Nov 14

Mountain Beast Mysteries: The Dyatlov Pass incident

The Dyatlov Pass incident was an event in which nine Russian hikers died in the northern Ural Mountains between 1 and 2 February 1959, in uncertain circumstances.

The experienced trekking group, who were all from the Ural Polytechnical Institute, had established a camp on the slopes of Kholat Syakhl, in an area now named in honour of the group’s leader, Igor Dyatlov. During the night, something caused them to tear their way out of their tents and flee the campsite while inadequately dressed for the heavy snowfall and subzero temperatures.

After the group’s bodies were discovered, an investigation by Soviet authorities determined that six had died from hypothermia while the other three showed signs of physical trauma. One victim had a fractured skull; two others had major chest fractures, one body was missing both its eyes, and one was missing a tongue. The investigation concluded that a “compelling natural force” had caused the deaths. Numerous theories have been put forward to account for the unexplained deaths, including animal attacks, hypothermia, avalanche, katabatic winds, infrasound-induced panic, military involvement, or some combination of these.

3 Responses to “Mountain Beast Mysteries: The Dyatlov Pass incident”

  1. kenneth w

    Keith McCloskey who camped twice at the Pass,and was a main figure in the reopening of the case,writing 2 books and always determined to keep an open mind once lamented the lack of evidence of these events.The bodies/autopsies of the 9 have to be the bedrock of whatever evidence there is,and were these autopsies themselves deliberately inaccurate and part of a cover-up,no further research would be useful because any sanitisation of any or all of the scenes,the state of the tent, the finding of bodies etc could equally have happened. Therefore Keith was overjoyed when in recent yrs Yakimenko examined in close detail 10 ” new” negatives one of which showed that the main body of the party if not all had been outside the tent before turning in ( tho 1 or 2 may have stayed up as sentries “who gave the alert”) observing an extraordinary slow-moving bright light headed towards the tent which it seems had changed direction and got over the ridge-line or away from them at least, as the threat seemed to have passed.or so they believed ( but its very conceivable this orb didnt go in a straight line and its toxic gased made the group urgently evacuate)Considering the clear evidence of the autopsies,if their accuracy is accepted, it becomes obvious that at least 4 or 5 of the party would have been far too injured to walk away from the tent,one with a broken neck,Tibo judged as immediately unconscious with a fractured skull,Luda with minutes to live with severe internal bleeding ,Semyon in huge pain with caved in ribcage and many broken ribs,Rustem with severe head wounds at both temples etc… the walk as followed by Keith wasnt an easy one either over much scrub,especially in freezing conditions ,at night,in strong winds,without boots and coats,many with no gloves.Besides, sets of footprints by first trackers were found where everyone seemed to be able to walk normally likely in 2s holding hands where 2 other sets appeared to join the 7 about 200 yards from the tent after they without panic left the area, the 2 look-outs.These facts must demand a different explanation from an avalanche or iceslab slide of any kind where a satisfactory explanation must also be offered for the large orb shown in Yakimenkos negatives ….Keith also expressed the view that the possibility of 2 extraordinary UNCONNECTED EVENTS must mean the case will always remain insoluable whilst a lightening strike or strikes at the Cedar area following a manifestation of St Elmos Fire or similar at the tent seemed the best possible answer until Yakimenko where the slow-moving speed of the orb at that time is calculated by camera shutter speeds…..

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