Woolly mammoth seen alive in Siberia? (Video)

Woolly mammoth video screengrab

A woolly mammoth was reportedly spotted in Siberia.

The Sun reported that a government-employed engineer claimed he captured on video a wolly mammoth crossing a turbulent river in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug region of Siberia last summer.

In the video,  a large animal, with what appears to be reddish hair, a trunk and some sort of tusks can be seen in a river. The color of the hair of the creature is said to match the mammoth remains regularly dug up from the permafrost in frozen Russia.

The wolly mammoth is believed to be extinct after its population died out about 4,000 years ago. According to paranormal writer Michael Cohen, the new video suggests that might not be the case.

"Rumors of a handful of mammoths still kicking around in the vast wilderness of Siberia have been circulating for decades and occasionally sightings by locals have occurred," Cohen told The Sun. "Siberia is an enormous territory and much of it remains completely unexplored and untouched by humans."

Cohen added that it is very likely that many of species that are thought to be extinct still survive in the area.

"If surviving woolly mammoths were found in Siberia, it could run against Russia's plans to further develop and exploit the area's considerable resources. It would be potentially one of the greatest discoveries ever," Cohen said.

Check out the said video below courtesy of "LivingHistorySchool" of Youtube and The Sun:


Do you think it is really a wolly mammoth on the video? Or is the video just a hoax?