In 1959, a group of 10 Russian
hikers went on a trek through the dangerous Ural mountain range. One hiker fell
ill and returned home, but the other 9 decided to continue on their trip and
set up a camp along the snowy slopes. But after the nearby village noticed they
never returned, a search party stumbled across all 9 of these graduate students
dead, some with huge internal injuries, one even missing a tongue. And to this day, the evidence is so
unclear that numerous bizarre theories have tried to explain what really
happened.
Two of the more “vanilla”
explanations are the avalanche and the paradoxical undressing theory. The 9 hikers
cut their tent open, and fled without putting on any clothes which ultimately
led to most of the students dying of hypothermia in the middle of the night. If
they heard the loud roar of avalanche, it’s likely they could have fled without
grabbing much clothing. And paradoxical undressing is common in cases of hypothermia.
But both of these theories fall short. The campsite didn’t show any evidence of
avalanche activity and tracks appeared to show them walking, not running, away
from camp. And the paradoxical undressing theory is unlikely as some of the
hikers appeared to cut clothing off their other dead colleagues to keep
themselves warm.
As most conventional explanations
don’t seem to solve the mystery, paranormal/conspiracy theories emerged to fill
in the gaps. The popular yeti theory tells of some sort of huge arctic creature
that frightened the hikers out of their tent, and then caused various injuries
to the students. Some claim that the Soviet Union was using the Ural mountains
as a secret weapons testing ground, scaring the hikers and exposing them to
dangerous radiation. Some even believe aliens visited the mountains and attacked the hikers, as locals claimed to see floating balls of light over the
mountains.
We won’t ever know exactly what
happened that cold night, but when science and evidence don’t seem to cleanly
line up, people create their own wild explanations. I personally think the
hikers could’ve been startled out of the tent by a strange noise, but even then
I can’t think of any scientifically sound idea to explain their odd injuries.
This unsolved mystery inspires a sort of wonder of the unknown, making the
paranormal seem briefly possible.
Have any of your own theories? Feel
free to share!
Source: http://dyatlovincident.com
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I found myself confused and speechless after learning about Dyatlow Pass. While I do not think a yeti like monster or aliens killed the hikers, I find myself contemplating how weird this report is. When I read that one of the corpses tongue was missing, my first thought was an animal could have defiled the body. However, as I thought more about the subject, I realized how strange it would be for an animal to go only for a tongue and not any other part of the body. I also find it super bizarre that the hikers were found without putting on clothing. I personally have a natural reaction to grab a coat when I leave a building during a fire drill when it's cold outside. Since the hikers were camping in a tent, I do not see a reason as to why they couldn't have grabbed something as they fled, considering how small tents are. The more I think about it the more unanswered questions come to my mind. I feel like the mystery of Dyatlov Pass is missing a lot of evidence and information.
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