Anya Shucheva and Julia Markova are modern seventeen-year-old girls. Quite sane, teetotal, interesting interlocutors. Going to a meeting with them, I was sure that for the sake of a joke they decided to "separate" us. But in their burning eyes during the story I realized that they sincerely believe what they are talking about
- On the night of June 24, Julia and I decided to walk from Novodvinsk to the village of Shirsha. Warmth, white night, silence … My roots are from these places. My great-grandmother was born here, - says Anya. - When they began to return, in the grass, ten meters from the asphalt road, we saw an unusual creature resembling a man. The "unknown animal", turning its head to the sides, did not take its eyes off us. Just above the grass, only his head and shoulders were visible.
“For some reason, we thought that it was none other than a dwarf, but where does the fabulous character come from, we don’t borrow,” adds Yulia. - The height of the "gnome" did not exceed seventy centimeters. We shouted something to him, called to us, but for some reason he pretended not to hear us. After walking about fifty meters along the road, we noticed that he was at the same distance from us. Perhaps he walked on four limbs. He continued to stare at me and his girlfriend.
- The feeling of fear overwhelmed us, - says Anya. - We were already afraid to look back later. Who knows what this monster is capable of …
What did it look like?
- Humanoid creature with incomprehensible bumps on its head. The whole body is covered with scabs and ulcers. The skin, if you can call it that, is similar to pine bark with large scabs, but dark brown in color. Large expressive eyes. A flabby face, covered with scabs, as in burns, - Anya described the "gnome".
Julia nodded in agreement and added:
- We tried to photograph him with a mobile phone, but this creature is not visible in the photograph. Just some kind of mysticism …
- Did you try to approach the dwarf?
- They did not try to approach. It is damp there, and there is a large moat by the road, we would hardly be able to overcome it. Yes, perhaps we would have scared him off, but who knows, maybe he would have attacked us.
According to Ani, some devilry has long been going on around Shirsha. Her grandmother Galina also told that there is one dam here, the villagers call this place the Swiss Venice. There seems to be not deep, but people stamp, pull unlucky swimmers into the pool. There are legends about the witch, grandmother Lukerya, who lived in these places and instilled fear in the whole district …
