The Dyatlov step incident - A case study
The Dyatlov step incident - A case study
Published for the first time: October 28, 2018
Written by Marcus Lowth
Estimated reading time: 26 minutes
The fact that researchers and historians are not sure if the death of nine experienced mountain hikers is a UFO case or not, only adds more intrigue to an already macabre but very attractive incident. The events took place. during the first months of 1959 in the wicked coldness of winter in the Ural Mountains, one of the northernmost regions of Russia, and then the Soviet Union. Researchers and researchers are not exactly sure of the final moments of the group, or what ultimately caused their deaths. They are also unsure of why experienced hikers ran out of their shop, some of them barefoot, most of them poorly dressed due to the conditions, apparently opting to leave their specialist attire inside the store which, by the way, was discovered cut from the inside. What we know comes from the entries in the recovered diary.
However, these entrances stop approximately twenty-four hours before what is believed to be a frightening and strange occurrence in the sub-zero, dark and inhospitable conditions of a mountain range known to locals as "Dead Mountain" or "Mountain of Death." the dead". Their bodies would be discovered buried under the snow in two separate places. A group several weeks after disappearing, a group almost three months later. Immediately after the dark discoveries, the authorities would exercise close control over the details. Details that many believe are still somewhere secret today. What scared these young men and women so much that they chose to run towards their certain deaths? Why were they discovered separately? Was a UFO involved? Could that solve the bright lights witnessed on the night in question? As well as the apparent damage to several of the trees near the crippled tent?
The last settlement inhabited in the far north
On the morning of 27th In January 1959, a group of ten hikers were making last-minute preparations for their trip to the Ural Mountains. The group's leader, a 23-year-old radio engineering student from the Ural Polytechnic Institute (now Ural Federal University), Igor Alekseievich Dyatlov, would oversee the preparations as the unit planned to depart from Vizhai, the last and most populated area of the city. north of the north. Russia.
The objective of the group, eight men and two women (including Dyatlov), all of whom could boast of having a Grade II certification experience on hikes, was to reach Otorten Mountain and then return. The walk would approve everyone for Grade III certification, essentially making them as qualified and experienced as possible (at that time). The majority of the group were also students from the same university, with the exception of Alexander Zolotariov, 38, although he was a staff member and alumni of the school. The rest of the group would consist of Alexander Kolevatov, 24, Zinaida Kolmogorova, 22, Yuri Doroshenko, 21, and Georgiy Krivonischenko, Rustem Slobodin, and Nikolai Thibeaux-Brignolles, all of them twenty-three.
In terms of "luck" or "circumstance" or perhaps even "fate", the tenth and last member of the group, Yuri Yudin, 21 years old, although he would leave with the unit, would get sick soon after. and within twenty-four hours, about 28.th In January, he was forced to back down. In retrospect, it was a disease that probably saved his life, and surely something the young man would think about repeatedly in the months and years that followed the disturbing events of the winter of 1959. Incidentally, he would die on the 27th.th April 2013 at the age of seventy-five.
Movements documented up to 1S t February 1959
The walk seems to have gone according to plan during the first two days. Dyatlov agreed with their families and with the authorities of the University that upon their return to Vizhai, a telegram would be sent so that they would know of their safe return. They would estimate, all of them well and even taking into account the slight delays, that this telegram should arrive with them no later than 12 o'clockth February.
By 31S t In January it would appear that the nine-member team had reached an area of highlands. However, now they faced the prospect of climbing higher to reach their destination on the other side of the pass. Instead of carrying their entire inventory of supplies, they would make the decision to store some of their food and other supplies in a wooded area just off the road.
The next day, it seems that things went according to plan and the group went through the pass. It seems that at some point here, however, a strong blizzard appeared. So strong, in fact, that the group soon lost orientation. They would be severely west of their desired location. Instead of climbing the pass as they intended, now they were heading towards Kholat Syakhl. By the way, the translation of the local Mansi tribe for this sinister mountain is "Montaña de los Muertos" or "Montaña Muerta". And it is imbued with local legends and folklore.
It seems that they soon realized their error. However, the weather worsened at such a rate that it was not wise to proceed anywhere. They would make the decision to make their camp where they were and wait for the storm until morning.
That is the last definite fact of the group's journey.
