In 1959, nine experienced cross-country skiers (all students) led by Igor Dyatlov head into Russia's northern Ural Mountains but never returned. After several months their bodies were finally found, under very mysterious circumstances to say the least.
In the middle of the night, in sub-zero temperatures, the skiers all suddenly fled their tents into a thick forest...no signs of struggle thought their tents were torn from within, and then the injuries: two victims with broken ribs, one with a fractured skull, and another who was missing her tongue! Their clothing also apparently contained high levels of radiation. At the time, Soviet investigators had determined that an "unknown compelling force" had caused their deaths, then closed the case and filed it as 'Top Secret'.
So what exactly was this "unknown force'? Were the Soviets conducting military experiments? After over fifty years, the case remains unsolved. This is one of the most interesting unsolved mysteries I have ever encountered, one that most certainly needs more investigating.
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