article_snippet.sent: Professor Bryan Sykes of the University of Oxford claims a towering woman named Zana who lived in 19th Century Russia - and appeared to be 'half human, half ape' - could have been the fabled yeti.
article_snippet.sent: Witnesses described the six-foot, six-inches tall woman discovered in the Caucasus mountains  between Georgia and Russia as having 'all the characteristics of a wild animal' - and covered in thick auburn hair.
article_snippet.sent: Historic: A leading genetecist claims a towering woman named Zana (artist's representation) who lived in 19th Century Russia - and appeared to be 'half human, half ape' - could have been the fabled yeti .
article_snippet.sent: Mythical: Witnesses described the six-foot, six-inches tall woman  as having 'all the characteristics of a wild animal' (fabled 'big-foot' pictured)
article_snippet.sent: Experts believe the wandering 'Wild Woman' was found lurking in the remote region of Ochamchir in the Republic of Abkhazia.
article_snippet.sent: In The man who organised various eyewitness accounts of Zana book 'Nature of the Best', Professor Bryan Sykes of the University of Oxford argues that Zana could be the Yeti .