an Almasty, that are currently being examined by a team of scientists in Paris.
Grigoriy will be revealing his findings for the first time in the West at Woolsery on August 18-19.
Many other speakers on a range of topics will attend the Weird Weekend, organised by the Woolsery-based Centre for Fortean Zoology.“Russian Yeti,” North Devon Gazette, August 1, 2007.
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I don’t think she could run up or downhill, or on a flat surface.
Please keep us informed on this one… it should be interesting to hear what these “findings” are.
Bones? Panchenko claims to have alleged Almas bones?
If that is an accurate drawing of a female… She is gonna get some black eyes if she run’s anywhere….!!!!
Please keep us informed on this one Loren.
What evolutionary advantage would mammaries as pendulous and heavy as these confer on Mrs Almas, excluding Mr Almas being a boobs rather than a booty man?
How can I say this without it coming out wrong? As a um…well endowed young lady I can assure you that if that picture is at all realistic then the female Almas won’t be running anywhere regardless of slope. Even if she somehow managed to find and put on a brassiere, running with such a large chest is rather painful and awkward. Just looking at the picture is giving me post traumatic flash backs to high school gym class. ::shudders::