Broadly accepted basic version of known events
All after the afternoon of 1.S t February is speculation and theory based on eventual discoveries. The preset date of 12.th February came and went without knowing anything about the return of the group. Families would wait another week. Then, on 20th In February they would insist against the wishes of the collective hikers' institute that a search be organized. Even then, the search group consisted of students and teachers who had volunteered. However, it soon became clear that such a search group would achieve little and take a long time to do so.
Several days later, the Soviet military would carry out an official and generalized search of the area. The air force also covered huge areas of snowy mountain ranges with helicopters and search and rescue aircraft. Several more days passed. Then came the first of the two chilling and heartbreaking discoveries.
The 26th February a destroyed and destroyed tent was discovered. The campsite was a particularly disconcerting scene. It would seem that the vast majority of the hiker's belongings, including his clothes and even his shoes, were still present. Wherever the hikers were, they seemed to have gone barefoot and not fully clothed. Even more alarming, however, was the state of the ruins of the store. More specifically, the carp had the appearance of being cut from the inside, suggesting that the scene was not the result of a wild and unknown beast trying to enter the tent. Most likely the hikers were desperate to cut themselves. So desperate to leave, it would seem, they left their clothes and shoes. Despite the blizzard conditions.
Then, there were the prints.
The first discovery
The prints not only showed feet with shoes and bare footprints (probably in the same person), but stopped suddenly, in the middle of the snow, at a short distance. Around them there was snow undisturbed, as if they had just disappeared into the air. They seemed to have headed towards the forest towards the edge of the camp. In fact, it was there that five of the hikers' bodies were found.
The first two bodies were those of Yuri Krivonischenko and Yuri Doroshenko. They were discovered under a cedar tree at the edge of the forest. Interestingly, the tree appeared to have a considerable number of broken branches, damaged and in some places "torn". All at a height of more than fifteen feet. There was also the remains of a fire near the two bodies.
As grim as these first two findings were, the discoveries of the next three bodies of the group's leader, Igor Dyatlov, Zinaida Kolmogorova and Rustem Slobodin were equally disconcerting. The positioning of the three corpses would suggest that they were heading towards the makeshift camp near the cedar tree when, literally, they were "frozen" in their positions. As for some strange "ice beam" of a science fiction movie.
The five corpses were badly dressed, some without shoes on their feet. It is unknown how long they lasted in such dangerous conditions after fleeing the store. Was the fire the remains of the hikers? Were they mentally close together and physically capable of starting a fire? And where were the four remaining hikers?
It would be more than two months before the second gloomy find. A discovery that would raise even more questions.
Scene under the cedar
The second discovery
More than two months after the discovery of the "first group", came the discovery of the four remaining hikers. The finding occurred in 4th May 1959, buried under more than twelve feet of snow in a ravine and more than eighty meters from the location of the first five bodies of hikers.
What became immediately apparent was that these last four hikers were substantially better dressed than the first five. In fact, all four were practically fully dressed. Perhaps even stranger, some of them were dressed in clothes and shoes that had belonged to their fellow hikers who died near the cedar tree. For example, Zolotaryov was discovered with Dubinina's fake fur coat and hat. Perhaps even stranger, Dubinina had wrapped her foot in a piece of wool pants from Krivonishenko
How long after the first group of hikers did these four come to an end? Were they moved to the ravine and buried? Or did they make their own way there, cuddling in a desperate attempt to warm themselves? Could they have been present at the location of the cedar tree where their fellow hikers died? Does this explain why some of them wore their clothes and shoes? Is it possible that the second group was responsible for the deaths of the first group? Or did they simply die first leaving the surviving members of the group with a bleak but needed opportunity to increase their chances of remaining alive?
What is perhaps interesting is that when investigations were opened into the death of the first five hikers discovered at the end of February, they were quickly involved, and perhaps suspiciously. It was "probable", he said, they had died of hypothermia. However, the investigation of the remaining four hikers would not be so simple.
Injuries similar to someone hit by a high-speed truck!
The investigations of the last four hikers would reveal some strange and terrifying injuries. They would find that the four had similar injuries to someone who had been hit by a high-speed truck. While among them all had severe chest fractures and damage to the skull, there were no other external injuries. Certainly it is not consistent with the severe internal injuries that each of them had. The report would even indicate that the internal injuries were in line with someone who had been "subjected to a high level of pressure". We will return to this point a little later.
