Society's Child
The demise of nine fit young university students in the Urals has puzzled many for more than six decades. Their empty tent was found to have been cut open from the inside with a sharp object, and their bodies - some naked, others shoeless or half-dressed - were scattered nearby, several with skull fractures, facial damage, and massive internal injuries, on a slope that locals would later dub "the Mountain of the Dead."
The Soviet investigation failed to determine how the group perished and the mystery eventually spawned more than 70 different theories, including the intervention of a UFO.
The Russian prosecutor-general revived the probe into the case last year, and delivered his 'final' conclusion on Saturday. He said the hikers had been driven out of their tent by an avalanche and had frozen to death after getting lost in a blizzard.
However, the Dyatlov Foundation - an NGO formed in 1999 that has collected and studied all the available information on the incident - refused to accept the prosecutor-general's finding. The group's chief, Yuri Kuntsevich told reporters he has "many issues" with and "complaints" about the way the probe was handled.
"We can see by the way the investigation was conducted that the technological scenario of the [hikers'] death was ignored. However, it's obvious: they died nearby simultaneously."
Kuntsevich said he would be demanding that the investigation be conducted one again.
Reader Comments
I stick with one of the original reports. It was disclosed that one of the members had their eyes and tongue scored from the head, very strange, reminds of the reports of cattle mutilations dating back, in the US reported cases to at least after WW2,
Also, a question: I there ask about the 'surgical' and technological technique involved in the removal of of lips, et al. You use the word 'scored'? That seems to imply ... not ripped off by an animal?
RC
The Dyatlov Pass incident: Investigators claim they've found the true cause behind the mysterious deaths in 1959 - did they?
The gruesome, unexplained deaths of Soviet hikers at the Dyatlov Pass in 1959 have inspired countless theories about UFOs and even secret military tests. Now, Russian sleuths have revealed that...Not so sure now with all this censorship, although the PTB like to keep the conspiracy narrative going, they like to keep the masses titillated and make a buck or too at the same time.
Reminds me of reports of cattle mutilations in the US. Something far deeper happened with the incident, but with all cases of unexplained phenoms.
It's blip in the program, something we are not meant to see, we are not in control, we are the product of manipulation. Kinda like sheep