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The Dyatlov Pass Incident: The Dyatlov Pass Incident was the mysterious deaths of nine hikers on the Kholat Syakhl mountains, in the northern Ural Mountains range, in February 1959. And all of their bodies were not recovered until that May. Most of the victims were found to have been died of hypothermia after apparently abandoning their tent (at -25 to -30 °C stormy weather) high on an exposed mountainside. Their shoes were left behind, two of them had fractured skulls, two had broken ribs, and one was missing her tongue, eyes and part of the lips. In forensic tests, the clothings of some of the victims were found to be highly radioactive. There was no any witness or survivor to provide any testimony, and the cause of their deaths was listed as a “compelling natural force,” most likely an avalanche, by the Soviet investigators.
There is a speculation, that this might be the act of the native Mansi people who might not have appreciated the hikers encroaching on their lands, however no foot prints other than that of the hikers were found on the sight to support this theory.