However, there were some extremely disconcerting injuries for some of the members of the second group. For example, Dubinina lacked her tongue, her eyes and even part of her lips. In addition, these injuries appeared to be the result of surgical precision. In addition, the skull-bone fragments and even the facial tissue appear to have been carved, again with medical precision. Furthermore, the maceration of the skin on his hands was also present. Officially, the investigation would indicate that Dubinina's injuries were the result of the putrefaction process because she was lying face down in the ravine. Some researchers, however, were not convinced with this view of the situation.
Although the authorities had an obvious desire to close the case as quickly and silently as possible, family members, as well as independent investigators, would continue to meddle in the case. And as the years passed, theories, speculation and conspiracies would be increasingly unbridled.
Scene in the ravine
Claims of UFO activity
In what was agreed to have been the night in question, there were several reports of strange lights in the skies above the mountains where the battered shop of the group was finally discovered. Had they been present at a UFO event? If so, were their deaths the result of this? And besides, was this an intentional murderous act, or a tragic accident? A case of hikers who are in the wrong place at the wrong time?
There are many reports of bright orbs over the mountain range. On the nights in question, these same lights were presumably witnessed by the settlements below. For some, the death of hikers was not supernatural in nature, and had nothing to do with any of the long-standing legends. For some, the deaths were the result of a close encounter with a vehicle from another world. And given some of the injuries, particularly those of Dubinina, their deaths may not have been a mere accident.
Were the broken branches of the cedar tree at the location of the first two bodies, for example, the result of a boatload of nuts and bolts? Could that explain why the steps stopped suddenly with everything around snow intact? Could they have been "picked up" and then "thrown" near the cedar tree? If this was the case, why was Dubinina discovered with the second group of hikers? And why three of the group members were "frozen" in the positions of returning to the camp? Could hikers, if we assume that a UFO was responsible for their deaths, have been returned separately?
Or could the bright orbs and the strange activity in the mountain ranges not be the result of alien intelligence? Could it be a top secret region for testing military weapons?
Secret military tests of the cold war?
Another popular and credible theory is that the deaths share a connection to the evidence of secret military weapons. Again, whether they were an intentional target for an unknown test or their deaths, an unwanted and tragic accident is once again open to debate. Although it should be said, it is a mere speculation that the group could have been an intentional target. That the Soviet authorities played the situation strongly against the chest and, whether intentional or not, gave a general feeling of having something to hide, it is not.
Could the resplendent orbs witnessed by the locals in the settlements around the foot of the mountain range have not been extraterrestrial but clandestine in nature? Could the area, otherwise isolated from the population, have been the home of a secret military installation? Again, questions arise as to whether the deaths were accidental or a consequence of being somewhere "out of bounds" for the majority. Even if they did not notice or tried to trespass?
As we will explore a little later, two of the hikers, Zolortaryov and Brignolles, would leave the store apparently earlier than the others. It is believed that they did it to relieve themselves or to imagine some kind of activity outside the store. If we assume for a moment that this activity was of a clandestine military nature, it is perfectly reasonable to assume that there would be an extreme and coldly effective response.
While all this is speculation, it would certainly explain why the military wanted the incident to be perfectly related and forgotten. And what's more, some of the aforementioned injuries could support these speculations more than not.
Sound or pulse technology?
One of the most interesting theories is the test of some type of pulse weapon or sound on the mountains of the Ural. As mentioned earlier, the injuries sustained by the four members of the second discovery group were particularly interesting. They appeared relatively undamaged on the outside, while internally their injuries resembled those of someone who might have been hit at high speed by a large truck or who had been "subjected to a high level of pressure".
Was this, in fact, the result of some kind of wave of unimaginable energy that collapsed inside him and presented the military with an invisible problem? Admit publicly his mistake and face shame, not to mention the anger of people that ten young lives had been unnecessarily shortened? Or did they have to create a situation that would not be challenged by someone who could push a little beyond the official story?
