Simon: *uploads first video” “Welcome to another episode of” Admit it, you wanted to say casual criminalist.

I will predict that by the year 2030, Simon will have over 700 different educational podcasts running simultaneously.

The translation, "overwhelming force, which the hikers were not able to overcome," is incorrect. The words used to describe the force in Russian are "стихийная сила," which is best translated as "force of nature," which may include weather or avalanche. This is much more reasonable as an explanation in the official report. As for injuries, the report seems to only focus on any signs of injuries that might have been inflicted in a fight. In other words, investigator was satisfied that no 3rd party was involved, and therefore, considered the matter closed. It might not sound satisfying at all, but at least the report reads like something reasonable for a criminal investigator to conclude when read in the original Russian.

The hike "leader" is not like a scout leader, or the person that makes life or death decisions. It's literally just the person that's been on the trail before or has the most experience. It's the person you trust to keep you from getting lost on a mountain, they're the leader because they know where they're going. 🙂 While the group had mountain climbing experience, this trail was new and they needed a leader that had climbed it before.

"If you're new..." I think that's really the only option, isn't it?

I’m starting to think Simon is the one being kept prisoner and a group of writers are forcing him to read their scripts all day long. How else does someone have this many channels?

I lived in Alaska for 20 years, and I have almost died from hypothermia after falling into a freezing River, and delirium from hypothermia is 100% real. I didn't know which way was up or down I just started running because I thought that's what I should be doing, I stripped off all of my clothes because I became extremely heated inside my body even though I was frozen and near death, I felt the largest panic I've ever felt in my entire life and was probably just screaming at the top of my lungs and running around like a chicken with his head cut off while stripping all my clothes off into the snow. I believe that that's what they did after they were all violently crushed and tumbled around in their tents from the avalanche that was triggered. By the way to those of you that don't believe an avalanche can literally crush humans, it doesn't even have to have a layer of ice in it to be able to do that. An avalanche of powdered snow will literally crush your body and whip you around so violently and break your ribs break your back, etc, at the same time it's dragging you along with it sometimes over several miles, over logs, ice, branches, debris of all kinds, and tons of other things that will injure you while you're in it. And a lot of the time you'll never be found. So the fact that they had injuries consistent with avalanche incidents like broken ribs and having to break out of their tents from the inside is extremely plausible in my mind, because when you get whipped around and buried by an avalanche, especially in your tent while you're sleeping or cooking dinner, there's no way you're going to find that zipper to open the little flap to get out of your tent you're just going to start clawing your way out of there no matter how you got to do it. I don't think it's that crazy to assume that some of them were wearing each other's clothing or underwears or whatever because a couple of them could have been hooking up or hanging out together if you know what I mean. Logic and science will tell us always that a body that is laying out in the middle of a wooded mountain range for weeks or months almost always gets the soft tissue of the dead body eating away by little animals in the forest like eyeballs tongue, etc. For the radiation I think your guess is probably the best guess there is. And I wouldn't rule out the sun being the cause of the burned skin on some of them. Snow is extremely reflective and the sun does come out in the day everyday, and if mostly naked body is laying out on the side of a mountain for weeks or months, the person's skin is not only getting exposed unprotected to the Sun every minute of the day, but it's also getting extra strong sun rays from the reflection off of the snow and ice which will make it a lot worse. Obviously this is just my opinion, and just like buttholes, we all have one.

Burns on the feet are easily explainable. Those two had made a fire. In a hasty attempt to warm their feet, they got too close but due to how cold/frozen their feet were, they didn't feel their feet burning for much longer than normal. Also Simon, you don't have to be 12 or a Scout to appoint a leader on a hiking trip, especially if you're staying overnight. Depending on the size of the party, you might have reason to send multiple people to perform tasks for the group. The person with the strongest skills in that area (hunting, fishing, making camp, treating water, foraging, etc) becomes the leader for that task. I do find it funny that you had to sleep a night on the cold ground before you thought to put tree boughs down though. You'll know for the next time!

About the burn marks: It seems likely to me that two guys with almost no clothes on and a fireplace at -14, got their frozen feet to close to the fireplace in attempt to warm their frozen feet, that they didn't feel how they were burning them ( you can sustain burns well away from flames)?

