19xx Almasty Almas Bigfoot cast footprint replica

Description

19xx Almasty Almas Bigfoot cast footprint replica.
The
Almas
or
Alma
(Mongolian: Алмас/Almas, Chechen: Алмазы, Turkish: Albıs),
Mongolian
for "
wild man
", is a purported
hominid
cryptozoological
species reputed to inhabit the
Caucasus
and
Pamir Mountains
of
Central Asia
, and the
Altai Mountains
of western
Mongolia
. The creature is not currently recognized or cataloged by science. Furthermore, scientists generally reject the possibility that such
megafauna
cryptids
exist, because of the improbably large numbers necessary to maintain a breeding population.
Almas is a singular word in Mongolian; the properly formed Turkic plural would be 'almaslar'. As is typical of similar legendary creatures throughout
Central Asia
,
Russia
, Pakistan and the Caucasus, the Almas is generally considered to be more akin to "wild people" in appearance and habits than to apes (in contrast to the
Yeti
of the
Himalayas
).
Almases are typically described as human-like
bipedal
animals, between five and six and a half feet tall, their bodies covered with reddish-brown hair, with anthropomorphic facial features including a pronounced
browridge
, flat nose, and a weak chin.
Sightings recorded in writing go as far back as the 15th century.
In 1420,
Hans Schiltberger
recorded his personal observation of these creatures in the journal of his trip to Mongolia as a prisoner of the Mongol
Khan
but described them more as hairy, savage humans than animals:
"On the same mountain there are savages, who are not like other people, and they live there. They are covered all over the body with hair, except the hands and face, and run about like other wild beasts in the mountain, and also eat leaves and grass, and any thing they can find. The lord of the country sent to Edigi, a man and a woman from among these savages, that had been taken in the mountain.
This Almas footprint cast was made from an impression found in Northern parts of the Caucasus Mountains of Russia.
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Cast replica measures approximately 16 in Long by 8 in wide. It has twine or wire embedded in the back so that it can hang on a wall or lay flat on a shelf.