Dyatlov Pass Incident

 

 

The Claim

 

9 Hikers were killed by supernatural forces in the Ural Mountains of Russia

 

 

In 1959, in the Ural mountains of Russia, 9 hikers were taking a trip across the region. Everything was going fine and they were well prepared for their journey, but on the nights of 1st and 2nd of February, they would all die in mysterious circumstances, leading to an official investigation by the police, who concluded that they were killed by an “unknown compelling force”.

 

The investigation ruled that 6 of them had died from hypothermia, and the remaining 3 simply by “physical trauma”, but the story is not as straightforward as it seems, and also led to the officer leading the investigation to quit his position.

 

The story begins with the 9 people who were on a hiking/skiing trip across the Ural mountain range. Most of them were friends from university and knew each other well; they were also well adjusted to the climate and seemed to have properly prepared for the journey, bringing ample supplies and gear.

 

Everything was going according to plan until the night of the 2nd of February, when the group stopped to make camp for the night. They were all comfortably in their tents when, during the night, something caused the 2 groups to cut open their tents from the inside and run out into the night in extreme panic.

 

Both tents were cut open in this way, and all 9 of the group ran out into the night wearing their sleeping cloths, with some of the group not even wearing shoes. Temperatures in the Ural mountains can easily reach -30 °C during the night, and all 9 of the group were found between 1 and 2 kilometres away from their tents.

 

 

(The remains of the camp during the investigation)

 

The story gets even stranger due to the manner of their remains. 6 of the group ran in one direction from the tents while 3 took another route. The 6 were found with strange injuries, with 2 of the group having severe burns to their hands, though the final cause of death for them was ruled as hypothermia.

 

The other 3 didn’t get off so lightly and were found 3 months later in May when the snows started to thaw. 1 of the group had multiple injuries, including a missing tongue and various facial cuts, a missing eye, and a chunk of bone fragment was knocked out of the skull.

 

The other 2 had extreme internal injuries, which the attending doctor to the scene, Dr Boris Vozrozhdenny, likened to being hit by a truck, though there was no external damage to the bodies whatsoever. This ruled out bear or human attacks as it simply wouldn’t be possible to inflict such massive internal damage without so much as a bruise on the outside, so the investigation ruled the cause of death simply as “physical trauma”.

 

 

 

(A frozen body from the Dyatlov 9)

 

 

So they were killed by supernatural forces. Could that be true?

 

Mmmmm, possibly, it has been raised numerous times as an explanation, but most people don’t believe this as there are simply too many unanswered questions and suspicious circumstances.

 

 

Here are some of the most frequently asked questions that are yet to be answered:

 

If fire caused the burns on their hands and was the reason for them to cut themselves out of their own tent, then why wasn’t there any fire damage to the tent itself or to more than just the 2 of them?

 

 

Why run so far?

The 9 ran off in 2 groups in 2 different directions. They were all found between 1 and 2 kilometres away from their camp. If it were something like a fire or a bear, why run that distance knowing the climate is more dangerous?

 

 

How did it happen to both tents simultaneously?

Should something like a bear appear, it would most likely grab the attention of 1 tent with the other being able to react to the sound and open the zip instead of cutting the side open, suggesting something appeared inside or entered through the doors of both tents at the same time.

 

 

Why no tracks?

The first group of 6 was found relatively quickly after the incident, and their footprints from the camp were still visible. There was no sign of any other footprints apart from the 9, nor were there animal or vehicle tracks, which suggests whatever it was could have been flying.

 

 

How did the injuries occur?

The injuries to the hiker with the missing tongue have been reasonably explained with science, as she was found lying face down in a stream, and since it was 3 months until they were found, it’s reasonable to agree with the attending doctor that the injuries were caused by nature, but the other 2 are a different story. How did they suffer such massive internal injuries without so much as a scratch on the outside?

 

 

Why did “it” only happen to one of the groups?

After the initial departure from their camp, 6 ran in one direction and the other 3 another, and it was the group of 3 that the strange deaths happened to, suggesting that whatever it was followed them and left the other 6 alone.

 

 

Explanations

 

indigenous Mansi people were angry at outsiders infringing on their territory and attacked the group, though this investigation was officially dropped as it was deemed a human couldn’t possibly inflict the level of damage on the hikers as it was done with too much force.

 

Aliens, of course, someone would suggest aliens, and normally, I’d rule that out straight away, but in this case, there are simply too many strange circumstances not to at least consider it.

 

Military experiments were the result of the deaths, with some bizarre secret device being tested, though at this stage, this is nothing more than conspiracy theories, as not a shred of evidence exists to support this.

 

It seems that the truth will forever remain lost on this one, with reality being anyone’s guess since no new evidence will ever surface and no witnesses or remains to review.