It is certainly a credible theory, and not entirely one that requires too much effort of imagination. In addition, although we will not examine them here, there are some similar "UFO cases" that could be more in line with the sonar, pulse or other evidence of exotic but deadly weapons recorded. Maybe the Embalse de Guarapiranga Man Case of being one of the best examples.
The short video below, while not looking directly at the Dyatlov Pass incident, looks at other "secret weapons". Including sonar weapons.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmmMU83-w_o?feature=oembed&w=900&h=506]
Secret intelligence and untranslated tattoos
Perhaps they are simply a product of their time, but several theories about the fate of the nine hikers revolve around secret missions for the KGB. At the time of the incident, and certainly during the next three decades that followed, the Soviet Union was almost at war with the Western world. And, in particular, the United States, which in turn would constantly monitor Soviet activities.
With that in mind, some theories suggest that several members of the group were working for the KGB. Their mission was to plant "radioactive clothing" on the site to simply serve as a false path for Western intelligence services in the hope that they would divert funds and resources to investigate it. Not to mention, if Soviet forces could capture them, shame for Americans on the international stage. In fact, going further, Alexei Rakitin would write in his book 'Dyatlov Pass' that Alexander Zolotaryov, along with two other members of the group, were actually KGB agents looking to discover a CIA cell operating in the country. He would claim that the CIA was ultimately responsible for the death of the nine hikers.
While there is little evidence of the CIA's involvement in the incident, the participation of the aforementioned Alexander Zolotaryov is quite interesting. Not only was he much older than the rest of the group, he had extensive military and combatant training. In addition, he had joined the group at the last minute. Even stranger, it was a tattoo on his person that said "DAERMMUAZUAYA". There is no translation, to any language there is.
We will return to Zolotaryov a little later.
The theories of Gulag
At the time of the incident, Gulags would surround the location of the group's walking route, official and otherwise. Many theories suggest that the group may have been suddenly ambushed by the Soviet authorities who mistook them for escaped prisoners. Even if the authorities had not directly caused his death, the panic perhaps caused them to flee to the freezing elements. Perhaps an operation of this type explains the bright spheres and damage to the nearby cedar tree. Is it even possible that upon realizing their error, they would receive orders to "cover up" the deaths to avoid the shame of such an error before the Soviet public and the world, nothing less?
However, it could not have been the Soviet authorities responsible. Many of the Gulags prisoners effectively escaped. Some of them had been there since World War II and many were there because of their political opinions or associations. Given how isolated these prisoners would have been from the rest of the world, anyone who escaped would have little knowledge of events since their incarceration. Many of those fugitives would "disappear" in such desolate landscapes. And with the skills learned in the front lines of the war, and already hardened by the prison camps, they would survive with what they could catch and steal. And kill
A fugitive prisoner may have crossed paths with the group of hikers. Could he have believed that the group was looking for him and that is why he decided to attack first? Or maybe the group had witnessed it, in his mind he had no choice but to kill them so they would not report his presence and send him back to the Gulags, or worse.
Avalanches and speculations about the Mansi tribe
Perhaps more mundane, though no less credible, at least initially and on the surface, are suggestions that the group fell into a sudden avalanche. Maybe they suddenly heard or felt the onset of such an avalanche. Or maybe they were trapped because the snow rolled blocking the entrance and forced them to retreat from the store, not to mention that they had to leave the scene quickly due to the thick, crushing blast of ice.
However, a more intense examination of such a theory would soon reveal that it is less credible. In fact, it is highly unlikely. No less important, there were no visible signs or consequences of such an avalanche. And while it is a much less scientific reason, all hikers, in particular, Dyatlov, had very little chance of setting up camp in one of those "danger" areas.
Once again, while it is only speculation without evidence to support it, some researchers have suggested that the group may have been a victim of local tribes in the region, specifically the "Mansi" tribe. However, despite the claims of some, the Mansi tribe was, in fact, of a peaceful nature. Also, if the hikers fell victim to the Mansi, or any other tribe in the region, that does not explain the lack of footprints or any other sign of outside presence.
As we shall see a little later, it would seem that any culprit at the door of the Mansi tribes derives from an opportunistic desire of the broader Russian population to paint those whom they saw as heretics from a negative point of view.
The menk - A Russian supernatural Bigfoot?
