>>21264951>Here's some proof from /x/ they are notThe hermit and the girl were both taken by evil spirits in a temporary physical form. They probably manifest as yeti or bigfoots. This has happened in America too, one small Alaskan town was wiped out by a giga-bigfoot killing the inhabitants one by one until the rest abandoned town.
Extrapolating from the reports of russian outdoorsmen, good spirits have moved into the area and are pushing the evil spirits away. Yakutia is also home to the infamous "cauldrons" which are like evil spirit houses. They are made of an unknown metal that cannot be chipped or grinded away and when intact generate a field of negative energy that slowly destroys humans that enter. Wildlife does not enter cauldrons. When destroyed, the dome is flipped upside down and is turned into positive energy generator that has a invigorating effect on humans passing over them.
In yakut legends there is a tale about a big tower that fell from the sky and slowly sank into the ground, eventually disapparing completely. People who entered the tower did not return.