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On February 2, 1959, 9 hikers in the Ural Mountains were brutally murdered, their campsite was completely destroyed, and the leader, Igor Dyatlov, was the result of this event being called, the dyatlov pass incident. There is no real explanation to what happened on that cold dark night on Ural Mountain and this left investigators in the dark with no idea where to turn next, so the case went cold. Books, movies, and videogames were all created with there own theories in mind, but none of these tales could be confirmed. The group of Ural State Technical University graduates thought it was going to be a fun ski trip, but it was far from it. The group contained Igor Alex Seievich Dyatlov,23, Yuri Nikolaieveich Krivon is Chenkokg, 24, Alexander Sergeinmach Kolevatov,25, Zinaida Alenseevna Kolomogoova, 22, Rustom Vlandimrovich Slobodin, 23, Nicolai Vladimironvich Thideay-Brigorres, 24, and Alexander Alekseevich Zolotariov, 28. The goal of the expedition was to reach Otoren, a mountain (6.2miles) north of the sight of the incident, they arrived by train from Ivdel. On January 31 they arrived at the edge of the mountains. They began their trek the following day. They soon learned that this was a mistake and set up camp, but they were about to …show more content…

The fact that no one knows what has happened has lead to crazy theories. Anywhere fro aliens, and inraged russian yetis, to the russian military dropping mines and missiles on top of them. The incident have inspired people to write books, film tv shows, documentaries, and an horror game called Kholat. Regardless of the outcomes it 's the shut downs of every single possibility that confuses people, so what is it? Therious are an idea or belief of a situation based off of evidence or no evidence with the situation having no explanation, and that 's the only thing that can

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