"Abominable Snowmen Live in the Northern Urals"

This was the headline of a newspaper written by the Dyatlov hikers on February 1st, 1959. At the time, it was a joke, meant to pass the time and raise spirits. The legacy of that night, however, calls everything into question. What happened to those students? was the military involved? Do abominable snowmen live in the Dyatlov Pass?

Sources:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/SoLiOdJyCK/mystery_of_dyatlov_pass

https://interestingengineering.com/the-mystery-of-the-dyatlov-pass-incident

https://nerdist.com/article/frozen-helps-solve-dyatlov-pass-incident-avalanche/

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/02/russia-dyatlov-pass-conspiracy-theory/605863/

https://www.snopes.com/news/2017/12/28/dyatlov-pass-incident/

https://www.newsweek.com/dyatlov-pass-mystery-avalanche-tourists-missing-1568210

https://dyatlovpass.com/page.php?language_id=1&id=12786

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