It's almost always futile to argue with the Huntster.......or the Norseman.......or the Twist.
Zana was Homo sapien. The villagers where she lived her final 20 years or so believed her to be an almas, just like people who see a hairy man in the North American woods believe they've seen a sasquatch........regardless if what they've actually seen.
If it looks like an almas, sounds like an almas, behaves like an almas, smells like an almas............it might be an almas........even though it's genetically Homo sapien.
Unlike years ago, I now wouldn't shoot at a bigfoot unless it was threatening me. Why? Because I now believe them to be human (of the genus Homo), whether or not they're Homo sapien.