Re the radioactivity mystery, back in the 70s when my parents took me camping in the UK, my mother used to stock up on gas mantles - I'm pretty sure that Russians in the 50s would have done ao too. Those mantles are a soft woven structure soaked in thorium salts. The salts glow a bright wgite when hot, and the woven structure vaporises, so the mantle becomes very friable once used- the thorium remains very radiioactive though, so anyone near a gas lamp that falls oved would have easily detectable traces of radioactive dust on thwm

I've heard people say the burn marks were caused by the freezing people practically sticking their bodies into a makeshift fire in a desperate attempt to warm themselves.

Fascinating, as always. This is a story I’ve heard over and over again, but what normally gets lost is the humanity and identity of the victims. The inclusion of the individual photos, especially when talking about the horrific injuries they suffered, really hit home. Reminded me of the true loss behind this mysterious unsolved case, especially after you shared the detail that the search party was just all of their desperate friends and relatives. That is the truly horrifying bit of this story, that is so often overlooked. Thank you.

Best explanation I have heard: They were camped on a slope, the snow slipped burying the tent, they tore their way out, and ran in case of more slips, grabbing whatever clothes weren't buried, the burns were from getting to close to the small fire in a desperate attempt to keep warm, and they stripped off and scrambled about the trees as the delirium of hypothermia hit, and the injuries were from the original slip, the radiation was probably fallout from the Khystym disaster, which had occurred in the region two years earlier, at the near by secret city of Chelyabinsk-40,.

"Welcome to another episode of" *Is the first episode of this channel Thank you Simon 😅

Having looked into this pretty thoroughly in the past, I have a few theories of what might have happened. Cutting out of the tent from the inside in varying degrees of undress and with mismatched clothing, as well as the burns are likely caused by some sort of mishap with the stove. Camp stoves from the era could be fed wood from inside the tent to remain warm and featured an exhaust chimney with a double hinged top that was supposed to vent the fumes and keep things from entering the pipe. It's likely that the storm could have obstructed or clogged this pipe, causing the tent to rapidly fill with smoke. The burns are consistent with attempts to smother the fire and in the official reports it's also mentioned that there is burning of the esophagus and lungs on some of them. They probably failed to put out the stove and hastily threw on whatever clothes they could in the confusion, then walked to the nearby tree line for the closest thing they could manage for shelter. At this point, one of them climbed a tree to get a lay of the land and fell, causing injury and leaving the blood up in the tree. The internal injuries, bruising and broken bones several of them suffered could be cause by a number of things and there is some evidence to support that they may have fallen down a somewhat steep cliff face near where the first bodies were found. The explanation for the radiation being that a couple of them worked with radiation is the most likely explanation, though a case could be made for the snow itself being irradiated by some sort of nuclear tests, also resulting in the lights in the night sky. There was a secret military base after all. I'm not particularly convinced of that and personally think the whole "lights in the sky" thing is probably a fabricated element perpetuated by UFO obsessed people to give the whole event an extra spook-factor. Whatever the case, It's likely less spectacular than people think and more of an unfortunate culmination of events than a supernatural occurrence or government conspiracy.

I love how Jen is roasting Simon in half of her work and he's just fine with it. Jen is a legend.

Suggested topics for Paranormal Simon: Portlock Alaska: The towns people fled en masse due to a number of unsolved murders and disappearances. The Himalayans Skeleton Lake: A lake where 800 skeletons were discovered Michigans UFO wave of 1966 Good ol' classic Skinwalker Ranch

Next episode should be “how did Simon trap Danny in the basement?”

Depressing that such a promising group of people were lost. So many smart, capable people with promise. They would probably have done a lot for the world.

The Dyatlov pass incident has been explained - there was an article published in the journal Nature earlier this year.. missing eyes and tongue - scavengers. Radiation - Soviet era military personnel & vehicles handling and transporting the evidence. The trauma - caused by an ice slab avalanche hitting the tent in the middle of the night. The campers had to cut their way out of the tent and flee the wind that had driven the ice slab. They headed in the direction of whatever shelter they could see with whatever clothing they managed to scavenge in their flight. Realising that the less well dressed campers were in immediate danger some of the team tried to make their way back to the tents but in the severe weather conditions they were unable to make it. Burns are the result of trying to stay too close to a fire while freezing to death...

