Живая кожа

I can't reveal much about myself. I am leaking all new documents about this weird man/creature that I am given access to.

Location: Residential Home, S Kardzhin, Kirovsky District, Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia
Time: at night in the late '90s


I heard a late-night knock on the terrace door. When I opened it, an eerie being stood before me.

With greenish-yellow skin, resembling a middle-aged man in a coat, looking almost deceased, it began telling me something about playing music backward. I do not remember much more of what it said. It had a relatively normal male voice. I asked it multiple times what it wanted, but it continued talking about reversed music. When it didn't respond to my questions, I simply closed the door due to the intense cold and my uncertainty about its intentions.

After this puzzling encounter, I repeatedly attempted to decipher the meaning of its words. I even tried listening to music backwards through modern music programs. No physical harm occurred, but the unexplained encounter remains etched in my memory.


сообщил Министерство внутренних дел по Республике Северная Осетия-Алания
предположительно реальный документ

Imprint on the wood of the terrace (photo scan b&w)

It is possible that it was a being from another dimension or reality that has found access to our world through unknown forces.
It could be a manifestation of past events or even human fears and insecurities that has shown itself in this uncanny form. The obscure allusions to music playing backwards could indicate a lost message or a mysterious knowledge that was meant to be transmitted through this apparition.

The fact that the encounter left an unnatural imprint could indicate that it was an эфемерный, ghostly apparition that existed in our world for a brief moment as they are known for leaving behind stains according to books on folklore. However, it remains unclear whether this being was a manifestation of the supernatural or something far more complex. This is just what I believe.

"Ghost Visitor"
Extraction from book I read on russian folklore