“Nine Hikers. No Witnesses. Endless Theories.” PART 1

DYATLOV PASS:

January 1959,

Nine young, adventurous, enthusiastic and highly experienced decided to set out on a trek through the Ural Mountains, Russia. Their prior goal was to reach Otorten Mountain, an extremely hard and difficult route, they were very confident. Little did they know about their future.

The leader, IGOR DYATLOV, kept a journal. They smiled for photos, wrote down jokes and seemed happy and excited. None of them knew this was their last journey.

So, for them the plan is simple, hike for 16 days and send a telegram home. But the message never came. Days passed and their families were worried. A search team was sent but what they found made them startle. For a minute or even more, something straight out of a horror movie

February 20, 1959

The search team including Volunteers, military personnel and the local Mansi hunter began searching for the lost nine. Helicopters and planes flew all around but to be frank there was no sign of existence out there.

February 26, 1959

Finally, a long shout was heard.

 "Hey, come over here we found something!"

One Mansi hunter ran over shouting, 

"Come fast", 

And he ran as if something disturbed him. The families of the lost nine followed along with military officials and the locals hoping they found there nine beloveds, but the fate was something else, something disturbing.

While they reached there, they found a tent which was half buried in snow, there after what they discovered shocked the world,

The tent was found to be cut open form inside, leaving all their belongings there alone. There was no struggle signs and no blood to be found. On later tracking they found footprints which depicted they went barefoot in the chilling -30°C temperatures.

Then the true nightmare was reveled,

The First Two Bodies were found Near the edge of the forest, two young men lay in the snow, their bodies twisted unnaturally. Barefoot. Half-naked. Their hands were covered in burns and splinters, as if they had desperately clawed at the trees, trying to survive. A small fire had burned out beside them.

Why hadn’t they gone back to the tent for clothes?

Then the Leader, Dyatlov, few hundred meters away, Igor Dyatlov’s body was found. His hands were clenched, his face frozen in an expression of agony and defiance.

Had he fought something in the dark? Or had he seen something so terrifying that running into the deadly cold was the better option?

The Remaining Hikers – A Nightmare Below the Snow, For the next two more months, the search continued. Then, deep inside a ravine, the last bodies were uncovered.

Some were lying face down in the snow. Some had violent injuries. Some looked… different.

But the worst part? One of them was missing her tongue.

Want to know what happened to them? In Part 2, we uncover the horrifying details and the chilling theories behind the Dyatlov Pass mystery. Stay tuned.