I've seen enough Whistler videos to know that 1: It was definitely the Russians experimenting on their own people 2: This is where I throw in an 'allegedly' 3: I will now be poisoned with Novichok

Ask a mortician did a video on this that discussed how the frozen animation of snow allowed them to actually render a digital estimation of what happened. Most likely an avalanche.

I’ve been watching your videos (and recommending them to others) o Geographics for at least 6 months now. I was so happy to have KZfaq recommendations pop up with you on this channel and another! I’ve just subbed to both as well. You are my favorite storyteller Simon!

Of all the " mysterious things " I've heard about, this one is still able to make me shake my head. I know that avalanche is the most popular explanation , but I've never heard a satisfactory explanation for how an avalanche that caught them up and killed (some of) them, left their footprints and tent intact.

Eventually, Simon is going to be uploading more than 24 hours of videos per day every day, and no one is gonna question how.

One of the things that bugs me about how people talk about the dyatlov pass incident is how fixated everyone is about the radiation: Most things around you are covered in at least a trace of radiation. You, your clothes, your accessories, any jewelry, all can set off a Geiger counter. Just at low levels of the safer forms of radiation. I've never seen any accounting of this story go into the radiation bit. What levels were the radiation detected? What *kind* of radiation? Not too mention you don't need to be working in a lab to be exposed to radiation, since it can be carried by wind. So it can get to you wherever however. Only water really stops it or cancels it out.

For anyone interested, they actually do have a hypothesis about this incident that an independent investigation by a team of outside researchers recently seemed to support (and was subsequently published in an official scientific paper) The youtuber Anton Petrov has a fascinating video unpacking the scientific paper that explains it all, and I have to say it was probably one of the most thorough and detailed studies I’ve ever seen! Without having any survivors or witnesses to interview, it seems that this discovery is the closest we will ever get to truly “knowing” what happened, but the evidence really does point to the theory this video discusses. (Not including any spoilers about the theory here in case anyone is interested and wants to watch the video for themselves) Side note: I enjoy the channel Simon! My one *very scientific* hypothesis is that one day, youtube will consist of only Simon Whistler channels and videos. (insert *one of us, one of us* chant here) edit: just finished watching this video, and one of the theories included happens to be the exact theory that gets revealed, albeit all of the seeming loopholes are covered! you definitely do your research😌

I’d never heard that one of the hikers had taken part in nuclear cleanup and had worked at the plant. That’s the thing that kept me from believing it was an avalanche - it’s too weird for radiation to be a factor naturally. So it was nice to hear the work your script goblin went into, cause I’ve literally never heard that from any other channels covering the incident. And I’ve seen many.

This is just a documentation of randomly stumbling across another one of Simon's channels.

Simon is rapidly building an empire filled with increasingly more well-educated followers. And I am here for it

OK, I love Jen's video editing touches. The tents that wiggled and made a tinkling sound genuinely made me smile.

Points which no theory till date is able to explain : 1.) Igor Dyatloy was missing an incisor in his jaw 2.) Yuri doroshenko suffered serious burns on his skull and foot. The grey liquid coming out of his mouth 3.) Yuri krivonishenko also had severe burns on his foot 4.) Lyudmila and semyon both found without eyes. The eyes of both of them were taken out. A medic on the rescue team even went far to say that they were removed with surgical precession 5.) Lyudmila is missing tissues on her face. Her lips were taken out & missing tounge 6.) Semyon was missing eyebrow tissues 7.) The element of Radioactivity 8.) Why all went in the same direction in a line. Why some of them did not went slightly right or left 9.) Tent opening from inside 10.) Time of death for every individual. And why those who survived did not do anything for finding help and instead waited for a slow death. 11.) According to another hiking group they witnessed soviet military personnel there in second week of February but rescue team only found them on 26th february.

This is one of Simon's best bargains IMO. He's as content, and as engaging, as an Englishman can be in a pub!! 🍺😊

I’m here at the beginning, when Simon finally sold out. “I see other KZfaqrs that do some paranormal stuff, and then when the analytics tell them that’s the most popular, they morph into being more and more about the paranormal even if they don’t believe it. It’s sad.” - Paraphrasing Simon Whistler

Happy to have found this! Randomly discovered your podcast. You have the perfect voice, style, tempo and themes! Just amazing, great job, fantastic. Cheers!

