Supernatural Myths and Legends of Russia - Leo Hardy - Bog

Grigori Efimovich Rasputin this self-proclaimed mystic is undoubtedly one of the most controversial people history has ever known. Whether mystic with supernatural powers or con man, Rasputin became one of the most notorious men in history.
On a routine voyage to pick up cargo in Africa the Russian Freighter, The Ivan Vassili picked up more than freight. It became infested with a supernatural entity that murdered a number of crewmen. The Ivan Vassili had no issues and it did its job perfectly until the year 1903 when suddenly everything changed and service on the Ivan Vassili became the stuff of horror films.
Baba Yaga is perhaps the most popular creature of all the many heroines of Russian folk tales. What is she: horrific, terrible, bloodthirsty? Countless tales have been told about this mythical creature. Baba Yaga was known for her evil acts and unreal appearance. She had a large distorted nose that would touch the ceiling when she sleeps, long metal teeth to bite bones, skinny bony legs, large ears, and fingers. She is not an ordinary witch, she rides in her giant mortar in which she crushes bones, she has a long pestle as her magic wand and a broom with a silver dash to clear her trail. Baba seemed to be immortal as generations after generations would become her prey.
From time immemorial, people in the Slavic region talk of these ghastly mermaids. This mermaid was known as 'Rusalka'. The Rusalka in the Slavic areas was most feared by the people who have ever tortured or abused a woman.
The Russian Sleep Experiment sounded innocent enough at first. The stated goal was to discover how long a man could go without sleep of any kind. What the researcher accidental discovered was that sleep was not just necessary for the body and the mind, but to maintain a separation between this world and one of unimaginable horrors that waits behind the wall of sleep. Horrors that would reveal themselves during the bloody and violent end of the sleep experiment.