Most of us will not get in the way of stepping near what local indigenous people call “dead mountains.” It did not stop the Diatrov hiking group, which began a 16-day skiing expedition in the Northern Urals in late January 1959. A sciatica match forced one member of the group to return early. About a month later, the irradiated bodies of his nine comrades are scattered across different parts of the dead mountain, some distance from the campsite, with various traumatic injuries and various undressing conditions.
Something was actually grossly wrong, but no one could understand what. For decades, the fate of the Diatrov hiking group has influenced countless explanations with widespread validity. Some theorized the unusual weather phenomenon. Others have some kind of toxic aerial events; others still have American spies and even the actions of Yeti.
“In places where information is as tightly controlled as in the previous Soviet Union, distrust of official stories is natural, and it is impossible to explain in the records why people are approaching undressing their tents.” write New YorkerDouglas Preston. Only when the Diatrov Group Memorial Foundation resumed the case, and only at 20 Ten, investigators took new measurements and conducted new experiments, assessing conflicting evidence.
Possible causes were narrowed down to people explained by experts The above Vox video: A heavy snowstorm and slab of ice must have shifted and crushed the tent. Densely packed in the wind, the enormous, heavy slabs “distanced to reclaim boots and warm clothing, forced them to escape from the downslope side of the tent,” proceeded to the nearest natural shelter from the avalanche that they believed were coming. However, the avalanche did not come, and they could not find a way back to their camp in the darkness. “If they hadn’t gained experience, they might have stayed close to the tent, digged it and survived,” Preston wrote. “The skiers’ expertise destined them.” Not everyone accepts this theory, but the idea that knowledge can then be killed may be even more frightening than the most abominable snowman.
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Based in Seoul Colin marshall Write and broadcasting stationTS about cities, languages, and culture. His projects include the Substack Newsletter Books about cities And the book The Stateless City: Walking through 21st century Los Angeles. Follow him on social networks previously known as Twitter @colinmarshall.
