Dyatlov Pass Incident

[Scott P]

Has anyone here done much reading into the Dyatlov Pass Incident? Seriously, what the he** happened? That mystery is creepy as any story created by fiction.

I was just wondering who has done much reading or study into the story.

[Arndorfer]

Just finished the book by Donny Eichar a couple months ago. An interesting read. He thinks it was infrasound caused by wind over the mountain that caused them to freak out.

[oldschoolczar]

Yes, pretty crazy story. I was fascinated by this incident too! There was a B-movie made about this incident that was pretty decent. I forget the name but you could find it easily. The low frequency sound theory seems implausible to me considering an incident even remotely similar has never happened anywhere in the world.

[719BR]

I've actually read quite a bit about it. I haven't heard a theory, however, that really explains it definitively. Except I know for sure it wasn't yeti.

[stoopdude]

I read the book Dead Mountain by Donny Eichar as well. It’s pretty interesting. He believes that a Karman vortex on the mountain caused an infrasound event. Regardless of his conclusions, the book is an interesting read and a good glimpse into the lives of mountaineers in the Soviet Union.

[christian349]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8RigxxiilI

Absolutely recommend this video for anyone interested in the incident, it provides what I think is a rational theory on what really happened. Seems like a series of unfortunate events just compounded on each other to lead to the worst case scenario.

[Scott P]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8RigxxiilI

Absolutely recommend this video for anyone interested in the incident, it provides what I think is a rational theory on what really happened. Seems like a series of unfortunate events just compounded on each other to lead to the worst case scenario.

Avalanche was also my thought, but supposedly the tents weren't in avalanche terrain, there were no avalanche debris, and there has never been a known avalanche there before or since. Photos definitely look like there was not an avalanche as well.

If it weren't for that, it would be a lot less mysterious. None of the theories presented seem plausible, but obviously something happened.

[Tony1]

Been a few years since I last thought about this, I read about it a long time ago. Still don't know how I would guess what happened, but it's certainly creepy as hell and some good nightmare fuel. It's strange that it seems to be the only incident of its type that we know about.

[mrgooseskin]

I'll have to check out the book people keep talking about, I want to know what "infrared sound" is.

My personal theory is the incident was caused by some sort of nutty Soviet military weapons experiment gone horribly awry, given the era this took place in. Think about it; USSR in the 1950s was hell-bent on developing defense technology (exactly like the US was) that would provide a leg-up in becoming THE world superpower. Say top military scientists figured out some sort of extremely powerful and deadly mind-bending "aura" type thing to release into the atmosphere within a concentrated area. First test happens to be in the area the hikers were in...an unfortunate coincidence. Some sort of mis-communication somewhere prevented the military from knowing there were civilians in the area. Afterwards, military scientists were so taken aback by what they had created, they never spoke of what they developed ever again and the project was scrapped. It's within the realm of possibility.

The B-movie is worth a watch if you are interested in the event. It doesn't really follow accurate historical portrayal, but takes an interesting view on the incident.

[highpilgrim]

Think about it; USSR in the 1950s was hell-bent on developing defense technology (exactly like the US was) that would provide a leg-up in becoming THE world superpower.

Wasted effort. They should have just pocketed the money spent and waited for drumpf.

[jay_hawker]

I'm on mobile or I'd link it, but I saw a pretty convincing YouTube video that said the homemade stove they were using to keep warm leaked causing the tent to fill up with smoke. It's been a while so I can't remember the details but it seemed plausible enough for me.

[Arndorfer]

I'm on mobile or I'd link it, but I saw a pretty convincing YouTube video that said the homemade stove they were using to keep warm leaked causing the tent to fill up with smoke. It's been a while so I can't remember the details but it seemed plausible enough for me.

If it was just smoke, why would they cut their way out of the tent and scramble almost a kilometer away? Seems much simpler to open a tent flap.