More recently, in the 2000s, some theories arose that revolved around the idea that the culprit of the death of the nine hikers was a "man", a Legend of the Siberian region similar to Bigfoot. However, unlike Bigfoot, the menk have a supernatural element to them, with many of the oral traditions of history that revolve around "formidable forest spirits." In addition, and possibly a slight connection to the ancient theory of astronauts, these strange creatures have protection "for the gods". Did they suddenly face the attack of such a creature? And why would they choose to cut themselves from the store? As weak as it was, it was probably preferable to any beast out there, not to mention sub-zero conditions.
Realistically, an attack by local tribes or wild animals, mythical or not, is highly unlikely. No less important due to the lack of clues around the site that would have declared their presence to all those who followed him. Unless, of course, considering again the supposed supernatural abilities of men, perhaps such a creature would leave no trace.
Another thing to consider, leaving aside the supernatural element for a second, although there were large internal injuries to the four hikers in the second group of discoveries, and apparently minor external injuries in the first group of five hikers, there was no destruction, cuts, or lacerations that may be consistent with an attack by such a beastly creature.
However, an image emerged from the many developed from the recovered cameras of the group that is definitely worth looking at.
the "Marco 17 Bigfoot" Image
Although most discard it, many researchers point out that an image cataloged as "Marco 17" by Nikolai (Thibeaux) Brignolle's camera is quite interesting. The perspective of the image from below an increase in the landscape. A path is visible with trees covered in snow on each side. In the center of the painting, there is a blurred but unmistakable image of a humanoid figure. Although it could easily be a person (and almost certainly is), the shading of the figure seems to be the same color or material. Even the most fervent skeptic would have to admit that the figure certainly resembles what many people recognize as a Bigfoot type creature. A Russian yeti? Or a menk? You can see the image below.
He is also clearly looking forward as if walking back down the slope towards the camera. By the way, this was the last photo in Brignolle's camera. Was this mysterious creature a kind of wild beast, a Bigfoot? And was he responsible, in one way or another, for the death of the nine hikers?
The detractors of these claims insist that a trace is visible that moves away from the photographer. This would suggest that, whatever the mysterious figure, he is likely to be one of the nine hikers. They probably moved away from Brignolle, to get a better view of his position. At the time of the photograph, they were probably in the process of returning to Brignolle.
You can see a recent documentary that analyzes this aspect of the incident.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV2V25NDd-E?feature=oembed&w=900&h=506]
The zolortary "Second camera" Images
In addition to the reasons already mentioned above to suppose that Zolotaryov was not all that he seemed, he and Brignolles were substantially better dressed than the rest of the group. Also each one had some kind of inner soles on their footwear, unlike the others. This has raised the question of whether they had specially supplied equipment that the others did not. Or were they simply the last of the group to perish and, therefore, took the clothes of their dead friends in an attempt to survive?
Other theories suggest that the couple probably left the store a little earlier than the other nine. Maybe they went to relieve themselves and put on the clothes they could find. The intention is that they come back in a matter of minutes. However, something happened that made them not return to the store.
What is interesting, however, is Zolotaryov's camera in his body. In fact, he had the camera still around his neck. What is perhaps even stranger, this camera was different from the one available to him during the entire trip, which would appear among the ruins of the crippled tent. Why had he changed his camera? Was this another indication of some kind of clandestine mission? And if so, what did I hope to capture on camera? Had not the couple left the store to relieve themselves, but due to some kind of disturbance outside?
Whatever the reason, the eleven images he captured were mysterious and slightly chilling. Although none of them is clear, it shows strange flashes, strange manifestations, and perhaps the most intriguing, "resplendent orbs". You can see several of those photos below.
An intelligence mission or a demonic manifestation?
These images and the events that led to them seem to have obvious importance. Why did Zolortaryov and Brignolles leave the store in dark and icy conditions? Why did Zolortaryov feel the need to take a camera, and why did he take a different one? And most importantly, what happened once they were outside? Were the images an intentional attempt to capture some strange but initially non-threatening activity? Or were the images subjected to extreme pressure? Maybe when the couple ran through the icy snow away from some unknown entity or force?
