Bizarre thing that happened way back in 1959, in the mountains of Russia.

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

http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/1562/the_dyatlov_pass_incident.html

Avalanche, UFO, Yeti, military? What do you think?

To dispel the theory of an attack by the indigenous Mansi people, one doctor indicated that the fatal injuries of the three bodies could not have been caused by another human being, "because the force of the blows had been too strong and no soft tissue had been damaged".^[1]<LI>Forensic radiation tests had shown high doses of radioactive contamination on the clothes of a few victims.^[1]The final verdict was that the group members all died because of a "compelling unknown force". The inquest ceased officially in May 1959 due to the "absence of a guilty party". The files were sent to a secret archive, and the photocopies of the case became available only in the 1990s, with some parts missing....

Controversy surrounding investigation

Some researchers claim some facts were missed, perhaps ignored, by officials:^[2][3]

• After the funerals, relatives of the deceased claimed that the skin of the victims had a strange brown tan.^[1]
• In a private interview, a former investigating officer said that his dosimeter had shown a high radiation level on Kholat Syakhl, and that this was the reason for the radiation found on the bodies. However, the source of the contamination was not found.
• Another group of hikers (about 50 kilometers south of the incident) reported that they saw strange orange spheres in the night sky to the north (likely in the direction of Kholat Syakhl) on the night of the incident.^{[citation needed]} Similar "spheres" were observed in Ivdel and adjacent areas continually during the period of February to March 1959, by various independent witnesses (including the meteorology service and the military).^[1]
• Some reports suggested that much scrap metal was located in the area, leading to speculation that the military had utilized the area secretly and might be engaged in a cover-up.^[1
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I'm going with a government coverup of some kind involving something we do not know of, because the governement thinks we can't handle it or aren't ready to know if anything else out there.

That's what it sounds like to me.

Many people believe it was an avalanche. However, the camp wasn't buried, and neither were the footprints.

It's unexplainable. If it could be easily explained, the Russian government wouldn't have tried to bury the story.

I got one for ya, did you guys ever hear about Tunguska? This is a pretty crazy story too.

Pretty crazy. hadn't heard of that before.

Wow really PK? You've never heard of Tunguska? That surprises me. That's another cool "it happened in Russia and no one knows WTF" event.

Thanks for sharing the other thing though. Pretty crazy stuff.

I just can't rap my head around why they were missing their tongues? And every possible avenue of explanation is contradicted by the other, the whole thing is just flat out weird.

Same here. I really want to know what was in that envelope, too.

I think we all have a right to know even if it happens in another country. Call me crazy, but I have my own reasons.