![]() ![]() ![]() The investigation concluded that an “unknown compelling force” had caused the deaths”ĭonnie Eichar’s book Dead Mountain is a compelling account of the incident, and his own investigation over fifty years later. Additionally, a female team member had her tongue missing. One victim had a fractured skull while another had brain damage but without any sign of distress to their skull. Soviet investigators determined that six victims died from hypothermia but others showed signs of physical trauma. ![]() I first came across the Dyaltov Pass incident some time ago on Wikipedia, probably by following a link on the Wiki page “List of unusual deaths” The incident saw the deaths of nine Russian hikers, all students of the Ural Polytechnic Institute and experienced hikers, sometime on the night of 1st February 1959 when, as the Wikipedia page puts it: “during the night something made them tear their way out of their tents from the inside and flee the campsite inadequately dressed in heavy snowfall and sub-zero temperatures. Memorial to the Dyaltov Hikers,, Mikhajlov Cemetery, Ekaterinburg ![]()
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