[lowbridge]

Full title: Secret Soviet death rays. Yetis. Aliens. Just what did slaughter nine hikers on Siberia's Death Mountain in 1959?

[1rudeboy]

I’ve always been fascinated by this story.

[InterceptPoint]

What drugs were popular with Russians in the late 50’s?

[bigbob]

If it wasn’t 1959, I’d say they were trying to escape bath salts...

So I’ll go with “Aliens”...

[Errant]

Interesting, thanks for posting.

[BenLurkin]

Avalanche killed some. The rest died trying to escape in a blizzard

[BenLurkin]

Or.....

One of them went postal and killed some. The rest dies trying to escape in a blizzard.

[Hot Tabasco]

Interesting to say the least..........

[Carriage Hill]

[virgil283]

Interesting story LB....Isn't there an altitude sickness that makes some people psychotic...?

[wintertime]

So?....They were missing for a month, yet the author states the footprints were of bare feet? Huh? What footprints in snow would last a month?

[BenLurkin]

From the 'things that make
folks go hmmm...' department:

[ransomnote]

More from wiki:

12-year-old Yury Kuntsevich, who would later become head of the Yekaterinburg-based Dyatlov Foundation (see below), attended five of the hikers’ funerals and recalls their skin had a “deep brown tan”.[2]
Some of the hikers’ clothing (2 pants and sweater) were found to be highly radioactive.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident

with some info suggesting military involvement?

[gaijin]

I saw a documentary about this and I remember the key details were:

1. The bodies were radioactive

2. Official files with strict handling SOP’s were clearly tampered with

One theory is that they accidentally ran across a weapons research site and that the nature of the research was so sensitive that the research authority disposed of the whole group.

But that’s just one of several theories.

[Joe 6-pack]

[cyn]

"the rescue party finally came on the first sign of life..."

...or not.

[BenLurkin]

The last photo on the camera which was found at the scene

[PLMerite]

They met someone they...did not expect:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xinjZBd6I5Q

[Red Badger]

LSD experiment, unbeknownst to the victims.........