Reddit mentions of Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident (Historical Nonfiction Bestseller, True Story Book of Survival)

there is a book where author did actual research, talked to people involved in search and rescue, went on site and eventually:

- created detailed (dated) record of trip to diatlov pass

- explained what happened in the end

https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Mountain-Untold-Dyatlov-Incident/dp/1452140030

I can only recommend to read it

all in all, base cause was >!unusual twin-vortex atmospheric effect caused by hemispherical top of "death mountain", which manifested as very loud and unsettling (containing a lot of infrasounds) rumble, like two trains passing you at full speed!< which caused panic/primal fear at which point did not think rationally, scattered and then not being able to return died due to hypothermia... all bruises on them were aligned to them running and falling on stones and into gorge, and then having frostburns, while missing soft tissue is due to natural causes like scavenging animals and normal cadaver decay

Here's a great book on it.

Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1452140030/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_FT6OBbDN86AG7

I love this story! I just read this book which had some great insight into the incident. The explanation as to why the author thinks they fled the tent is one of the wackier sounding theories but scientifically sound. Basically the shape of the mountain as well as the area they decided to camp was prone to mini tornadoes/vortexes which would have passed by their tent and created inaudible low frequency sound that is proven to cause panic. Insane but the author goes through all possible scenarios and found this one the most likely!

For the Dyatlov Pass, I thought this book did a pretty good job going through all the possibilities of what could have happened. The last one mentioned is what I think happened. It involves wind and the shape of the top of the mountain.

Thanks, lots of interesting points! (I think I've read most of your comments in this thread now.) And your book looks interesting as well!

Seems like the theory that they were murdered is somehow often quickly dismissed when discussing this case, in favour of either natural phenomena or stuff like yeti and aliens. I've seen some pretty convincing sounding theories on this subreddit for how some kind of panic + confusion and hypothermia could explain a lot of it, and it seems like Donnie Eichar's book also takes this approach, proposing that infrasound due to wind and mountains caused the initial panic. But considering the details of their injuries and the autopsy reports as you've described them here, your theory seems more and more convincing!

Have you read the book by the Russian journalist Svetlana Oss (Don't Go There: The Mystery of Dyatlov Pass)? I haven't read it, but based on reviews and descriptions she seems to come to the same conclusion as you, that they were murdered. Her main suspect seems to be the Mansi people though. Apparently the mountain where they were heading, Otorten, has some kind of religious importance to the Mansi, and the name means "Don't go there" in their language.

By the way, the original reports you linked to. Do you know where they originate from and how they ended up on that google site? They seem believable, and even the wikipedia article links to them at one point, but I guess it would be nice to have some extra confirmation that they are the real deal. (Or maybe I'm being overly suspicious?)

The horror of von Karman Vortex Street!

Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident https://www.amazon.com/dp/1452140030/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_jP3dBbQ0AQB2S