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Almas

Also called Almasty, Albasty, Ksy-giik

A shy, human-sized wild man of the Caucasus and Central Asian steppes.

The Almas is described as more human than ape: a hairy, man-sized wild person living in remote mountains. Russian researchers, notably Marie-Jeanne Koffmann, collected hundreds of eyewitness accounts in the Caucasus from the 1960s onward.

The legend of Zana, a "wild woman" said to have been captured in Abkhazia in the 1800s, is often linked to the Almas.

What witnesses report

  • Small, human-like tracks
  • Glimpses near orchards and mills at night

Famous cases

  1. 1850Zana of Abkhazia
    Abkhazia, Georgia

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