At a dacha near Konakovo, after building a sauna, the narrator's mother heard a distinct knock on the metal door while all family members were inside the house, and later found herself locked from outside in the outhouse. The family jokingly attributed these events to a bannik, and this version became a local meme.
Bannik
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A young man staying at his grandma's village in summer went to the banya late at night without drinking, and encountered knocking on the stove, footsteps above the ceiling, soot-stained clothes, and scattered utensils. His grandma explained it as the bannik and devils who wash at midnight and don't touch drunks.