Soooo.....
Browsing for something to watch last night I found my self going through recent releases on MAX (HBOMax). Low and behold, a gem simply named "Yeti
Massacre". Loving camp flicks and crypto-anything I decided to click on it...
The brief stated "In the winter of 1959, the mutilated bodies of nine hikers were found in the Ural Mountains of Russia. Were they slaughtered in
cold blood by a yeti? If so, what drove this legendary beast to kill?"
Yeti Massacre on IMDB
"Ohhh!" I thought. I've read about something that happened in the Urals in 1959 - the DYATLOV PASS incident! A very intriguing story about a
group of hikers that all died under very mysterious circumstances with varying degrees of carnage and violence.
As this story has always held a fascination, I decided to check it out.
No spoilers but to surmise....
The hikers were attacked and killed by a Yeti (or like-type creature) simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
The movie (doco if you believe in their nonsensical theories) is presented in a similar fashion to Ancient Aliens, complete with researchers and
ahem.."experts" on the matter which basically takes wacked out guess-theories and extrapolates from minimal logic and evidence to grandiose
storylines about what might have happened to these poor kids.
Interesting though is they show a picture, supposedly recovered from one of the cameras, of a figure standing in the woods, stretched out to a tree.
It's blurry and contains no detail other than the outline but if you believe some of the clowns in this show..IT'S A YETI OMG!
Figured I would post about this as it was fun and entertaining to watch and the event itself is always worthy of discussion to me. I DO NOT believe
they died in an avalanche as stated in the official Russian incident reports but I certainly don't believe it was a Yeti....or do I??...
Some other good info was presented though about a similar incident in 1993 I believe where another group of young people all died up on a mountain
range in the Urals but this time, there was one witness who, "for the first time ever!" if you believe the producers of this show, spoke about her
experience.
At no point in her recollection did she mention anything even remotely related to a Yeti or creature for that matter but when comparisons are drawn by
the show's "experts", OMGZ IT WAS A YETI TOO!!
Have fun with it.
Love the story and lore regarding the DP incident and I hope one day there's closure.