Strangers in the Forest, Kazakhstan, (former Soviet Union) 1979

Location. Near Dzierzavinsk, Turgay region, Kazakhstan
Date: late June 1979 Time: afternoon
A group of scouts from the “Bierozka” camp went on a trip to the nearby Lysaia Volcano. There were about 20 children ages ranging from 10 to 14 years. As they played on a field they suddenly noticed a bright flash of light and saw what appeared to be “installations” resembling tents at the edge of the volcano. They also saw some “people” approaching the installations. The scouts then began calling the “people” but immediately realized that the people were quite unusual in appearance. They were almost gigantic in nature, very slim and black in color. Only the belts around their waist were white in color. A female supervisor who was with the group yelled to the kids to run back to the camp immediately. The strange humanoids now appeared to be climbing very quickly and rounding the volcano. The road back to the camp led through a birch forest and when the scouts were running down the path they heard the sound of crackling twigs. It appeared that the giants were approaching them from both sides. On the steppe the scouts saw three figures approaching them very quickly. The beings were about 3.5m in height, and had round, glowing pinkish eyes. They walked in stiff movements; no other facial features were visible. The scouts ran the 3km to the camp. As they neared the camp they saw 2 creatures behind them and then only one. The scouts reached the camp and stopped, the creature stopped also looking visibly confused. Seeing this the kids yelled out, “Come here, come visit us!” But the creature turned around and went away and then disappeared in plain sight. Very excited the scouts were unable to sleep that night. In the evening another occurrence was reported. A group of the children were on their way from the canteen to the sleeping tents and were again walking through the birch forest. On their right side was a chair on which usually sat an accordionist during the time of the morning exercises. An 8-year old girl walked ahead and a woman/teacher behind. Suddenly the girl screamed and ran forward; the woman then noticed that a strange figure was sitting on the chair staring at them. The woman also screamed and ran away. The chair was later found deeply sunk into the ground. Also tracks 0.5m in length were found in the area. The area was searched without any results. A boy who was on duty in the kitchen reported seeing a gigantic figure when he was carrying a bucket of water outside. The night before the incidents a UFO was seen in the area.

HC addition # 577
Source: Jacques Vallee, UFO Chronicles of The
Soviet Union, UFOZONE Russia, also Vladimir Azazha NLO Magazine