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Same place as the Dyatlov Pass incident (1959). That also had some weird radioactive readings involved. Probably a radioactive dump site that gets exposed occasionally that the government cant reveal.

 Iron_Captain wrote:

Was my really obvious joke so convincing you can't tell it is a joke?

Blame Yaraton?

 Howscat wrote:
Same place as the Dyatlov Pass incident (1959). That also had some weird radioactive readings involved. Probably a radioactive dump site that gets exposed occasionally that the government cant reveal.

Yuri Krivonischenko worked at the most infamous of the Soviet Union's "P.O. Box No." sites , the facility known as Mayak (The Lighthouse) in Chelyabinsk-4010, during the Kyshtym disaster of 1957. And Alexander Kolevatov (ex. NKVD Interior Ministry trooper in World War II and most enigmatic of the Dyatlov party) supposedly worked a classified atomic research lab near Moscow known as "P.O. Box No. 3394".


But none of that could explain why Lyudmila Dubinina's sweater was radioactive. And why the external tissues, or the rest of the clothing, of the three skiers were curiously free of radioactivity. Besides the individual pieces of clothing, only Kolevatov’s heart supposedly contained traces of radioactivity.

If this thread is about the Dyatlov Pass incident now, man that's a huge upgrade, because that is super fascinating.

What about the theories they got caught in an avalanche? It seems unlikely such experienced hikers would have camped in a location where that was possible, but it would explain the internal injuries without external wounds.

 Ouze wrote:
If this thread is about the Dyatlov Pass incident now, man that's a huge upgrade, because that is super fascinating.

What about the theories they got caught in an avalanche? It seems unlikely such experienced hikers would have camped in a location where that was possible, but it would explain the internal injuries without external wounds.

That would be my first thought. But Kholat Syakhl isn't a tall mountain nor very steep. The diaries of the campers also mention that the snow layer was a bit on the thin side. However, a small avalanche is possible, and would also explain the tent being cut from inside-out.


The only problems I see with the avalanche theory is that the hikers appeared to flee the site in a hurry, instead of trying to salvage some of their clothing/gear (as you pointed out, they had experience at this). And Igor Dyatlov was known to be a sober, serious individual, and careful about preparations and safety. The other problem is that the treeline was about 1.5 miles from the campsite. Some of the hikers had fatal injuries that left them 20 minutes of life, if even that. There is no evidence that any of the party carried anybody down the mountain. Everybody appeared to have fled from the camp to the forest under their own power.

 Ouze wrote:
If this thread is about the Dyatlov Pass incident now,

No, it's not, you bloody highjackers.


https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/23/world/europe/russia-radiation-cloud.html

 Ouze wrote:
If this thread is about the Dyatlov Pass incident now, man that's a huge upgrade, because that is super fascinating.

What about the theories they got caught in an avalanche? It seems unlikely such experienced hikers would have camped in a location where that was possible, but it would explain the internal injuries without external wounds.

Yeah, I'll start a new thread!

According to this:

http://zakupki.gov.ru/epz/order/notice/oku44/view/common-info.html?regNumber=0773100000317000120

Radiation is result of some accident in "Mayak"

So your saying that there was an accident after all? So what step is that in the list provided earlier xD

Judging by the available data, the pollution was already a year ago, but then something happened again or the object with the leaked material was somewhere burned this fall, spreading further.

 oldravenman3025 wrote:

 Howscat wrote:
Same place as the Dyatlov Pass incident (1959). That also had some weird radioactive readings involved. Probably a radioactive dump site that gets exposed occasionally that the government cant reveal.

Yuri Krivonischenko worked at the most infamous of the Soviet Union's "P.O. Box No." sites , the facility known as Mayak (The Lighthouse) in Chelyabinsk-4010, during the Kyshtym disaster of 1957. And Alexander Kolevatov (ex. NKVD Interior Ministry trooper in World War II and most enigmatic of the Dyatlov party) supposedly worked a classified atomic research lab near Moscow known as "P.O. Box No. 3394".


But none of that could explain why Lyudmila Dubinina's sweater was radioactive. And why the external tissues, or the rest of the clothing, of the three skiers were curiously free of radioactivity. Besides the individual pieces of clothing, only Kolevatov’s heart supposedly contained traces of radioactivity.

Unless they borrowed one of his a time ago?
So he did have the radioactive clothes by a tiny margin not the others.

It would put nuclear out of thr cause list.

Lakes can make large plumes of gas?
Trapped below ice and one escapes.

Anaimals sense it ahead and run?
They get caught, lack or oxygen causes them to act strangely and run etc.

Some. Recover yet are then stuck out in deep winter. No real shelter etc.

Gas leaves no trace as only rapidly reduced O2 count.

Theres so many theory's..

 Freakazoitt wrote:
According to this:

http://zakupki.gov.ru/epz/order/notice/oku44/view/common-info.html?regNumber=0773100000317000120

Radiation is result of some accident in "Mayak"

Mayak is the location of a (very old) Rosatom facility somewhat infamous for a previous nuclear incident, where a container of nuclear material exploded.



also, please take Dyatlov Pass incident conspiracies to another thread.

 BaronIveagh wrote:

 Freakazoitt wrote:
According to this:

http://zakupki.gov.ru/epz/order/notice/oku44/view/common-info.html?regNumber=0773100000317000120

Radiation is result of some accident in "Mayak"

Mayak is the location of a (very old) Rosatom facility somewhat infamous for a previous nuclear incident, where a container of nuclear material exploded.



also, please take Dyatlov Pass incident conspiracies to another thread.

You talking about 1950s accident (a horrible one). There were more than 30 others lesser ones.

 Freakazoitt wrote:


You talking about 1950s accident (a horrible one). There were more than 30 others lesser ones.

That's not surprising, but the one most people think of, if they even know about it, was that one.

It's like saying the Siege of Sevastopol. Most people would think of WW2, forgetting the Crimean War.