What is also interesting, of all the cameras, this camera around Zolortaryov's neck was the only one that would receive a label. Why was this? Does this indicate that there was something special about these photos? Or even something special about Zolortaryov. If we assume for a moment that the intelligence claims are true, why would he have gone to take photographs for the Soviets, who surely could have done it? Is it possible that Zolortaryov was spying on another body, possibly the Americans? Is this why he and the group had such a sudden and brutal end?
¿O las imágenes, como sugiere Cora Hull en el libro "Fallen Angels Exposed", muestran manifestaciones sobrenaturales? Según Hull, las imágenes de Zolortaryov "son una clara indicación de la participación demoníaca de un ángel caído / nivel superior". Hull incluso iría tan lejos como para afirmar que varias de las imágenes muestran una "manifestación física parcial, demonio que cambia de forma". Además, según Hull, los orbes brillantes son "típicos de los ángeles caídos o demonios de niveles superiores que se manifiestan en forma de orbe".
¿Es por esto que los lugareños llaman a la gama la "Montaña de los Muertos" (o Dead Mountain)?
La teoría de la fluctuación de la gravedad
Quizás una de las teorías más intrigantes es también una de las más científicas. El profesor y físico alemán Erchenko afirmaría que los nueve excursionistas fueron víctimas de la "fluctuación de la gravedad", un conjunto de circunstancias, incluida la ubicación, que hace que la gravedad externa fluctúe literalmente.
Según Erchenko, él cree que una "presión externa significativa" literalmente expulsó a los excursionistas de la tienda. Lo explicaría como un "corredor" que se forma en y alrededor de los valles de la tierra. Cuando los campistas se preparaban para asentarse para la noche, de repente se encontraban levantados del suelo y "arrastrados hacia el corredor".
Esto, continuaría Erchenko, explicaría el daño a la tienda desde el interior, ya que la presión del aire dentro de la tienda era significativamente mayor que en el exterior. Los excursionistas, al menos en teoría, habrían corrido por el aire hacia y a través del material de la tienda. Este conjunto de circunstancias también explicaría las desgarradoras lesiones internas de al menos cuatro de los excursionistas, que quizás ya estaban fuera en el momento del incidente. Además, esto explicaría por qué estaban tan lejos del campamento. Y tal vez por qué los cinco restantes estaban en posiciones tan extrañas e incómodas como si trataran de llegar hacia el árbol de cedro. Tal vez no estaban tratando de alcanzar el árbol sino de salir del pasillo aparente.
Es probable, según la teoría de Erchenko, que los que se encontraban en el exterior en el momento de la caída de la gravedad "murieran instantáneamente". Los miembros restantes pueden haber permanecido vivos por un corto tiempo después. Todos ellos, "una vez fuera de la tienda (permanecerían) flotando en el aire como si estuvieran sobre una superficie horizontal".
¿Fenómeno natural extraño, o armas de gravedad de alto secreto?
¿Es esto realmente tan extremo como suena? Erchenko insiste en que esto no es en absoluto infrecuente para el área. Además, el incidente probablemente duró solo unos minutos, lo que aún sería tiempo suficiente para dispersar a los nueve excursionistas a las posiciones en las que fueron descubiertos. Esto, por supuesto, también explicaría la falta completa de pistas de una influencia externa o depredador. Furthermore, Erchenko would theorize that had the hikers remained firmly in the tent, they would likely have remained unaffected from the temporary drop in gravity outside. Even unaware of it.
However, what about the glowing orbs witnessed by the locals, and by the hikers? At least by Zolortaryov, who appears to have left the tent to investigate them. Might they too be some kind of consequence of such a bizarre phenomenon? In the same way that some people claim to see bright lights before earthquakes?
Or might the glowing orbs, while certainly being an indicator of such an upcoming drop in gravity, be of a more manufactured nature? Perhaps, although certainly a lot more unlikely, this “gravity fluctuation” was not the result of a natural phenomenon. Maybe it was part of a top-secret military experiment? If that was the case, then the need for secrecy, although not to endorse such behavior, would certainly be easier to understand.
What is also interesting is the several plane crashes in and around the hikers’ final location. As well as the wild animals that are often drop dead in unnervingly similar circumstances.
While there is no proof that this is the case, the claims by a member of the original search team just short of a decade later would light the touch-paper on many of the conspiracies that surround the incident today.
Yuri Yarovoi – Another Case Of Fact Hiding As Fiction?
