I know I failed at documenting 5 scary stories this week; I admit I got quite lazy and ran out of content quite quickly. However I promise this will make it up:
Dyatlov Pass Incident
Our story begin in 1959, the date February 2nd. 9 Russian skiers enter the eastern shoulder of Холат Сяхл (Kholat Syakhl) also known as the Mountain Of The Dead. Kholat Syakhl is located in mid-northern Russia. The group of 9 had set out a few days prior on a week long ski/hiking trip, fully prepared with tents, winter clothing, food ect. The goal of the trip was to reach Otorten, a mountain 10 kilometers from the site of the incident. They would never return home from what seemed to be an exciting winter vacation.
The irony of a trip into the Mountain Of The Dead is almost sickening. Although the ski outfit where equiped and lead by a seasoned guide (Igor Dyatlov) to whom the pass would later be named. The fellowing events where later reported after a search group was sent out to retrieve the group after they did not return for days. The plan had been sent that Igor Dyatlov would send a telegraph when the team arrived back at the town they departed from, Vizhai, and when no telegraph was received a small volunteer search party was sent out. What they found was truely horrifying.
On February 26th, the remains of the groups camp was found. The tent was badly damaged, foot prints could be traced 500 meters to a forest on the other side of the pass. At the edge of the forest the search team found the remains of a fire and the first two bodies, both dressed only in their underclothes. 3 other bodies where found 300, 480 and 630 meters from the other two corpses, these bodies where in poses suggesting they had attempted to return to the camp. The last 4 bodies took another two months to be found, buried under four meters of snow in a ravine even farther then the other bodies.
Upon quick investigation of the first 5 bodies the cause of death was determined to be hypothermia, although one of the skiers had a crack in his skull. However when the next 4 bodies where found, the scene changed greatly. Fatal injuries caused three of the four deaths, including major chest and head fractures. Examiners of the body, claim the amount of force required to cause these injuries would have had to be extremely high, equivalent to that of a high impact car crash. None of the bodies had any external wounds, as if crushed by high pressure. The one woman of the group was found missing her tongue.
These facts are known:
1. The skiers abandoned their tent at night, braving temperatures of -25 degrees Celsius, only in their underclothes.
2. 6 of the 9 where killed by hypothermia, 3 of fatal internal injuries.
3. The tent had been ripped open from the inside.
4. Upon testing, the clothes of all the deceased showed high traces of radiation.
The pass was closed for three years following the incident. The case was closed due to “absence of a guilty party” and the deaths where claimed to be caused by “an unknown compelling force”.
Later, speculation was raised after some startling new evidence was unearthed. Family members attending the funerals of the skiers claimed the bodies where ‘orange’ in colour with grey hair. Also a group of hikers 50 kilometers away reported seeing bright orange globes in the sky on the night of February 2nd.
-lionsteeth
