| Collection of Bigfoot Sightings | Scientists from seven nations have convened in Tashtagol to trek the Kemerovo region in search of the elusive yeti or abominable snowman. A preliminary conference was held yesterday, Oct. 5, at the Darwin Museum in Moscow, and included an opening address by Igor Burtsev and a report by Dmitri Bayanov. Both are from the International Center of Hominology, and have been engaged in bigfoot investigations since the 1960s. The researchers discussed possible genetics, and various rare photos, audios, and video footage in support of the creatures’ existence. |
“This is the first time we have held an event on this scale in Russia since 1958, when the famous expedition of the Academy of Sciences under Professor Boris Porshnev searched for relic hominids,” reads the conference statement, according to Russia Today.
Cryptozoologists believe that the bigfoot, sasquatch, or yeti inhabits forests in various places around the world, including Western Siberia, the North Caucasus, the Himalayas, and the American Pacific Northwest.
The incidence of yeti sightings in Kemerovo and the neighboring Altai region has increased threefold in the last two decades. There is also a collection of other evidence, such as giant footprints nearly 14 inches (35 cm) long, and basic twig huts.
The Kemerov regional administration released a report in 2009 that local hunters had spotted tall hairy humanoids in the nearby Azass Cave, and established an annual festival in November called “Yeti Day” to celebrate the creatures.
Burtsev believes the current yeti population in the area to be several dozen, according to radio station The Voice of Russia.
“We have concluded that these living beings are in principle human beings because they can even talk and communicate with people,” he said last month, according to the radio station.
“They have their own weapons—paranormal capabilities, which have helped them to survive and even compete with humans. They have shifted to another dimension—crepuscular life, and live in not easily accessible places.”
Loren Coleman owns the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine, and is co-author of “The Field Guide to Bigfoot and Other Mystery Primates.” He describes the hominids as “generally five and a half to seven and a half feet tall,” according to The Huffington Post.
“They’re hearty-looking and have multi-colored brownish-black fur, sometimes with a lighter top to their head and patches of white on their arms, which is unique to the Siberian snowmen,” he added.
“They’re sometimes seen at the edge of a forest just staring at people and not really considered as wild creatures, compared to some Yeti reports in Nepal where they reportedly attack yaks or sherpas.”
Coleman is preparing to re-open his cryptozoological museum on Oct. 30 to further the study of mysterious furry bipeds.
“We’re going to have enough space now to exhibit more of the evidence, including my collection of 150 footprint casts and other materials from yeti, bigfoot and other hominids from around the world,” he said, according to The Huffington Post
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