On February 2, 1959, a group of tourists died in the mountains, it included 7 guys and 2 girls. Their search began only on February 16th.
It was possible to find a torn and cut tent, and at the foot of the mountain - the bodies of tourists who died either from wounds or from the cold. Why this tragedy happened is still unknown.
Officials in the prosecutor's office said in February 2019 that a check had begun on the death of this group. Many years ago, this criminal case was terminated because it is not related to crime.
But the relatives of the victims could not be satisfied with the wording according to which people died due to elemental force. They want to know what happened to the guys.
The prosecutor's office wants to establish why the tourists died in order to prevent the recurrence of this tragedy.
With the help of modern technologies, it will be possible to identify the real picture of what happened. Now there are 3 main versions (snowboard, avalanche and hurricane), and they will work on them. The results of the investigation are planned to be published in late summer, and it will end in the fall.
10. Why did the group leave the tent?
It is still not clear why all the Dyatlovites suddenly suddenly left the tent. Almost all shoes, personal belongings of tourists and their diaries, outerwear remained in it.
The investigation revealed that the group members came out simultaneously, all of a sudden, but this was not a stampede. Tracks were located at a distance of up to 500 m from it. Traces of the presence of someone else could not be found.
An ice ax was found outside the tent, and a flashlight was located on its roof. Most likely, at first one person left the tent, who ordered everyone else to get out.
9. Weapon tests at the training ground
A total of 75 versions of what happened were suggested, some of which seem incredible. Someone suggested that there was an atomic explosion in this area. But rescuers claim that there were no signs of melting snow or stone, the death of trees. This version was immediately rejected.
It was assumed that the tourists were witnesses of some trials, after which a cleaning was carried out. It could be a rocket test.
It is also confirmed by the fact that the death of the guys interested the military. The generals took part in the searches. And these tourists were ordinary people who would hardly be interested in high authorities.
8. The version of ufologists
One hypothesis is a UFO attack. Ufologist Valentin Degtyarev has no doubt about this. On the night of February 2 this year, locals belonging to the Mansi people saw something similar to a fireball.
Other residents of the Urals observed a similar object on February 17 and March 31. But this time it was a sphere-shaped glow.
Where tourists died, young Christmas trees grew. They were burnt, but no other affected trees or melted snow were visible.
There are other facts confirming this version. In the photographs taken by the members of the group, there are shots where you can see UFOs. The investigation decided that these images are illuminated, but the ufologist Degterev is not sure about this.
7. Meeting with foreign intelligence agents
The writer Aleksey Rakitin put forward his version of what happened and even wrote a book about it. He believes that Dyatlov’s group was killed by foreign intelligence agents.
He confirmed it with arguments that seem rather convincing. You can get acquainted with them by reading his book.
6. Unexplained injury
It was not possible to establish how the injuries were received. Experts have established that such injuries could appear after impulsive squeezing.
They could get about the same injuries if a car moving at high speed crashed into them, or if they were thrown back by a blast wave. But all the tourists died from the cold, and not from injuries.
5. Assault Mansi
Former hunter Anatoly Stepochkin told an interesting story. In 1981, he was a tractor driver, he carried fish. On the way, he came across a tent of a local resident, asked to spend the night.
They sat well, talked. The owner turned out to be a hunter-procurer. Anatoly asked why he was not afraid of anything, not even hiding meat. He replied that they were the owners here, and the one who robbed them would still find and return the loss.
He talked about one case. Their people had a sacred place in the cave, where they brought furs, gold and platinum.
Tourists looted it. As soon as Mansi found out about this, they tracked down the tourists, launched a dope inside the tent. When all of them jumped out, the hunters killed them. Tourists were 9 or 10 people.
But experts do not agree with this version. The tent did not show signs of other people. And Mansi themselves are calm and serious people, they have no dope. In those parts there were no sacred places of this people. But even if they were, our tourists never ruined them.
4. Was there a quarrel between the tourists?
Another version of what happened is an ordinary household quarrel. Two participants, having drunk a little, quarreled over a girl, had a fight, and all this ended tragically. The prosecutor prompted her.
She was quickly abandoned, because the group was pretty friendly. But it was formed only before going on a campaign; there could be conflicts between its participants that we are not aware of.
3. Attack of escaped prisoners
An investigator of the prosecutor’s office assured that at that time no escapes from prison were recorded, this version is unlikely.
2. Version of Yudin, the only surviving member of the group
The tenth tourist in the group was Yuri Yudin. He had to share the fate of his comrades, but left the team due to a leg injury.
Yuri first suggested that his friends were destroyed by an avalanche. The prosecutor denied this, claiming that the boys died due to a hurricane. But Yudin does not agree with this.
He is sure that his comrades would cope with any situation. Yuri believes that his friends are faced with some kind of secret trials. They poisoned and died.
The man is sure that the investigator knew the reason for their death, like other representatives of the authorities. He told Yuri that they were already doomed, and he was to become 10.
1. The descent of the "snowboard"
This version is the most believable. There is a kind of avalanche called the “snowboard”. When the upper layer of snow melts a little and freezes at night, a dangerous board forms. It is fragile, from any external impact it can slip down.
It was she who came down to the tent, forced those who survived to get out and drag the wounded down. But, unfortunately, due to frost, everyone died.