"The Grim Theories Behind the Dyatlov Pass Incident" Topic

"The Dyatlov Pass Incident sounds like something out of a movie. Nine skilled young hikers set out with leader Igor Dyatlov to reach the summit of Mount Otorten. They were experts in outdoor survival and serious about their sport, but not so serious that they wouldn't stop and mug for a camera. They set out on trains, trucks, carts, and eventually skis to earn the highest hiking certification. Just as they were about to achieve their goal, disaster struck. Searchers found the bodies of all nine hikers over the next three months, some sporting severe injuries and missing clothes. The tent was slashed open from the inside for a quick escape. But there is no record of what could have panicked the group so much that they would run outside. They fled despite dangerous outdoor conditions, dying of hypothermia and injury. The night the hikers died was the night a mystery was born…"

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Armand

Check out the Khamar-Daban Incident in 1993. Even stranger because it had a survivor who witnessed the whole thing.

I blame beans.

I've seen convincing, if conjectural, explanations of the Dyatlov incident. But as Perris says, the Khamar Daban incident is super strange, and I've yet to hear a good theory on what happened.

Strangely enough, CGI animation used to create snow in the movie "Frozen" may have solved the mystery of the Dyatlov Incident.

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Interesting. I personally have never bought into the avalanche theory.

Nor have I, Perris. If an avalanche was the culprit, why wouldn't the Soviets quickly state "case closed." It would have been a readily believable solution to the incident. Instead, they come up with "unknown compelling force."

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Armand

Excellent point Ex!

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Armand

It was always obvious to me, they saw something they shouldn't have and were liquidated by the Soviet government.

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Armand

Josh Gates went to investigate, and there's no evidence they were killed. More likely they panicked during the night, cut their way out of the tent (it was cut from inside), then tried to survive in impossible conditions. Two of them died trying to return to the tent, the others died around or near a fire. This is one of those times simply being human was enough to kill people doing something dangerous.

I suspect if you talk to people with knowledge of the 'death zone' on Everest they'd not find anything strange in what happened. Extreme weather can precipitate counterintuitive behaviour.