Mar 25, 2022 01:44 AM
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https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7vwg8/t...o-evidence
EXCERPTS: . . . Indeed, much of the fascination with the Dyatlov Pass incident stems from the weird state of the group’s remains, which were found in various locations downslope from where they had pitched their tent. Four of the hikers had severe chest or skull injuries, two were missing eyes, one had lost a tongue, and some were naked.
The eerie nature of the corpses has led to their deaths being variously attributed to “an infrasound-induced panic, animals, attacks by Yetis or local tribesmen, katabatic winds, a snow avalanche, a romantic dispute, KGB/CIA secret activities, ballistic rockets, or nuclear weapons tests,” according to the new study.
[...] The mysterious deaths of nine Russian hikers more than 60 years ago have defied explanation and inspired conspiracy theories for decades, because of the puzzling condition of the bodies—scattered, with severe injuries, and some were unclothed—and the absence of a clear-cut cause of death.
Now, a pair of scientists based in Switzerland have presented video evidence collected onsite that bolsters the idea that the tragedy, known as the Dyatlov Pass incident, occurred due to a slab avalanche, which is a special type of deadly snowslide that can strike on low-angled slopes.
Alexander Puzrin [...] and Johan Gaume ... first pinpointed a slab avalanche as the potential cause of the deaths in a study published in 2021. The intense media coverage of that research, combined with equally passionate pushback from skeptics—some of whom did not believe such avalanches occurred on the Pass—inspired the researchers to follow up on their hypothesis with trips to Dyatlov Pass, which is named after Igor Dyatlov, the lead mountaineer that died on the route.
The latest of these trips took place just two months ago, in dangerous conditions similar to those the night of the incident, and resulted in the first video evidence of recent slab avalanches on the Pass.
“In the year since publication of our article, we helped them to organize three successful expeditions to the Dyatlov Pass,” Puzrin and Gaume said in a study published on Thursday in Communications Earth & Environment.
“The direct evidence from the Dyatlov Pass area obtained in those expeditions confirms that the region is avalanche prone and that slopes above the location where Igor Dyatlov and his group pitched their tent are steep enough for avalanches to release,” the team continued. “Independent research by Russian snow and climate scientists supported assumptions and the main results of our slab avalanche modeling.”
The new research demonstrates that slab avalanches occur in the same region and under similar weather conditions to those experienced by Dyatlov and his companions on that fatal night of February 1, 1959. Though avalanches have long been discussed as a possible cause of death for the group, questions have been raised about the odd injuries on the bodies, which did not neatly fit with typical avalanche trauma, the shallowness of the slope where they died, and the lack of any sign of snow-slides by the rescuers who discovered the bodies.... (MORE - missing details)
Account of and more complicated explanation from a forensic investigation ... https://youtu.be/-5kGWKG0R6c
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/-5kGWKG0R6c
EXCERPTS: . . . Indeed, much of the fascination with the Dyatlov Pass incident stems from the weird state of the group’s remains, which were found in various locations downslope from where they had pitched their tent. Four of the hikers had severe chest or skull injuries, two were missing eyes, one had lost a tongue, and some were naked.
The eerie nature of the corpses has led to their deaths being variously attributed to “an infrasound-induced panic, animals, attacks by Yetis or local tribesmen, katabatic winds, a snow avalanche, a romantic dispute, KGB/CIA secret activities, ballistic rockets, or nuclear weapons tests,” according to the new study.
[...] The mysterious deaths of nine Russian hikers more than 60 years ago have defied explanation and inspired conspiracy theories for decades, because of the puzzling condition of the bodies—scattered, with severe injuries, and some were unclothed—and the absence of a clear-cut cause of death.
Now, a pair of scientists based in Switzerland have presented video evidence collected onsite that bolsters the idea that the tragedy, known as the Dyatlov Pass incident, occurred due to a slab avalanche, which is a special type of deadly snowslide that can strike on low-angled slopes.
Alexander Puzrin [...] and Johan Gaume ... first pinpointed a slab avalanche as the potential cause of the deaths in a study published in 2021. The intense media coverage of that research, combined with equally passionate pushback from skeptics—some of whom did not believe such avalanches occurred on the Pass—inspired the researchers to follow up on their hypothesis with trips to Dyatlov Pass, which is named after Igor Dyatlov, the lead mountaineer that died on the route.
The latest of these trips took place just two months ago, in dangerous conditions similar to those the night of the incident, and resulted in the first video evidence of recent slab avalanches on the Pass.
“In the year since publication of our article, we helped them to organize three successful expeditions to the Dyatlov Pass,” Puzrin and Gaume said in a study published on Thursday in Communications Earth & Environment.
“The direct evidence from the Dyatlov Pass area obtained in those expeditions confirms that the region is avalanche prone and that slopes above the location where Igor Dyatlov and his group pitched their tent are steep enough for avalanches to release,” the team continued. “Independent research by Russian snow and climate scientists supported assumptions and the main results of our slab avalanche modeling.”
The new research demonstrates that slab avalanches occur in the same region and under similar weather conditions to those experienced by Dyatlov and his companions on that fatal night of February 1, 1959. Though avalanches have long been discussed as a possible cause of death for the group, questions have been raised about the odd injuries on the bodies, which did not neatly fit with typical avalanche trauma, the shallowness of the slope where they died, and the lack of any sign of snow-slides by the rescuers who discovered the bodies.... (MORE - missing details)
Account of and more complicated explanation from a forensic investigation ... https://youtu.be/-5kGWKG0R6c