Almas (crypto-hominid)

Almas (from Mongolian: Алмас, "wild man"; compare Chechen Алмазы, Turkish Albıs) an appellation for a proposed cryptid of the Caucasus and Pamir Mountains of Central Asia, and the Altai Mountains of southern Mongolia, frequently compared to the Russian Chuchunya, Himalayan Yeti, and North American Bigfoot (or Sasquatch).