The mystery of the Dyatlov Pass incident, a tragedy from 1959 that claimed the life of nine experienced walkers in the Ural Mountains, was again the focus of the annual All-Russian conference in Yekaterinburg.
For more than 65 years, historians and researchers have been struggling with the strange circumstances around death near the ominous slopes of Kholat Syakhl Mountain.
Dr. Petr Bartolomey, a professor in the technical sciences who personally knew the fatal group and even considered participating in their expedition, presented His own hypothesis at the conference.
By rejecting earlier suggestions, ranging from avalanches and attacks by escaped convicts to secret weapon tests, Professor Bartolomey suggested a “technical phenomenon” linked to exposure to nitrious acid such as the catalyst for the horrible events.
During a press conference, Bartolomey pointed to the lack of external footprints on the spot, except for the traces of the walkers themselves and their tent. He argued that this absence of outside interference suggests an internal, possibly chemical factor. He also noted that the prints in the snow indicated a form of thermal impact.
“Because the feet were imprisoned, there were traces, which means that there could have been a thermal effect,” Bartolomey explained.
“But this thermal effect is unlikely about the long distance they have fled. Science suggests that this is usually associated with navigate nitrous acid on the surface. Figuratively, when salt is sprinkled on snow, it is wet, footprints, and then they freeze in the frost. This is the only correct scientific explanation for what happened.”
Bartolomey believes that something made by man, not of course such as an animal or a storm, caused a chemical reaction in which nitric acid was involved in the area.
He suggests that whatever this “technogenous” thing was, had the interaction with the environment in a way that produced nitric acid or had a similar effect. This could explain why the walkers may have felt a burning feeling (such as acid), why there were unusual traces in the snow that suggest a heat source (because some chemical reactions produce heat), and why there were no signs of a struggle with other people.
At the time, official forensic investigations concluded that the majority of walkers succumbed to hypothermia. Unspreceding details, such as serious and inexplicable injuries sustained by some victims, and the discovery of the bodies in different states of undressing into a mile away from their cut tent – including a young woman who misses her eyes and tongue – have fed for decades of bizarre theories.
In May 1959, the office of the public prosecutor of Sverdlovsk closed the criminal investigation and concluded that the hikers were the victims of an ‘overwhelming natural force’.
However, persistent public interest and countless professions brought the office of the public prosecutor to reopen the case in 2018. In February 2019, on the birthday of the tragedy, a representative stated that no criminal element was found and natural phenomena such as a hurricane or snowfaller remained the primary theories.
