The following report comes from the cryptozoology.com forum:
I was talking to my grandmother* this morning, and she repeated a story her parents had told her when she was a little child, about wild people living in the forest. Finally, I asked her what her parents meant, whether they were truly restless and malicious people, or something more. Her answer was, "They were called Getzko." She told me that although her parents had never seen one, they were terrified of them. Her parents were born in Orunkia**** in northern Poland, a town no longer on maps because it was destroyed during World War II. It was a town inhabited by fishermen. The town was haunted by "Black Riders," probably Cossacks, between 1895 and 1900.
What is a "Getzko"**? (Or perhaps "Getch call") Apparently, they were very large creatures, about 2-2.4 meters tall. They were covered in dark fur, with only their nose, eyes, and mouths visible. They could walk upright or on their knees, run on all fours, and supposedly also run sideways. They were extremely powerful and were known to attack humans. They fed on "woody scraps" and occasionally feasted on fish. They were known to be friendly towards horses, dogs, and other animals. They were said to make snorting sounds that sounded like horses. One day, when my grandmother came home from school in 1939, she had a dictionary in her hand. One of the words was "gorilla" and had an illustration of a gorilla in an upright position. When her mother saw the illustration, she started screaming and shouting, "That's Getzko, that's Getzko," and my grandmother had to explain to her, "No, Mom, that's a gorilla." My grandmother remembers her parents telling her stories about Getzko:
1) One night there was a terrible storm (grandmother doesn't remember whether it was a thunderstorm or a blizzard), and the little boy didn't come home. The next day, when he returned, he said that a hairy giant had dragged him to a cave [and held him there] until the storm passed.
2) A man and his wife were attacked by a Getzko while walking through the "dark forest," as my grandmother remembers it, as her parents called it. They told the story: one of the "black riders" went into the forest to kill the creature. Two days later, his horse returned with the rider's headless body. The town doctor (who was also a butcher) said the wound looked as if the head had been ripped out, not severed.
3) The family tried to make a living from fishing. One day, one of the "black riders" told them that if they didn't pay, they would take their children away as a punishment. They failed to reduce the fine. The day before the "black riders" were supposed to come and take the children away, neighbors knocked on the door and ordered them outside. Outside lay a huge fish, "so big that only a horse could pull it out of the water." Later, my grandmother said it was a "steergun"... or maybe a sturgeon? Anyway, none of the neighbors had horses; the only one was the "black rider's." My grandmother said she asked how this happened, and her mother replied that "there were footprints in the ground, much larger than normal human feet and with only four toes. Only two animals could have pulled out a fish like that, a horse and Getzko."
These are the stories she remembers best. She also knows fragments of other stories, but these are the most interesting. Has anyone else heard of the Polish Bigfoot? As everyone probably knows, the word "Getzko" probably comes from a misspelled word meaning "ghost" or "apparition"... could the terms "ghost" or "apparition" refer to an animal similar to a Sasquatch? Lol. If anyone is from Eastern Europe and knows of similar stories, please let me know.
If anyone knows of similar stories, I would be very grateful if you would share them with me.
Brak komentarzy:
Prześlij komentarz