The Ape Woman

Cliffy

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The Mysterious -and Sad- Case of Julia Pastrana, the ”Ape-Woman”

This could be the best documented and most infamous historical case of a Sasquatch hybrid, who was sadly sold as a slave in Mexico, exhibited in circus and freak shows around the world, and described with all the most pejorative names such as the Ape-Woman, Monkey-Woman, Baboon-Lady, Bear-Woman and ”the ugliest woman in the world”. She was referred to as the Nondescript, meaning she was of an unclassified species and unknown origin, that had Darwin question himself over the role her kind played in the evolution of mankind. Even after her death in Moscow in 1860, she was embalmed with her stillborn son to be displayed in museums for over a century. The most famous photos of her show in fact her mummy years after her death. Her body was finally repatriated in Mexico to receive a proper burial only in 2013.





Julia Pastrana (1834, Sinaloa, Mexico – 25 March 1860, Moscow, Russia) was a performer and singer during the 19th century. Pastrana, an indigenous woman from Mexico, was born in 1834, somewhere in the state of Sinaloa. Her face and body were covered with straight black hair. Her ears and nose were unusually large, her mouth was protruding, with large jaw, thick gums and lips, and an irregular double set of teeth. Pastrana also had a very prominent brow with thick, arched eyebrows. She grew only to 4 feet 5 inches tall and 112 pounds in weight, but what was fascinating about her to most people was that her entire body was covered with hair except the palms of her hands and the soles of her feet.
Multiple versions of Pastrana’s early life exist. Her mother was convinced that some sort of supernatural force was to blame for her daughter’s looks, while the local Mexican tribes blamed the naualli –shape-shifting werewolves (known in Arizona as ‘skinwalkers’)– that were said to cause stillbirths and deformities.


More: http://scenicsasquatch.com/2018/06/07/the-mysterious-and-sad-case-of-julia-pastrana-the-ape-woman/
 

Hoof Hearted

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The face on that woman. That's the same glare my wife gives me when she catches me drinking out of the milk carton.