Something in the Blood
| Something in the Blood | |
|---|---|
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| Veren Perintö | |
| Directed by | Arto Halonen |
| Written by | Arto Halonen |
| Produced by | Arto Halonen |
| Cinematography | Timo Heinänen |
| Edited by | Arto Halonen |
| Music by | Petri Karttunen |
Production company | Art Films Production AFP |
Release date | 1994 (Finland) |
Running time | 28 minutes |
| Country | Finland |
| Languages | Finnish Russian |
Something in the Blood is a 1994 Finnish documentary film directed by Arto Halonen. The film tells a story of a Russian journalist, Vyacheslav Oparin, who believes that he has a connection to Yetis.[1][2] The film was shot during winter and summer of 1993 in Russia's Republic of Karelia and in the area of Paanajärvi National Park. Something in the Blood was part of Yleisradio’s TV2 channel's Dokumenttiprojekti program.[3]
The film was selected for the Tampere Film Festival and was also screened at the Pärnu International Anthropological Film Festival and the Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival.[4][5] In the documentary, Halonen remains impartial and does not take a stand on the truthfulness of Oparin's claims. Halonen told the Tampere Film Festival's magazine: "The topic presented itself to me as a symbol of many things. Whether the man is crazy or a fraud, or whether the whole story is true, is not essential."[3]
People featured in the film
Vyacheslav Oparin
Vyacheslav Oparin was a well-known and respected journalist in Karelia and editor-in-chief of the local Novaya Zhizn (New Life) newspaper. His relationship with the Yeti was mystical and deeply personal.[6]
Maija Bykova
The film also features Russian cryptozoologist and hominologist Maija Bykova (1930–1996), who devoted her career to researching the Yeti.[7][8] Bykova based her work on the research of Boris Porhnev, a historian and sociologist at the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union, and Dmitry Bayanov, head of the hominological research center at the Moscow State Darwin Museum.[9][10] She put their theoretical foundation into practice and became known for years of field research, including expeditions into the wilderness of Siberia.
Bykova conducted field research for 15 years before having her first personal Yeti sighting. At the time of the film's production in 1993, she said that she had encountered a Yeti twice in nature. Bykova died of a brain tumor in the United States in February 1996, and part of the extensive research archive she had collected was lost after her death.[8][11]
External links
References
- ↑ Pertti, Avola (17 February 1994). "Lumi-ihmisten jäljillä syvällä Karjalan metsissä". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 24 August 2026.
- ↑ "Veren perintö". Elonet.
- 1 2 Avaimia alitajuntaan. Tampereen elokuvajuhlien -lehti, Maaliskuu 1994, s. 15.
- ↑ "10th Thessaloniki documentary festival - Tribute to Arto Halonen". Finland abroad: Greece. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
- ↑ "Something in the Blood - Art Films Production". artfilmsproduction.com. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
- ↑ "Житель Карелии несколько лет подкармливал обнаруженного в лесу снежного человека (видео) | Новости Петрозаводска и Карелии | Петрозаводск ГОВОРИТ". ptzgovorit.ru (in Russian). 17 October 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
- ↑ "Майя Быкова — биография, книги, отзывы, цитаты". www.livelib.ru. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
- 1 2 Damdin, Zhugdariyn: IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE ALMAS 2019. The Relict Humanoid Inquiry.
- ↑ stuartelden (14 December 2025). "Boris Porshnev – from peasant revolts in 17th century France to cryptozoology and the quest for the Soviet Yeti". Progressive Geographies. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
- ↑ Bayanov, Dmitri: Bigfoot Research: The Russian Vision. The Relict Hominoid Inguiry.
- ↑ Новикова, Инна (23 October 2002). "Следы невиданных зверей". www.pravda.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 24 August 2026.