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00:00The Dyatlov Pass Incident was an event that resulted in the deaths of 9 skiers on a ski
00:19trek across the northern Ural Mountains on the night of February 2, 1959.
00:25The incident happened on the eastern side of Kolatsiakl, a mountain whose name in Mansi
00:30means Mountain of the Dead.
00:32Since then, the mountain pass where the incident occurred has been named Dyatlov Pass, based
00:36on the name of the group's leader, Igor Dyatlov.
00:39Investigators determined that the skiers tore their tent from the inside and fled on foot
00:43under heavy snowfall.
00:45Although the bodies show no signs of struggle, two victims had fractured skulls and two broken
00:50ribs.
00:51Soviet authorities determined that an unknown compelling force had caused the deaths.
00:56Access to the region was consequently blocked for hikers and adventurers for three years
01:00after the incident.
01:02The original group consisted of eight men and two women.
01:05Most were students or graduates of the Ural Polytechnical Institute.
01:09All members were experienced in long ski tours and mountain expeditions.
01:13The goal of the expedition was to reach Otorten, a mountain 6.2 miles north of the site of the
01:18incident.
01:19They started their journey to Otorten from the city of Visay on January 27th.
01:24The next day, one of the members, Yuri Yudin, was forced to go back due to illness.
01:29Diaries and cameras found around their last campsite made it possible to track the group's
01:33route up to the day preceding the incident.
01:36On January 31st, the group arrived at the edge of a highland area and began to prepare for
01:41climbing.
01:42In a wooded valley, they stored surplus food and equipment that would be used for their trip
01:46back.
01:47The following day, the hikers started to move through the pass.
01:50It seems they planned to get over the pass and make camp for the next night on the opposite
01:53side, but because of weather conditions, they lost their direction and deviated west, up
01:58towards the top of Kolatsyakul.
02:00When they realized their mistake, the group decided to stop and set up camp there on the
02:04slope of the mountain, rather than moving a mile downhill to a forested area which would
02:08have offered some shelter from the elements.
02:11Before leaving, Dyatlov had agreed he would send a telegram to their sports club as soon as the
02:15group returned to Fezai.
02:17It was expected that it would happen no later than February 12th, but Dyatlov had told Yudin
02:22before his departure from the group that he expected to be longer.
02:26When the 12th passed and no messages had been received, there was no immediate reaction as
02:30delays of a few days were common with such expeditions.
02:33It was not until the relatives of the travelers demanded a rescue operation on February 20th that
02:38the head of the institute sent the first rescue groups consisting of volunteer students and
02:42teachers.
02:43Later, the army and police forces became involved, with planes and helicopters being ordered to
02:48join the rescue operation.
02:49On February 26th, the searchers found the group's abandoned and badly damaged tent on
02:54Kolatsyakul.
02:55Mikhail Chervin, the student who found the tent, said,
02:58The tent was half torn down and covered with snow.
03:01It was empty, and all the group's belongings and shoes had been left behind.
03:06Investigators said that the tent had been cut open from the inside.
03:09Eight or nine sets of footprints left by people who were wearing only socks, a single shoe,
03:13or walking barefoot could be followed leading down toward the edge of the nearby woods.
03:18However, after 500 meters, these tracks were covered with snow.
03:22At the forest's edge, under a large setter, the searchers found the remains of a fire along
03:27with the first two bodies, shoeless and dressed only in their underwear.
03:30The branches on the tree were broken up to five meters high, suggesting that one of the
03:34hikers had climbed up to look for something.
03:37Between the setter and the camp, the searchers found three more corpses who seemed to have
03:40died in poses suggesting that they were attempting to return to the tent.
03:45Searching for the remaining four travelers took more than two months.
03:48They were finally found on May 4th underneath four meters of snow in a ravine 75 meters farther
03:53into the woods from the setter tree.
03:56These four were better dressed than the others, and there were signs that those who had died
03:59first had apparently relinquished their clothes to the others.
04:03A legal inquest started immediately after finding the first five bodies.
04:06A medical examination found no injuries which might have led to their deaths, and it was
04:10concluded that they had all died of hypothermia.
04:13One of the skiers had a small crack in his skull, but it was not thought to be a fatal wound.
04:17An examination of the four bodies which were found in May shifted the narrative as to
04:22what had occurred during the incident.
04:24Three of the ski hikers had fatal injuries.
04:26One had major skull damage, and two others had major chest fractures.
04:31The force required to cause such damage would have been extremely high, as if from the force
04:35of a car crash.
04:36Notably, the bodies had no external wounds related to the bone fractures, as if they had
04:41been subjected to a high level of pressure.
04:43However, major external injuries were found on one of the female hikers, missing her tongue,
04:49eyes, part of the lips, facial tissue, and a fragment of skull bone.
