12-year old Vladimir Nikishin (involved in a later encounter) was walking with a friend along the railway and without noticing it they wandered a long distance away from the village. The evening was dark but they were not concerned since they were walking close to the railway. When both boys decided to turn around to return to the village they noticed sometime that made their blood freeze. A huge black humanoid figure was standing on the railway embankment; the figure was at least 2.5m in height and wore something resembling a large cap or hood on its head. The humanoid held a long thick rod or staff in his hand. Both boys grew torpid, like frozen in place, unable to look away from the imposing humanoid. The entity slowly turned its head and the witnesses now saw the entity's eyes which emitted a burning bright red light. The tall black entity then began to walk slowly toward the witnesses. The boys wanted to run away but their legs did not obey them, both were apparently paralyzed. The humanoid came closer and closer but suddenly the boys heard the hoot or honk of the steam engine locomotive which was approaching them from behind. The strange entity then uttered a muffled growl and then said in a loud, brutish voice, "I will be back to take you". And in the next moment the humanoid vanished. Both boys then began to run home. Upon reaching the hamlet they told the adults what they had seen, thinking that they would not be believed, but apparently other locals had seen the same or similar creature since the 1930's. Others in the area had disappeared without a trace.

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