Two mountains.

Two hiking groups.

One terrifying pattern.

In 1959, nine hikers died under mysterious circumstances on Kholat Syakhl. In 1993, a second group collapsed in the Khamar-Daban mountains—but this time, one survived.

Same behaviors.
Same panic.
No clear explanation.

What could cause experienced hikers to abandon safety and walk into their deaths?

Case Sources include:

History.com

Study.com

Wikipedia.com

Everything.Explained.com

Dyatlovpass.com

Worldatlas.com

Forbes.com

historicmysteries.com

Atlasobscura.com

Factinformer.com

Above the norm news

The Hawthorn files 

Paranormal catalog

MorbidKuriosity.com 

Ladbible.com

IFLscience.com

Tvi.show

And 

Explorersweb.com