[jordan2828]

thats what I read as well Ken...there are further speculations of whether or not an avalanche would have been possible at the location(uhm it appears to be pretty fucking feasible) and the orange skin tones of the victims (which have been chalked up to falsehood and hype like the radiation- but if true, it has been proven that corpses wouldn't "tan" or "burn" this way in those conditions..) either way I just like the romantic notion that some dirty russian chemical testing was involved..I mean come on..It's fucking Russia..there is probably an explanation that is even more insane than alien experimentation

and skullsoup..sorry..there are no dead babies here..I realize this is for gore photos..but this article seemed to have qualities that would be right up DR's alley..next time ill replace the historical excerpt with a picture of roadkill

[slapchoppa]

Originally Posted by jordan2828 ↗

and skullsoup..sorry..there are no dead babies here..I realize this is for gore photos..but this article seemed to have qualities that would be right up DR's alley..next time ill replace the historical excerpt with a picture of roadkill

don't let it deter you from posting!
some people found the story to be interesting.

[Frank_Furter]

In February of 1959, a group of experienced hikers made a trek through the Ural Mountains. They never arrived at their destination. When search parties discovered their camp site on the side of a mountain called "The Mountain of the Dead" by locals, they were greeted with a mystery that has still never been resolved.

The hikers' tent was intact, with the tent poles still vertical, a sure sign that there had NOT been an avalanche. In fact, no avalanche or sign of an avalanche has ever been recorded on the mountain. It is not high enough or steep enough to produce avalanches. The tent was covered with snow, but that was snow that had fallen during the weeks between the time it was erected and when it was discovered.

Someone had cut the tent open FROM THE INSIDE. Whatever had caused the group to leave in the middle of the night must have been extremely frightening because they left without getting dressed. Some wore only their underwear, one wore only one boot, and one was completely barefoot. The temperature was about -25 degrees Celsius.

The official Soviet statement put out after the incident was investigated was that "an unknown, compelling force" caused the group to leave the safety of their camp that night.

There are, as their always are in these cases, some questionable details surrounding this event. But one thing no one disagrees on is that the young woman in the light colored parka, Ludmilla, was missing her tongue! A few people say this is due to natural decay, but I think not. Her body must have frozen solid almost immediately after her death, and she was found under three meters of snow. Don't we use freezers to prevent such decay? And why was no one else's tongue missing? There were no signs of predation on the bodies, either.

Three of the group attempted to make it back to camp and froze to death. Some were found under the pine tree, and Ludmilla's group were found in a ravine even further away. They seemed to be running from something. Several had crushed ribs and broken skulls, yet their skin was not broken. The injuries seemed to be the result of over pressure.

The Soviet military flatly denied that it was involved in any way. No other footprints or signs of disturbance of any kind were found. Something caused these hikers to rip their tent open in the dead of night with temperatures 20 to 30 degrees blow zero Celsius and flee into the darkness without even putting on their shoes or parkas. What could it have been? A compelling unknown force indeed.

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[gogo]

I watched a program once on this incident

one theory says that this was caused by some supernatural wind which fucked up thier brains or something and cracked their bones due to a very high pitch - but its sounds too sci fi

i once went hiking myself and found a deserted tent with loads of unused things, the next morning i went back to the tent and it was still there and all the belongings still inside the tent with not a person insight

[wickedqueenwicker]

It was the Blair Witch.

But seriously, that's one of the creepiest goddamn things I've ever read. I once had a night terror that caused me to run out of the house barefoot and I damn near broke my ankle slipping on the 1/2 inch of ice that was on my porch. Something scared the living fuck out of me and to this day, I can't tell you what it was, but I was terrified. Mass hysteria for these folks? Still doesn't explain the removed tongue. Awesome post, hot dog.

[thissiteisfuckedup]

very intriguing

[ChockFullOfChock]

Yeah, this is scary coz it has all the elements of a horror flick. Much of it is unknown, no survivors, a number of odd details that make it sound very mysterious. A great story, just coz it compels the mind to boggle!

[carkees]

VERY VERY STRANGE!

[Panhead]

Hmm, didn't I read that one of the members headed back early due to illness, what happened to him I wonder...

[Dave.A]

Interesting read, indeed.
It might just have been the cold though. The cold can do very strange things to you when you're isolated. One of them could, for some reason, have thought that the others were going to kill him, and tried to do the same thing. Perhaps cutting out the tongue first, so that she couldn't scream.
The others woke up, got scared, stunned him, cut open the tent, and ran out as fast as they could.