A 60-year old night watchman by the name of Sanin, who was also a carpenter at the local auxiliary farm, vanished from his post in the farm where he had been watching over the grain harvester combines. His gear and food were still there but he was nowhere to be found. A 5 to 6 day search was conducted for him with no results. Soon he was found wandering in an area many kilometers northwards in the area of Serov, a scarcely populated area. A timber truck driver had accidentally noticed him on the road and picked him up and delivered him to the local hospital. The man was exhausted and exhibited burns on his legs. When his daughter came to pick him up at the hospital he told her an amazing story. Being deaf, but quite articulate the witness was able to relate an incredible incident. That night amid the forest glades where the combines were stored, the area was lighted by unusual lights from above, some type of object descended from the sky and 3 "men" exited the craft. They were very tall, about 2.5 to 3 meters in height. Terrified the witness ran and hid inside of the combine's cabin, but some force pulled him out of the cabin and dragged him towards the alien craft. He attempted to resist by crawling away and managed to squat behind a tree where he lit a cigarette in order to relax, but there was a sudden flash of light and he lost consciousness. He regained consciousness in a remote unfamiliar forested area, it was already dawn. The tall entities were there, he could now see that they were dressed in tight-fitting gray-bluish suits, they were accompanied by some humans who were carrying sacks and collecting berries, plants, etc from the glades. In total he was held in the strange location for about 5 days. He reported terrible scenes at the location, he saw heaps of dead men, and children with curly red hair (!) and what appeared to be corpses freshly dug up from graves, which the aliens seemed to be experimenting with. He also saw what appeared to be, apparently human females wearing kerchiefs wrapped tightly around their heads and covering their faces. These were performing different tasks apparently under the command of the tall aliens, moving about in a typical zombie-like manner. Some of the tall aliens carried with them what appeared to be triangular-shaped communications devices with antennas, resembling portable radios. At times the tall aliens would insert "something" in their mouths and disappeared instantly, apparently teleporting to another location. There were also other types of aliens present, shorter in height, wearing dark bluish coats and cowls over their heads; these seemed to be operating some type of devices resembling silver netting. The whole area was very remote and there were burned trees all around, and in area resembling mire or bog there was a mucus-slimy and very odorous substance that covered the ground completely. (The witness boots carried the horrid smell for days afterwards). In some places the aliens had placed metal plates on the ground so the people could walk on them. But the witnesses constantly fell to the ground. For some reason the alien's mind control did not properly work on the witness and he was constantly disobeying orders (did his deafness have something to do with this?) and commands by his abductors, which first threatened him but then left him alone. Soon he managed to escape the area during a heavy downpour and wandered around until he found himself near the area of the Lobik railway station, exhausted and confused. According to the sources the aliens apparently have temporary surface bases deep in the dense forests and bogs of the Sverdlovsk region, and used abducted human "zombies" that perform different tasks. The area in question is located 15-20 kilometers southwest of the town of Serov in a huge marshy territory amid the dense forests near the Bolshaya Katasma River.

Google map of this location.