In 1990, author anatoly guschin had been granted special permission to study the original files of the dyatlov inquest for a book he wanted to write about the incident. In january of 1959, nine soviet college students died under mysterious circumstances while hiking through the ural mountains in whats now known as the dyatlov pass incident. The mystery of the 9 russian hikers found dead youtube. The dyatlov pass incident is based on original research in russia and using the dyatlov group diaries, photos and interviews with surviving people connected with the group and the sole survivor from the group, yury yudin who turned around because of illness. As a side note this book is a great looking book in hand. You need dont go there by the same author svetlana oss.
I did enjoy the book but my reasons for the 4 stars is i honestly believe that the reasons given by the main account for what happened on that fateful night are bizarre or strange beyond belief in my opinion. It happened on the east shoulder of the mountain kholat syakhl a mansi name, meaning mountain of the dead. Russia reopens investigation into 60yearold dyatlov pass. The dyatlov pass incident in this riveting and informative nonfiction read, documentary filmmaker and author, donnie eichar, pieces together the mystery of why nine young experienced russian hikers left their tent after dark without shoes or proper clothing in subzero temperatures back in 1956.
The untold true story of the dyatlov pass incident, by donnie eichar, is. The infrasound panic theory was popularized by american writer donnie eichar in his 20 book dead mountain. See more ideas about mystery, cryptozoology and ural mountains. A group of students go the location of the infamous dyatlov pass incident to make a documentary, but things take a turn for the worse as the secret of what happened there is revealed. On january 31, 1959, a 23yearold ski hiker named igor alekseyevich dyatlov embarked on. Dyatlov pass incident graphic the black vault case files. The untold and true story of the dyatlov pass incident by donnie eichar chronicle books 20. Igor alekseievich dyatlov, the groups leader, born january. In this investigation book the author presents 40 hypotheses on the dyatlov pass incident. The untold true story of the dyatlov pass incident. If you think circumstances encompassing the incident are strange at first glance, the rabbit hole only gets deeper after eliminating the wild yeti, ufo, ball lightening theories. The true story of the dyatlov pass incident and the inexplicable deaths of nine experienced hikers is one of those strange but true tales that leaves a person. The true story of the dyatlov pass incident by donnie eicher.
His book the crows of berlin is published by pig ear press. Keith mccloskey attempts to decipher the bizzare events that led up to that night and the subsequent aftermath. The dyatlov pass incident, as it came to be known, has been compared with other unsolved mysteries, including the disappearance of lord. The area was barred off later for 3 years not allowing skiers and hikers to go near there. In 1959, ten experienced young skiers set out for mount otorten in the far north of. A short book about the post mortems of the dyatlov pass incident. The mysterious story of the dyatlov pass incident in. The dyatlov pass incident explained by modern science. Historical nonfiction bestseller, true story book of survival. In january 1959, 10 experienced young skiers set out to travel to a mountain named mount otorten in the far north of russia. Russian national archives the dyatlov pass students as they hiked toward otorten.
Two books on mysterious dyatlov pass incident offer. A friend of russian journalist and author of a book on dyatlov pass incident titled. Holly goss, matt stokoe, luke albright and ryan hawley. The mountain pass where the incident occurred has since been named dyatlov pass after the groups. This videos is ed by and belongs to youtube channel the group link to arb. The dyatlov pass incident movie, director rennie harlin, 20, starring. The untold true story of the dyatlov pass incident digs into the heart of this famous russian mystery. There was a tenth one, but he left the first day in due to being ill.
Not surprisingly, many people have latched onto the dyatlov pass incident and spread wild rumours of alien encounters, or some illegal russian testing involving nuclear power. However, the dyatlov pass incident is not the only case involving professional climbers dying under mysterious circumstances. I think this is the first book everyone should read who has any interest in the dyatlov pass incident, because here the author basically gives you not only an overview of the entire incident. On february 4, 2019, russian prosecutors announced that. Mountain of the dead the dyatlov pass incident book by. I did notice that there were a quite a few discrepancies in the facts of the story between the two books, but on the whole i prefer this account. The dyatlov pass incident was an event that resulted in the deaths of nine hikers in the northern ural mountains on february 2, 1959.
