Russian ufology sources say that in West Yaroslavl Province, Russia, in the Winter of 1939, in the evening, a local grandmother named Maria Barabashova was eating in her wooded house located in an isolated area on the banks of the lake, when suddenly a stranger entered her house.
He was of small height with a dark face, gray clothing, and pants that stretched down to the floor. Frightened, the old woman started crossing herself was amazed to see that the stranger also crossed himself while facing the icon hanging on the wall, he then greeted her and asked permission to stay and rest. Maria welcomed him and offered him food and tea. Her guest was very strange and unusual. He refused to eat any food and only drank tea, pouring some strange powder into it before drinking it. When he ate he hid his legs under the chair apparently in order to conceal the fact that his feet were hoofed.
During conversation, he mentioned his name, which was very unusual and very long, and the old woman could only remember it had an Indian word like "rama" in it. Suddenly, the stranger took out a cigar-case device from his pocket that possessed sharp corners, pushed a button on it and pulled a wire from it. "What is that and what is it for?" The stranger smiled and said, "I must not be late to my craft, it had some technical problem". He added that he was not worry since it was being repaired as they spoke and he was confident that he would fly out in time. Maria thought that the stranger was speaking nonsense.
Soon after that Maria felt very sleepy and excused herself going immediately to sleep. When she awakened she went outside and noticed strange non-human footprints on the snow, as if made by someone walking on high heels. She tried to follow them but it was fruitless so she returned home.
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[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:
Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in West Yaroslavl Province, Russia, in the Winter of 1939, in the evening, a local grandmother named Maria Barabashova was eating in her wooded house located in an isolated area on the banks of the lake when suddenly a stranger entered her house. He was of small height with a dark face, gray clothing, and pants that stretched down to the floor. Frightened, the old woman started crossing herself was amazed to see that the stranger also crossed himself while facing the icon hanging on the wall, he then greeted her and asked permission to stay and rest. Maria welcomed him and offered him food and tea. Her guest was very strange and unusual. He refused to eat any food and only drank tea, pouring some strange powder into it before drinking it. When he ate he hid his legs under the chair apparently in order to conceal the fact that his feet were hoofed. During conversation he mentioned his name, which was very unusual and very long, and the witness could only remember in had an Indian word like "rama" in it. Suddenly the strange took out a strange cigar-case device from his pocket that possessed sharp corners, pushed a button on it and pulled a wire from it. "What is that and what is it for?" The stranger smiled and said, "I must not be late to my craft, it had some technical problem". He added that he was not worry since it was being repaired as they spoke and he was confident that he would fly out in time. Maria thought that the stranger was speaking nonsense. Soon after that Maria felt very sleepy and excused herself going immediately to sleep. When she awakened she went outside and noticed strange non-human footprints on the snow, as if made by someone walking on high heels. She tried to follow them but it was fruitless so she returned home. The visitor was apparently a human-alien hybrid.
The source is indicated as "Valeriy A Kukushkin, Yaroslavl UFO Group "Chimeras of The X Location", Anton Anfalov".
The problem, as often with the reports coming from Russia, is the unknown credibility. Here, no circumstance of the reporting detailed, the story could have come straight out of the one of many Russian magazines on the "paranormal" in which such stories are quite simply invented at each issue.
| Id: | Topic: | Severity: | Date noted: | Raised by: | Noted by: | Description: | Proposal: | Status: |
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| 1 | Data | Severe | August 17, 2009 | Patrick Gross | Patrick Gross | Missing primary source, not sufficiently referenced. | Help needed. | Opened. |
| 2 | Ufology | Severe | August 17, 2009 | Patrick Gross | Patrick Gross | Nature and origin of story unknown. | Help needed. | Opened. |
| 3 | Ufology | Severe | August 17, 2009 | Patrick Gross | Patrick Gross | No sign of corroboration, verification or investigation; story only. | Help needed. | Opened. |
Possible invention.
* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.
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| Editor: | Patrick Gross |
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | August 17, 2009 | Creation, [ar1]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | August 17, 2009 | First published. |
