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I think something that keeps tragedies like this ripe for wild speculation is the idea that "people don't just die." Like, look at the people who die climbing mountains with professional guides on well-traveled routes; accidents happen and life is uncomfortably fragile. Heck, people die from hypothermia in the middle of cities.

I do like this format of skipping right to the theories around a more heavily-covered topic and not spending a lot of time on the ufo/Bigfoot/conspiracy  stuff.

Ever since I first found out about this years ago, I’ve been fascinated by it. There are just so many creepy, unexplainable factors. Bodies giving a radioactive reading, one of them being “tinted orange”, and some bodies having extreme internal injuries with little to no external injuries are just some of the most insane.

a kgb agent tipped off a bigfoot about a group of hikers entering a sacred mountain. Bigfoot hopped in his UFO, blasted a nearby rocket with ultrasound that exploded over the mountain triggering an avalanche. The group, already fragile from internal strife, descended into madness and fought each other, then exited the tent... And that's my favorite version.

Hypothermia initiating the incident doesn't even pass the first hurdle.   There's no doubt many of them got hypothermia from exposure to -30 Celsius for several hours, but the idea that hypothermia started the incident is clearly impossible.   The first hurdle is that something scared all of them so badly, so instantaneously, that they cut/ destroyed their only protection against the elements.  Their decision making later on was directed & purposeful.  They headed to the treeline for protection against the wind.   They started a fire.  When team members died, the survivors took items of clothing.  The last 4 took measures to create a den/shelter with a large quantity of branches collected from tree tops to protect their feet.   The idea that 9 people all wake up with hypothermic delirium at the exact same moment is laughable.  The severe injuries of the 4 in the ravine is nit a mystery.  Their shelter collapsed on them and several tonnes of snow was on top of them for several months.   The missing eyes and tongues is basic animal depredation.  The radioactive clothes can also be explained through the work environment of a number of  the hikers.   The mystery is what caused all of them, simultaneously, to think that destroying their tent and walking calmly out into -30 degrees was the preferable option.

The theory that Bedtime Stories presented in their 3rd video on the Dyatlov Pass that concerned Katabatic winds was another interesting possibility. Seemed as plausible as some of the other theories considering everything the researchers discovered about it and compared to a Swedish hiking incident in 2019.

I read a book about this a few years back. One of the hikers had his tongue cut out. Another had gouged out eyes. It's hard to say what really happened. However, I think it's possible that the hikers saw something that they shouldn't have seen and were eliminated by the Soviet authorities.

When you were explaining the love triangle it got really confusing. You stated their first and last names and then referred to Zena by her first name and Yuri by his last and then switched to referring to Zena by her last name also. Their last names are difficult to discern for an English speaking audience, so why not just refer to them by their first names?

Something they heard made them slice that tent open. Whatever they saw made them run, no time thinking just running. They heard and saw something that terrified them. I've always been fascinated by this case and this was a great documentary. Thank you 😊

The behaviour of the hikers became irrational. think about it:
1) they build a small deposit of provisions and they leave behind a pair of skis (there were no spare skis) that means that one of them walked one Km from the deposit to the tent. why? and the next morning that person had to walk back to the deposit to retrieve his skis? it makes no sense.
2) a ski stick was found cut in the tent. why? why would they do that.
3) suddenly they start cutting the canvas of the tent with knives. that canvas is NOT easy to cut, and they needed several attempts to finnaly cut it. there were many cuts along the tent, as if all of them started to cut their way out, ignoring the two exits on each side of the tent. why??? this makes no sense at all
4) they leave the tent, and they walk out without boots into the snow. without gloves, without shoes, without coats..... why?
5) they gather in a group and they walk downhill with 9 sets of footprints walking as if they were in a trance. why?
6) Only 2 of them had boots, the other 7 were barefoot or wearing socks (one had only one boot ). isn't that irrational?
7) NONE were wearing gloves. One of them had a pair of gloves in a pocket of his coat, but he did not use them. WHY ?????

Everything started to go wrong in the STORAGE HOUSE. Suddenly they leave behind a pair of skis (remember they had no extra skis), and they make a wrong turn towards the Kholat Syakhl, 1500 meters away, instead of going to the mountain pass, which is the logical route. They took that wrong turn, eight of them in skis, and one of them walking. How is that possible? Why they didn't say: hey what are you doing? go pick your skis. Whatever happened, started in the Storage House, after that, it looks like they were in some kind of a trance, making strange uncomprehensible decisions    
My opinion is that they were under the influence of a hallucinating drug.They were university students, and had contact with other chemistry students. Maybe they took LSD and Meth. That is the only thing that can explain their irrational behavior. The official soviet autopsies reveal no drugs in the bodies. But I can imagine the soviet government censoring that fact. It was 1957. They could not reveal that 9 young soviet students were dead because of drugs. Drug use among young people was a characteristic of capitalist countries.

Definitely like this format, even though I have seen a bunch of videos on this before to the point that I've skipped some, the focus on theories rather than rehashing the background meant I was looking forward to watching this.

maybe the tent collapsed of snow weight in the middle of the night then they cut it open thinking it was a avalanche then the conflict started and people blamed each other and started fighting,or it was a small avalanche and nobody got heart but they started fighting over there warm clothes

Nice job blending old photos into the area now. It really brought it to life

I love both types of stories. Thank you for creating these videos, Archie!

This is one of my favorite conspiracies to talk about because so many theories are plausible. All we know for sure is those folks must have had very scary deaths.

Something that you didn’t mention was the reports that two of the hikers were missing their eyes, one was missing their tongue, and one was missing their eyebrows. It seems that if this was animal caused then further evidence of this would have been noted. The Soviets worked hard to keep the many cases of cannibalism secret and even now Russian continues to be plagued by cases of this. It would also be difficult for the investigators to be certain that the only tracks found were those of the hiking group.

They didnt drag any injured to the forest, as all foot prints found were spread out as if in a panicked state near the tent, then becoming orderly, and in a straight line towards the forest. This is believed to mean all could walk on their own. Why they didnt go back to the tent(before descending to the forest)to get warm clothes is the biggest issue with all theories. It doesnt seem to make sense as evidence seen when the tent was found, showed very little snow on the tent, and no reason as to why they couldn’t just move the snow that was there to get warm clothes. The fact that some attempted to go back after getting to the forest, shows that likely they knew they could get their items from the tent. So why didn’t they do it before?

My theory is that there wasn’t an Avalanche where they were, but one nearby they thought was coming so they panicked out of their tent. Still doesn’t explain not grabbing Items before the descent. Only a feud seems to explain that, as if everyone was so pissed off, that they didn’t bother to realize their situation. Unlikely as they were all very experienced it should, have been a reflex to get warm clothes.

It always comes down to why they didn’t get warm items, or any items it seems from the tent before trekking down to the forest. Every theory breaks down there.

Great Video FYI. I enjoyed quite a few before checking this one out. I have spent quite a bit of time researching this incodent myself.

As expected from a YouTube comment section, every other commentor is an 'expert' and knows 'conclusively' what happened.

Comedy gold.

i would love to see more of these "further investigation" type vids about these types of incidents. too many videos dont go into depth about the theories. this was great.

The avalanche theory makes no sense at all. The most interesting point is that the investigation was classified. This indicates it was something that wouldn't be perceived well by the public.

May they rest in peace ♥️