Comments on: Siberian Snowman Takes A Stroll

By: Mandigo

Mandigo — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:13:50 +0000

V interesting new article - if memory serves Mecheny is actually a reference to a particular individual ’siberian wildman’ which was sighted I think near an army base and was supposedly responsible for the death of a dog. I think the illustration is also of this individual, with the white patch on the left forearm giving rise to the name mecheny or ‘marked’ - off to look at the post with photo’s now, great work Loren.

By: jvd-s

jvd-s — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:33:29 +0000

Well, inasmuch as the anthropological record indicates that Neanderthal had a LARGER brain than us (cromagnon homosapien) if they still existed they would now have, due to their larger brain, a much more advanced space program than we (cm hs) now have. I haven’t read, seen, heard of ANY Neanderthal space program.

By: Scari

Scari — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:02:55 +0000

Sorry but those are fake.

By: drjon

drjon — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:04:50 +0000

It might be worth mentioning that Neaderthals were markedly shorter (but much more stockier) than our species. I believe they would probably have had the same kind of hair distribution as us, however.

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:38:49 +0000

Interesting report, Loren. Thanks much…

By: Igor Bourtsev

Igor Bourtsev — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:25:14 +0000

Once I lived in region of Salekhard for one month with a group of students and gathered there a couple of reports about wild men there/ It was many years ago.
Our researcher Vladimir Poushkaryov visited the neighbour regions in Eastern Europe and gathered there many reports about such creatures called Mirygdy by locals and in Northern Siberia (Yakutia, now Sakha) called Chuchunaa. He vent to that region South of Salekhard in Autumn of 1978 and disappeared there…
Mecheny is a Russian word means “marked” - is the name of one individual - creature seen by researcher Maya Bykova (female) in Western Siberia, creature’s left hand was of white colour (seen on the drawing)that is why Maya called it “marked” (Mecheny). It is not a local name of such creatures.
The new footprints could be the real prints of a creature, but they are not so clear to say definitely whose they are.
Also I don’t understand why the hunter melted snow

By: Ceroill

Ceroill — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:06:26 +0000

Of course this also brings up the question of how hairy Neanderthals were/are, and how much that varied by locale.

By: Spinach Village

Spinach Village — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:10:46 +0000

nothing like smug newscasters … well anyhow this interesting … ‘gigantopithicus’ sized tracks.. huh?

By: shumway10973

shumway10973 — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:17:01 +0000

I absolutely love this discussion–about Neanderthals.
If nothing else, their existence does pose some questions about who was living where and when. Didn’t National Geographic say something about a link between Neanderthals and the Basque people of Spain and even France. Who knows, some of the people in Russia (and others of the former Soviet Union) are rather large.