Thanks Simon, I really Love your Videos!!! I have watched several different channels and they are all Great!!!

'another episode' hah! Good one, mate. I was afraid I'd have to add multiple videos to my extensive backlog of your content I've yet to watch. Grand to be here with you legends, dunking on the supernatural.

Simon, I feel like you are a friend who tells me ridiculous stories. I just love listening to you amuse yourself and expand on a script. This new show is a welcome addition to my absolute favorite, The Casual Criminalist. Looking forward to more creepy nonsense stories. Love it!

Thank you so much for talking about this on your channel. Everytime I hear this story, I rarely hear any logical ideas as to what went down. Simon, you brought logic into this mystery that I really needed and I thank you for that.

I always love listening to Mr. Whistler. He definitely does the script justice as he reads them. He has a good voice and great on-screen personality.

It's an avalanche. I'm guessing they were sleeping and woke up just in time to cut their way out of the tent and flee. The rescue team stated that the tracks away from the tent did not indicate urgency or panic. I suspect it's hard to run when you're in the middle of an active avalanche. The autopsy reports also indicate the hikers suffered significant impact injuries which would have slowed them considerably. It's also possible that several of them were too injured to run or even walk and were being helped by their comrades. When the avalanche subsided they were cold, disoriented, and injured. They might not have been physically capable of making it back to the tent to retrieve their clothing and gear; they also might not know where it was, or assumed it was all buried under snow or swept away. They decided to shelter in place and succumbed to their injuries and the cold within a day or two. The first hikers to die were stripped of their coats, socks etc by their fellow hikers. The hikers that had several layers were the last to perish. Animals and decomposition explain the missing eyes, and general state of the bodies. Burns are from trying to get warm. Impact of avalanche is consistent with wounds comparable to being struck by a car. The radiation is likely due their day jobs; they were all scientists or engineers. Soviet authorities didn't want to alarm the public, or admit that they had no idea what happened. So they quickly issued a vague report and closed the investigation.

Can’t wait for you to debunk aaaaall the supernatural things. I didn’t know I needed this but I’m so ready.

The wind one makes a lot of sense, when hearing that wind coming it freaked them out as they presumed an avalanche was coming this is why they cut from the inside and jumped out, in the rush not taking clothes and burning themselves on the stove by accident. Then after it had subsided, it was only a bit of snowfall compared to an avalanche however the tent was submerged and due to this they couldn't find it leading to some looking for it, others making a make shift shelter, some falling into the ravine etc. All dying in smaller groups as they were trying to get a new shelter sorted out quickly but not dressed correctly.

This damn story man. My younger brother became obsessed with this story and trying to find out what actually happened. He got involved with a group of people also obsessed with this case and finding out what happened. Everytime there was a new clue or theroy they heard about it would consume the majority of their time. It seriously became a problem for my brother. Like he lost his job (he was an orthopedic surgeon) then he and several members of the group he had joined trying to find out what happened in this case. Decided to actually go visit the location where this actually happened. As if they would somehow find something that everyone else that had already been there investigating this case wasn't able to. Spoiler alert they didn't find shit. But it was the last straw for my brothers wife and divorce followed soon after the trip. But despite the lose of his job, his wife, many of his friends and his social life. He refused to get back into the swing of his life. it was hard to see. But my family and I we're actually pretty excited that he and several other people in the group he joined planned on taking another trip to the location where this incident happened. This is because when he returned from his previous trip he was so much happier and motivated to get back into the swing of life. So we expected a similar outcome this time. But that's not what happened. When he returned home this time his behavior got worse and he seemed really depressed. He never wanted to do anything or Interact with our family. Everything just got worse and worse until he couldn't do it anymore and he committed suicide just 3 weeks after he returned home. His death broke our family. And despite all the effort, time and energy, and all of the things my brother lost. He was no closer to finding an answer to what happened to these Russian hiker's.

Simon. There’s this thing called sleep. It’s like caffeine, except it works. I’d hate to lose eight hours of your delightful voice, but it’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make when the alternative is perishing of exhaustion. (Also, subscribed. DAMN YOU.)