One of the last pictures on the camera final hours dyatlov pass incident film roll recovered images images from the recovered camera camera roll dyatlov pass discovery of. The dyatlov pass incident location draws in tourists. Dead mountain by donnie eichar is the best book out there in my opinion, im not totally convinced by his conclusions but it is an excellent read. The untold true story of the dyatlov pass incident chronicle books, eichar recounts the trials and tribulations of his trips to russia. Dont go there, svetlana oss, whose father was a photography enthusiast, gave an opinion, on the photo taken by yuri krivonischenko, writing that, actually i also think that the frame is real and not taken by accident. Death of the sole survivor of the dyatlov pass incident yuri yudin hugging lyudmila dublinina in late january 1959. The dyatlov pass incident by keith mccloskey the history press 20. Though this is not in the book, it is about a recent unusual disappearance, so i decided to include it. Keith mccloskeys visit to the dyatlov pass, russia. The mystery for many begins by wondering why would anyone venture there in first place. The dyatlov pass incident this is the story about 9 ski hiker deaths that happened in the northersn ural mountains in russia on the night of february 2, 1959. Check out my photos and information from the visit.
The soviet investigators determined that an insurmountable force of nature caused the death of the ski hikers. The untold true story of the dyatlov pass incident, is a gripping work of literary nonfiction that delves into the mystery of dead mountain through unprecedented access to the hikers own journals and photographs, rarely seen government records. Ok so i read this book in 3 days, straight after reading dead mountain which is also about the dyatlov pass incident of course. Specifically, it was in a pass known as dyatlov pass. The infamous dyatlov pass incident captures the modern imagination because of how bizarre the circumstances are surrounding the deaths of the nine hikers who tried to cross kholat syakhl, which translates to the dead mountain in english. As gripping and bizarre as hunt for the skin walker. Shocking new theory of the dyatlov pass incident the. Ekaterinburg to the dyatlov pass the memorial rock and the location of the tent the locations of the bodies the expedition members the hunters mount otorten general photos. Nor is chivruay pass the only one, hamardaban follows on its heels. If you remotely think you might like to know more about the the dyatlov pass mystery dont pass on this book. I was contacted by a medium in california who very kindly went to the trouble of carrying out a session using the pictures from the book and the map of the route.
The dyatlov pass incident is based on original research in russia and using the dyatlov group diaries, photos and interviews with surviving people connected with the group and the sole survivor from the group. The dyatlov pass incident is an enormous enigma on which countless articles, books, interviews, podcasts, tv shows, and even a few movies have spawned from. Does new research into ufos, soviet missile tests or psychedelic mushrooms help explain the mystery. See more ideas about mystery, unsolved mysteries, unsolved. We thoroughly researched the case a decade ago, to the point we considered writing a book about it, and some elements such as the radiation are easily explained. We are unbiased by any theory and we dont sell anything. Photo taken from a roll of film found at the camp of the dyatlov pass incident via wikimedia. Filmmaker donnie eichar sits down with leon krauze to discuss the puzzling death of 9 hikers in 1959 soviet union. The dyatlov pass incident resulted in nine unsolved, mysterious deaths. Russian investigators are reopening the dyatlov pass case. In february 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the russian ural mountains died mysteriously on an elevation known as dead mountain.
While the physical injuries of the russian victims were absent, the american case presents a set of similarly bizarre circumstances. The dyatlov pass incident refers to an event that resulted in the deaths of nine ski hikers in the northern ural mountains on the night of february 2, 1959. The dyatlov pass incident is virtually unknown outside russia, but in that country, its been a muchdiscussed mystery for decades. The dylatov pass incident rtg sunderland message boards. The renaissance of interest garnered by the dyatlov pass incident is now expanding to cover multiple deaths in the mountains under mysterious or not so mysterious circumstances. The dyatlov pass incident despite sixty years of speculation about the deaths of nine skiers in russias ural mountains in 1959, the dyatlov pass incident is still an unsolved mystery. As with dead mountain this book is well written and well researched.
The untold true story of the dyatlov pass incident historical nonfiction bestseller, true story book of survival paperback october 21, 2014. With holly goss, matt stokoe, luke albright, ryan hawley. Her report 11 pages long including the map and pages she used is here. Historical nonfiction bestseller, true story book of survival by donnie eichar, oct 1 2014. Nine dead, peculiar behavior and unexplained injuries, the 1959 dyatlov pass incident remains a mystery to this day. The experienced trekking group, who were all from the ural polytechnical institute, had established a camp on the slopes of kholat syakhl, in an area now named in honor of the. The dyatlov pass incident mysteries of the unknown.