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  2. Oct 15, 2018 · On January 28, 1959, ten experienced cross-country skiers set out on a trek across the Ural Mountains. One of them, Yuri Yudin, came down with dysentery and turned back at the last settlement before entering the wilderness. The rest were never seen alive again.

  3. The Dyatlov Pass incident (Russian: Гибель тургруппы Дятлова, romanized: Gibel turgruppy Dyatlova, lit. 'Death of the Dyatlov Hiking Group') is an event in which nine Soviet hikers died in the northern Ural Mountains between February 1 and 2, 1959, under uncertain circumstances.

    • The Doomed Hikers Enter The Dyatlov Pass
    • Investigators at The Dyatlov Pass Stumble onto A Shocking Scene
    • An Even Grislier Scene Emerges in The Dyatlov Den
    • Experts Struggle to Make Sense of The Evidence
    • Theories About What Caused The Dyatlov Pass Incident
    • The Dyatlov Mystery Takes A Turn Toward The Supernatural
    • The Solution to The Dyatlov Pass Mystery?

    Based on what was recovered from cameras and diaries discovered at the site of the hikers’ deaths, investigators were able to piece together that on February 1, the team began to make their way through the then-unnamed pass leading to Otorten. As they pushed through the hostile climate toward the base of the mountain, they were hit with snowstorms ...

    When investigators arrived at the campsite, the first thing they noticed was that the tent had been cut open in a way that soon proved to be from the inside and that it was nearly destroyed. Meanwhile, most of the team’s belongings — including several pairs of shoes — had been left there at camp. They then discovered eight or nine sets of footprint...

    The remaining hikers were discovered buried under the snow in a ravine 75 meters deeper into the woods than the cedar — known as the Dyatlov Pass den — and their bodies told even more gruesome stories than those of the other members of the group. Nikolai Thibeaux-Brignolles, 23, suffered significant skull damage in the moments before his death whil...

    The Soviet government closed the case quickly and gave only vague causes of death and speculated that the hikers’ own incompetence may have caused their demises or that a natural disaster was the culprit. Early on, many Soviets also suspected that the hikers’ deaths were the result of an ambush by the local Mansi tribesmen. A sudden attack would ac...

    With official theories leaving lots unexplained, many alternative explanations for the Dyatlov Pass Incident have been put forwardin the six decades since. While many of these are highly elaborate, some are decidedly concrete and straightforward. Some tried to explain the hikers’ strange behavior and lack of clothing with an in-depth look at the ef...

    With humans effectively ruled out as the culprits behind the Dyatlov Pass Incident — though there are theories that the KGB or murderous prison escapees were at fault — some began to posit nonhuman assailants. Some began to claim that the hikers were killed by a menk, a kind of Russian yeti, to account for the immense force and power necessary to c...

    Finally, in 2019, Russian officials reopened the case for a new investigation. This time, however, officials said they would only consider three theories: an avalanche, a snow slab, or a hurricane. And the case was once again closed with only a vague conclusion that no criminal activity was afoot. Investigators then said in July 2020that the hikers...

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  4. Jan 31, 2024 · The Dyatlov Pass—the section of the Ural Mountains that the hikers were trekking to—is named after the leader of the fateful expedition: Igor Dyatlov. Dyatlov was a 23-year-old student studying...

    • Becky Little
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  5. Jan 29, 2021 · New research identifies an unusual avalanche as the culprit behind the 1959 Dyatlov Pass Incident.

    • Meilan Solly
  6. Jun 25, 2022 · When the search party finally found the bodies of the missing hikers in the Ural Mountains, the scene was so horrifying and so confounding that it would inspire conspiracy theories for decades to ...

  7. May 19, 2024 · Renny Harlin's Devil's Pass puts a found footage and time travel twist on the Dyatlov Pass incident.