Aleshenka
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Aleshenka Erashov was a small creature allegedly found in the village of Kaolinovy, near Kyshtym
, Chelyabinsk
in August, 1996. Aleshenka was found by an old woman, Tamara Vasilievna Prosvirina, who was mentally ill. The creature had an unusual appearance, giving rise to rumors of its extraterrestrial
origin. The local population readily supported this rumor, collecting easy money from reporters for interviews – at least two Japanese companies (Asahi TV and MTV Japan
) made documentaries about the creature.
(police) by a neighbour. In 1999, Prosvirina was killed in an automobile accident in an attempt to escape the hospital.
, prematurely born. It could have lived for several hours, but not several weeks, contrary to Prosvirina's claims.
According to genetic experts at the Moscow
Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, DNA
analysis of the clothes Aleshenka was wrapped in revealed no evidence that "he" was extraterrestrial. On April 15, 2004, the scientists made an official statement that the "Kyshtym creature" was a premature female human infant, with severe deformities.
The Kyshtym disaster
of 1957 (Level 6 on the International Nuclear Event Scale
) seriously contaminated the area with radiation and greatly affected the health of local population. Strange deformities of a human fetus could possibly be caused by long-term effects of radiation.
Kyshtym
Kyshtym is a town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern slopes of the South Ural Mountains northwest of Chelyabinsk, near the town of Ozyorsk. Population: 36,000 .-History:...
, Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk is a city and the administrative center of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located in the northwestern side of the oblast, south of Yekaterinburg, just to the east of the Ural Mountains, on the Miass River. Population: -History:...
in August, 1996. Aleshenka was found by an old woman, Tamara Vasilievna Prosvirina, who was mentally ill. The creature had an unusual appearance, giving rise to rumors of its extraterrestrial
Extraterrestrial life
Extraterrestrial life is defined as life that does not originate from Earth...
origin. The local population readily supported this rumor, collecting easy money from reporters for interviews – at least two Japanese companies (Asahi TV and MTV Japan
MTV Japan
MTV Japan is the Japanese version of the cable television network based in Japan. It is a subsidiary of MTV Networks, and was launched on December 24, 1992. It can be viewed on cable television, SKY PerfecTV!, SKY PerfecTV! e2 and IPTV.-History:MTV originally was a music block on JORX-TV from 1989...
) made documentaries about the creature.
Physical appearance
Aleshenka was a greyish creature about twenty-five centimeters (9.8 in) in length. Its hairless head had a number of dark spots. The eyes were large, occupying most of the face. It breathed through a small nose below the eyes.Later incidents
A few days after the discovery, Tamara Prosvirina was admitted to a psychiatric hospital for treatment, and Aleshenka's corpse (the time and cause of death unknown) was passed on to local militsiyaMilitsiya
Militsiya or militia is used as an official name of the civilian police in several former communist states, despite its original military connotation...
(police) by a neighbour. In 1999, Prosvirina was killed in an automobile accident in an attempt to escape the hospital.
Investigation
Very little is known about what happened to Aleshenka Erashov’s remains, and accounts of its death and appearance vary greatly. A local ufologist claimed that the corpse was taken away by a UFO inhabited by members of Aleshenka's species. Some skeptics hold that it was bought by a wealthy collector of curiosities. A doctor from the local hospital who had allegedly seen the corpse claimed that it corresponded to a normal 20-25 week human foetusFetus
A fetus is a developing mammal or other viviparous vertebrate after the embryonic stage and before birth.In humans, the fetal stage of prenatal development starts at the beginning of the 11th week in gestational age, which is the 9th week after fertilization.-Etymology and spelling variations:The...
, prematurely born. It could have lived for several hours, but not several weeks, contrary to Prosvirina's claims.
According to genetic experts at the Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, DNA
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms . The DNA segments that carry this genetic information are called genes, but other DNA sequences have structural purposes, or are involved in...
analysis of the clothes Aleshenka was wrapped in revealed no evidence that "he" was extraterrestrial. On April 15, 2004, the scientists made an official statement that the "Kyshtym creature" was a premature female human infant, with severe deformities.
The Kyshtym disaster
Kyshtym disaster
The Kyshtym disaster was a radiation contamination incident that occurred on 29 September 1957 at Mayak, a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in Russia...
of 1957 (Level 6 on the International Nuclear Event Scale
International Nuclear Event Scale
The International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale was introduced in 1990 by the International Atomic Energy Agency in order to enable prompt communication of safety significance information in case of nuclear accidents....
) seriously contaminated the area with radiation and greatly affected the health of local population. Strange deformities of a human fetus could possibly be caused by long-term effects of radiation.