In the last few days I’ve written articles on the late Bryan Sykes and his investigations into the likes of Bigfoot, the Almasty and the Yeti. And, I discussed the matter of the almost legendary figure known as Zana. So, I thought that, today, I would share with you more of this story. It was in 1964 that Professor Boris Porshnev uncovered, in Russia’s Caucasus Mountains, what was described to him by the villagers of Tkhina as the bones of a female Almasty, Russia’s very own Bigfoot Or, primitive human. Brad Steiger says that according to Porshnev, a “preliminary investigation of the skeleton determined that its skeletal structure was different to that of a female member of Homo sapiens.” It was a discovery that became inextricably linked to a story that dated back to the 1800s, specifically to the mid-1860s. There was a story in the area that a nobleman by the name of Edgi Genaba, who had an estate in Tkhana, returned to the village one day with something remarkable in t
My good friend, cryptozoologist, and former zoo-keeper, Richard Freeman, has very generously let me use the following. It’s Rich’s very own words on Bryan Sykes, who sadly died just a few days ago, and who Rich knew well. With that said, over to Rich, who wrote this before Sykes passed away: “Many books have been written on mystery hominids and hominins over the years including a number of classic titles. Ivan T Sanderson’s
Abominable Snowmen: A Legend Come to Life, Ralph Izzard’s
Abominable Snowman Adventure and Janet and Colin Board’s
Bigfoot Casebook spring to mind.