Remember that time Simon mentioned this incident on the Casual Criminalist, but said it was solved so it wouldn't fit on that channel? Yeah, me neither.

these are profoundly entertaining. the writer banter, the commentary, the humor, the subject matter. keep it up

"I'm so glad I made it out of the crazy, eye eating, radiation situation" I feel bad laughing, but that's hilarious

2:20 - Chapter 1 - The Mystery 5:40 - Chapter 2 - The history 26:10 - Chapter 3 - The Mansi 28:55 - Chapter 4 - Animal attack 30:00 - Chapter 5 - Mania 33:00 - Chapter 6 - Katabatic winds 34:35 - Chapter 6.1 - KGB 38:25 - Chapter 6.2 - Lights in the sky 44:00 - Chapter 7 - Avalanche 45:50 - Chapter 8 - Loose ends

I really love this kind of format, doing the paranormal related stuff. I recommend doing a video on the Hinterkeifek Murders and maybe the Annelise Michel case. They’d be amazing topics for this kind of channel

What I think most likely happened: Cause - winds, avalanche or fear of incoming avalanche (due to noise, winds) made them run. They cut the tent as it used buttons back then, not easy to quickly get out, especially in cold conditions, your fingers are much less responsive. In their panic/sleepiness they thought they couldn't save anything and rather than wasting time to try, possibly being caught in the avalanche or dying of exposure, they went towards the forest below to get shelter and start a fire. They might have underestimated how close to it they were (or had no choice). What happened to the first 2 dead - They reached the cedar tree. They climbed up to find dry branches for the fire, getting bruises, scrapes, maybe even a light fall. They made a fire but realised it was not nearly enough given the cold and light clothes. At this point the group might have split up either due to differing opinions on what to do or delegating tasks. 3 decided to go back to the tent to get supplies, 4 went to build a shelter (sort of cut-out) to protect from the wind. It's clear the 2 dead near the fire died first. It's possible they were what caused the group to move, or maybe they were left there as they had no strength to go help / didn't want to leave the fire. Their burns are... from the fire. Desperate to get warm, they got too close, and/or got burned falling closeby after dying. The others then took their clothes in an attempt to increase their odds (so those 2 most likely died first). The 3 on the way back to the tent -- tried to get back for supplies, perhaps they were the strongest so thought they could make it, or just decided it's better odds than the shelter. Can't imagine what it would have been like potentially seeing your friend just collapsing and knowing you're at the end of your strength too. Last 4 in the shelter -- managed to find/create the shelter, but snow either fell on them from above (causing the injuries) or they fell a few metres into a ravine (possibly then also being crushed by snow). Their missing soft tissue/tongue/eyes are explained by scavengers and a close-by stream. The radiation is explained by their professions (either working at a nuclear plant, helping with fallout after a disaster) Other small injuries can be explained by debris from winds, small falls or slips, even a fight over disagreement on what to do or after blaming someone of the group that got scared and was the one that started the panic that got them all to abandon the tent. The man with the bitten knuckle probably did it in a desperate attempt to try and stay awake, knowing sleep means death. Tragic, but no need for anything supernatural. Perhaps we'll never know the exact details as to which event caused the panic, what they were thinking, why they split up, but that doesn't change the sad end-result. They struggled to survive, but either a series of mistakes/terrible luck caused their demise.

Simon: "ghosts aren't real." Also Simon: "ahhh there are monsters in my office" 🤣 16:40

Simon,my dear, it was the Alien Lizard People setting off infrasound, and then an avalanche. 👽👽 Katy, fabulous script Jen, glad you came over to new channel ....Aliens!!👽👽👽👽👽

Ah yes, another Blaze Boy channel. Take my subscription.

I prefer camping in the winter just so I don't have to worry about ticks, and/or mosquitos. A good sleeping bag, a well stoked fire, and a fine bottle of bourbon can make a cold night in the forest as cozy as any you'd spend at home.