04:53She also had extensive skin maceration on the hands.
04:56It was claimed that the female skier was found laying face down in a small stream that ran under
05:00the snow, and that her external injuries were in line with putrefaction in a wet environment,
05:05and were unlikely related to her death.
05:07There was speculation that the indigenous Mansi people might have attacked and murdered the
05:11group for encroaching upon their lands, but investigation indicated that the nature of
05:16their deaths did not support this hypothesis.
05:19The skiers' footprints alone were visible, and they showed no sign of hand-to-hand struggle.
05:23To dispel the theory of an attack by the indigenous Mansi people, Dr. Boris Vazrus Denny stated
05:29that the fatal injuries of the three bodies could not have been caused by another human being, because
05:33the force of the blows had been too strong and no soft tissue had been damaged.
05:38With the storm blowing and temperatures around minus 25 to minus 30 degrees Celsius, the hikers
05:43were found only partially dressed.
05:45This led to theories of hypothermia, as some victims of severe hypothermia suffer a condition
05:50known as paradoxical undressing, which causes the victim to become confused and remove their
05:54clothing in freezing temperatures.
05:56Many theories have arisen about the event, from paranormal activity to secret weapons tests.
06:01But avalanche damage is considered one of the more plausible explanations for this incident.
06:06One scenario under this theory is that moving snow knocked down the tent, ruining the campsite
06:10during the night.
06:11The party then cut themselves free and attempted to flee.
06:14They would likely have to come in contact with the snow, which also might have ruined their
06:18boots and extra clothing.
06:20Three of the four bodies found in the ravine had major fractures, and being the only bodies
06:24injured so badly, it lends credence to the scenario that these injuries were the result
06:28of the fall into the ravine.
06:30Possibly negating the avalanche scenario is that investigators saw footprints leading from
06:34the campsite, with no obvious avalanche damage noted.
06:38Some people believe it was a military accident which was then covered up.
06:41There are records of parachute mines being tested by the Russian military in the area around
06:45the time the hikers were there.
06:48Parachute mines detonate a mile or two before they hit and produce similar damages to those
06:51experienced by the hikers.
06:53Heavy internal damage, with very little external trauma.
06:56This theory uses animals to explain for the missing nose and tongues of certain victims.
07:01People believe the bodies were moved as there are photos of the tent which was apparently
07:05incorrectly set up, something these experienced hikers likely wouldn't put up incorrectly.
07:10Journalists reporting on the available parts of the inquest files claim that it states,
07:14Six of the group members died of hyperthermia and three of fatal injuries.
07:18There were no indications of other people nearby on Kalatsiakl apart from the nine travelers.
07:24The tent had been ripped open from within.
07:26The victims had died six to eight hours after their last meal.
07:30Traces from the camp showed that all group members left the campsite of their own accord
07:33on foot.
07:34Forensic radiation tests had shown high doses of radioactive contamination on the clothes
07:39of a few victims.
07:41Release documents contained no information about the condition of the skiers' internal organs.
07:46There were no survivors of the incident.
07:48The final verdict was that the group members all died because of a compelling natural force.
07:53The inquest officially ceased in May 1959 as a result of the absence of a guilty party.
07:59The files were sent to a secret archive and the photocopies of the case became available
08:03only in the 1990s although some parts were missing.
08:06Some researchers claimed some facts were missed, perhaps ignored, by officials.
08:11Twelve-year-old Yuri Kuntsevich, who would later become head of the Yekentierenberg-based
08:15Yetla Foundation, attended five of the hikers' funerals and recalls their skin had a deep
08:20brown tan.
08:22Some of the hikers' clothing, two pants and a sweater, were found to be highly radioactive.
08:28Another group of hikers about 50 kilometers south of the incident reported that they saw
08:31strange orange spheres in the sky to the north on the night of the incident.
08:36Similar spheres were observed in the city of Ivdell in adjacent areas by various witnesses
08:41including the meteorology service and the military during the months of February and March of 1959.
08:47Some reports suggest that there was a great deal of scrap metal in and around the area
08:51leading to speculation that the military had utilized the area secretly and might have
08:55been engaged in a cover-up.
08:57The last camp of the hikers was located on a direct path between where test launches
09:01of R-7 rockets were sometimes conducted in a major nuclear testing ground of the Soviet
09:06Union.
09:08Former police officer Lev Ivanov, who led the official inquest in 1959, published an article
09:13in 1990 which included his admission that the investigation team had no rational explanation
09:18for the accident.
09:20He also stated that after his team reported that they had seen flying spheres, he then received
09:25direct orders from high-ranking regional officials to dismiss the investigation.
09:31.

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