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The hairy beast was captured in rare footage disappearing behind a set of trees as eyewitnesses screamed in terror.

A local TV station had reported a sighting of the bear-sized monster in the remote area in southern Russia.

And a group from the city of Adygeisk in Russia quickly made their way to the woods in a hunt for the creature.

They spoke to people at a nearby mountainside village who said there had been a number of recent sightings in the local area.

Eyewitness Ludmila Hristoforova told local TV she had seen the beast from her lodge.

She said: "The creature was big, looking like a bear, but not a bear.

"We’d seen something big and shaggy."

While Andrei Kazarian said he had heard footsteps close to his home - despite knowing no one was around.

He found a two marks in the snow believed to be around 5 to 6 centimetres deep.

He added: "They couldn't have come from a human foot."

The team's search also backed up stories of the recent sightings.

They captured video footage of the creature walking back into the forest behind the trees.

The footage, which has been dubbed as a fake online, and plaster cast have since been handed to local scientists who will examine the evidence.

Their results are due to be announced by the end of the month.