Case file · 1959 · Vanished
Dyatlov Pass
The Tent on the Mountain
Nine hikers cut their way out of their tent on a Siberian mountain and walk into the night.
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This 9 min episode was written from the public record. These are the sources behind it.
- Communications Earth & Environment (Nature Portfolio): Mechanisms of slab avalanche release and impact in the Dyatlov Pass incident in 1959 (Gaume and Puzrin, EPFL and ETH Zurich, 2021)
- TASS: Prosecutors say avalanche killed Dyatlov group in Urals in 1959 (2020 prosecutors' conclusion)
- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Russian Officials Reportedly Close Investigation Into Mysterious 1959 Hiking Disaster (reopened inquiry)
- Wikipedia: Dyatlov Pass incident (overview)
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