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This section contains information about phenomena that are generally believed to have a supernatural, mystical nature, and the very existence of which is currently in doubt.Phenomena Hierarchy

Puffing

Added	Fri, 02/09/2022
Hierarchy	Phenomena Неизвестные существа Spirits Пыхтелка
Другие названия	Pogrebnitsa-pykhtelka
Область распространения	Russia
Характерные признаки	→ → → →
Sources	dissercat.com cyberleninka.ru mgpu.ru vsegda-tvoj.livejournal.com

A creature from Russian demonology. It is widespread in the area of the Severnaya Dvina River (flowing in the Vologda and mostly in the Arkhangelsk region) and the Nizhny Novgorod region.

It lives in the cellar of the house (according to some researchers, such structures can be a gateway to another world), attacks and eats people. It makes puffing sounds, for which it got its name.

Это интересно

По мнению некоторых исследователей, все отверстия в доме (дымоход, двери, окна, подпол, погреб) могут иметь выход в "иной мир". В этих местах часто обитают представители нечистой силы.

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