In 1967 one of the members of the search team, Yuri Yarovoi, would write and publish ‘Of The Highest Degree of Complexity’ – a fictional story that was based on not only his personal experience with the search unit, as well as his capacity as the official photographer, but also on access he claimed to have to secret leaked files on the incident. Given the political and social climate of the Cold War era of the late-1960s Soviet Union, some researchers have suggested releasing the account in this way was the only method of avoiding persecution from the Soviet authorities.
Even more intriguing, Yarovoi, who died in 1980, had several “alternative” versions of the manuscript, each of which wouldn’t see the light of day because of the aforementioned censorship around the issue. The whereabouts of his archives, including the alternative manuscripts, is unknown.
His work, however, would inspire others to look at the case again. Among them was Anatoly Gushchin who would write the book ‘The Price Of State Secrets Is Nine Lives” in 1990 following the demise of communism in the Soviet Union. Although many were highly critical of his work, it would indirectly produce “new” witnesses who, under threat of the Soviet regime, had remained silent regarding who they knew of the incident.
One of these witnesses was former police officer, Lev Ivanov. He would publish an article the same year as Gushchin’s book. In it, he would state that the police investigating the case were at a complete loss as to what had happened. Furthermore, and of interest, were the reports from his team about the “flying spheres”. The ones from their search. According to Gushchin, he received direct orders from high-ranking officials ordering him to retract the claim.
Could It Really Happen Again?
Claims such as those by Yarovoi and Gushchin certainly make many of us reexamine this most strange of cases once again. Whatever the truth of the situation, it certainly appears there was something, or the perception of something that required covering up. While we will go over once more the theories and claims as to just what happened in this most uninhabitable area of northern Russia in the brutal winter of 1959 in summing up this morbidly fascinating case, it could prove to be, if we assume that one day we will be privy to the real and accurate events, that aspects of all areas will be found contained within them.
Perhaps it is worth returning to the aforementioned, German Erchenko, who would state that gravity fluctuation was responsible for the hiker’s deaths. He would assert that this phenomenon occurs more than people think. Only the fact the area is so uninhabited prevents more deaths like those of the nine hikers, at least according to Erchenko. Perhaps, interestingly or not, this is actually the origins of the ominous moniker, “Mountain of the Dead”. Erchenko would issue a stern warning to any adventure seekers who might wish to visit the Dyatlov Pass in the future. He would state, “It is worth bearing in mind that the corridor where the gravity to Earth is decreased can ‘open’ again”.
Whether this phenomenon is real, or whether it is some menacing secret technological weapon, the image below is extremely interesting. It is from the European Space Agency and claims to show the discrepancies of gravity on Earth. The blue areas show where the gravity is lower, while the red areas similarly show the areas with higher than normal gravity.
Still A Enigmatic Mystery Sixty Years Later
Despite the intense interest in the case, the numerous investigations, both official and otherwise, just what happened in the dark, freezing elements on the Ural Mountains in early-February 1959 remains a mystery. And an ominous one at that.
We can likely rule out an avalanche being the cause of the hiker’s deaths. Aside from there being no evidence to suggest an avalanche to have happened, it wouldn’t explain a whole manner of details, not least the bizarre positioning of the bodies. Or why they would end up in two different groups. And the damage to the cedar tree and the remains of a fire where the first two bodies were discovered. Even the perceived threat would unlikely have resulted in such a panic to have caused the group’s deaths.
It also appears unlikely to have been the local Mansi tribe who killed the group. They were indeed familiar with the terrain and expert at negotiating it in all manner of weather conditions. They were even expert hunters and efficient at covering their tracks. However, it seems unlikely such an attack would go ahead. Not at least in the middle of a blizzard at night. Researchers since have uncovered what appears to have been a simmering resentment. Largely from the wider, mostly-religious population towards the Mansi tribe. And in particular for their “pagan ways” which were only a little short of heretical. In short, there would have been a large number of people only too happy to see the Mansi blamed for such a heinous act as the murder of nine defenseless hikers.
So, what about the grittier conspiracy theories involving the military, UFOs, and even supernatural beasts.
How Credible Are The Bigfoot And UFO Connections?
