As i have stated before they don't have any idea of the scientific importance of the almasty.
Not even remotely possible. Forget for a moment that anyone on earth would realise a different type of human was something special, and aside from the expeditions that have gone there looking for it, which would have tipped of the locals, or the fact that Almasty sightings are at least sometimes covered in the press.
Ignore the huge amount of outsiders who would have spent prolonged periods there on military and state service again many of whom would be highly educated*, after all there were nuclear weapons sited in the region. Also the related question of how many of the locals even from the most insular communities, would themselves have spent a long time away in their military service, and developed a wider world view.
The inescapable fact remains that there are a significant number of doctors and teachers, to name but two professions, permanently based in the area who would be immediately aware of their significance. And I think would be quite interested in the most important find in history.
*Also many would have been hard line communists and wouldn’t have given a rats arse about local feelings or taboos.
Different primates will do similar things...
That’s a long way from mane braiding, plus the problem stands of attributing this sort of behaviour to the Almasty as it suggests, not proves of course, but suggests that the Almasty is given similar attributes as we further west used to give to supernatural beings to explain a natural occurrence. Which raises concern when a researcher claims to have witnessed it.
Which leads on to why he’s reticent about mentioning it, mane braiding doesn’t seem very popular in western man beast circles. Even Loren Coleman he of the Kow swamp nonsense, seems to treat it light heartedly .
http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-ne ... ot-braids/
As for his age, if he’s mid forties now head have been mid thirties when he was on TV in 2002, his sighting was in 1991/1992 ten years to realise it was being badly received. I’m struggling to accept that as an explanation. To me, and again no offence, it seems like a serious mistake to make the claim then back away from it, because it
could be interpreted as an attempt by him, since his move to the West, to re-brand his product to appeal to an audience raised on the more westernised flesh and blood Bigfoot. Criticisms regarding branding aren't without some precedent in the Almasty’s case as someone commented regarding the title of ‘In The Footsteps of the Russian Snowman’.
It bolis down to this for me.
1. Every one who has seen an almasty is a liar or mistaking something else.
2. There is an unknown higher primate in the Caucasus.
If you use this as the main crux of your argument you’re also left having to account for the, I would think more numerous, sightings of the; the Virgin Mary, angels, demons, witches and fairies.
I hate saying that by the way, but I think there comes a point where the negative evidence becomes so overwhelming and the explanations to account for it so strained that there comes a time when you’re forced to consider the distasteful and disappointing.