It is likely within this sphere that the answer lies. If we start first by ruling out with what is perhaps the least likely suggestions among the three. That the hikers met their grisly end at the hands of a Bigfoot-like creature or a supernatural entity.
So then, what about the UFO claims? There are reports of many strange lights in this area of the mountain range. The main reason for the UFO claims here, however, is the bizarre and precise facial injuries. In particular, the removal of skin tissues.
And because of two pictures on Zolortaryov’s first camera.
The first – Frame 15 – wasn’t initially of interest. Mainly as it would seem to show nothing more than just a blur. However, in light of recent research, as well as the pictures on Zolortaryov’s second camera, this changes. The picture perhaps takes on a little more significance. Was it just a blur? Or might it have been some type of strange interference? You can view that picture below.
The second picture, and certainly most well-known is Frame 34 – the last picture on this camera. It appears to be an out-of-focus orb of some kind. Was it a picture that was merely an accident, as some skeptics insist? Or was it an attempt, perhaps by one of the other hikers to use Zolortaryov’s camera? The one left by him in the tent. Perhaps to document the bizarre and frightening events unfolding around them?
Initially, the incident looks to be a UFO encounter. And has certainly remained in the UFO arena. Particularly since the account became better known around the world following the fall of the Soviet Union. There might, however, be a more down-to-earth, but no less unnerving scenario.
Military Intelligence – A Likely Epicenter Of The Conspiracy?
Might there be, then, a clandestine military connection? Maybe the hikers had innocently wondered onto the land? Or perhaps they were discreetly “led off course” by Zolortaryov (if claims of his “intelligence” connections are true). It would seem that Zolortaryov and Brignolles left the tent, likely to investigate some kind of activity outside. This might explain their increased clothing and their “borrowing” of their campmates’ attire. Perhaps the remaining two hikers of the second group would join them at some stage.
Whether through a military weapons experiment, an aircraft test, or indeed an extraterrestrial-controlled craft, something seems to have gone wrong. Perhaps the object crashed or there was an explosion overhead. Or, if we say that it was a weapons test, perhaps these explosions were the result of such testing. It would seem that whatever “it” was, panic in the hikers remaining in the tent was the result. While the four already outside ran further away, desperately looking for cover.
Perhaps this explains why the first five hikers were almost naked and relatively near to the tent. Maybe this is why three of them were in bizarre positions? As if making their way to the first two hikers under the cedar tree. However, might it be that the “fire” was not a makeshift campfire? Perhaps the remains of some kind of explosion? One that not only damaged the tree but perhaps killed the two hikers presumably under it. Remember, their hands were “in the fire”. Hardly a position to put oneself in voluntarily.
Perhaps the four hikers in the second group met a similar fate near the ravine. Although their extensive internal injuries would suggest a much closer proximity to whatever was being tested.
An Event So Terrible…?
If the deaths were through secret military testing, is the real conspiracy the covering up of the acts? And not necessarily upon the bodies’ discovery. Might it be that the military, realizing their mistake, purposely manipulated the scene? Perhaps even the positioning of their bodies and their ultimate final locations?
There is, for example, some discrepancy as to whether the remains of the tent had even been put up correctly. These hikers had experience in hazardous conditions. It would have been highly unlikely for them to overlook such a basic yet essential procedure. Was the tent, then, put back up in haste? By inexperienced military officers in order to cover-up events that still remain unknown to the rest of us? Was there such a cover-up? Was it so terrible there was a perceived need to hide them from the potential prying eyes of the world?
There remains hope that somewhere in a vault in Russia explanations await. Perhaps deep below the modern cities, in a building once utilized during the Cold War era. Maybe there sits a file with the real story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Until that day, there remains only the theories and speculations. The findings of those who still, over half a century later, have a grim fascination with this dark event. An event, that perhaps we should keep in mind, resulted in the very real deaths of nine very real people.
The video below looks at this most fascinating, if grim, cases of the twentieth century a little further.
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About Marcus Lowth
Marcus Lowth is a writer who loves the interesting, from UFOs, aliens and the ancient theory of astronauts, to the paranormal, general conspiracies and unsolved mysteries. He also has a passion for film, music and the NFL. In addition to writing for various websites, run and write to Time for the mind.
Marcus has written a total of. 330 Items for UFO Insight. You can contact Marcus via email.
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