“Because I’m a big grown man and I can make my own decisions” - Simon whistler “Aaahh, my office is dark and there’s monsters” - also Simon, 5 minutes after stating he’s a big grown man 😂

(Russian here, living not too far from the area) To clarify some of the points you mentioned: 1. RADIATION. So annoying. 2 of the hikers were senior students of a radio engineering faculty, which, back in the day, included lab work with some radioactive substances. Another hiker worked at a Scientific Research Institute and worked to contain damage after the Radioactive Kyshtym catastrophe, which was, again, in the same state as they lived and hiked. Radiation levels and types on only three items of clothing were identified and pronounced at a natural level not dangerous to humans. They probably tested for radiation because the few states in the region were known to have radioactive spots. 2. Leader of the group. One thing people outside of Soviet Union don't realize, is how boyscout-like the Pioneer and Communist movements here were. The hiking was an officially organized tour by a city's sport club, and it was a very common thing all over the country, which is why the search in such a remote and wild area was organized relatively quickly. The official name of the incident is 'Death of Dyatlov's touristic group'. 3. In the report in Russian, it actually says that the deaths were caused by a force of nature - the weather was terrible, and the area they were walking through is known for avalanches, hurricanes, etc. Also, a very remote area with limited resources - including good medics. It's not like autopsy was done in Moscow, where docs are used to weird things, you know. 4. Again, Russian reports say that there were no injuries while they were alive. The official cause of death is hypothermia. 5. They died approximately on the 1-2 of February, the first bodies were found on the 25-27 of February, the rest were found in MAY, in a well-made snow cavern, 2.5 meters under the snow. They were found with the clothes that were cut off from the bodies that were found earlier, and were obviously trying to keep warm. 6. The lights were proven to be from the rocket launch testing sight, but it was really far away. 7. The 'KGB guy' was actually was supposed to go with a different hiking group from the same sports club, but changed to Dyatlov's as it was shorter. Aaand the rest is a mystery. We don't know why they suddenly left the camp without any supplies and went down the slope all together half-clothed. However, the tracks show that one person exited first, and then we have the rest - all 8 - walking slowly down the slope, some without shoes.

"Welcome back to another episode" literally the first episode.

that story is even crazier than you described, although the script is really really good, kudos to Katy. One of your most fascinating videos for sure, Simon

I have always been so intrigued about this case being I’m someone with “a few skills” who debunks on paranormal channels. I have my own theories on this case but there is so much “garbage” and misinformation circulated about it, some I may have not heard, that I’m so excited to hear what Simon thinks about it being as he approaches his cases, on his other channel I watch, with more of a logical and scientific mind and he has a very talented group of people working with him. All I can say is this is my first case I’ve watched on THIS new channel and I am so excited about it.

I really like the relaxing music in the background. It makes watching the video less paranoia inducing.

“…One theory to rule them all.” Yes Katy.. YES! Another writer slipping LOTR references between Simon’s ignorant lips.

I found this episode enjoyable and I’m super excited for this new channel. I had thought the Dyaltov Pass Incident was considered solved, AskAMortician did a video about it, but I saw it a while back so maybe I’m remembering wrong.

For those who are into this story, there was an entertaining movie made about it, about 10 years ago. The writers didn't use any of the ideas talked about in YT videos. It's not a top 10 movie, but I found it to be an enjoyable watch. I can't remember if it was called Dyatlov Pass or something else.

Wake up baby, new simon whistler channel just droped

Is Katy going to join Danny, Sam, and Callum in the basement now?

Only found this channel a few days and I'm not disappointed

The most recent solution is that the wind break they built for the tent actually caused a violent avalanche, but it’s hard to account for the fact they never went back to the tent. It’s speculated that at the time of the accident they only had 50ft visibility and in that cold of temperatures your mind doesn’t work as good. I always wondered of it wasn’t something similar to the Lia radiological accident but I think these people would have been familiar with radiation so maybe not.

I definitely think this was a case of multiple things happening that brought about the weird conditions the bodies were found in. I think there was a good chance there was some sort of avalanch, and they hurried out of the tent as quickly as possible, regardless of how much they were wearing at the time. I think in their haste to get out, they were split up, some heading towards the tree, others wound up near that cave/shelter thing. Any footprints they did leave in their escape from an avalanch would've probably been covered over. I reckon once the snow had stopped falling down the mountain, they tried to get back to the tent/one another. Those by the tree probably tried to light a fire. The burns could be explained by that. They got too close to it. The state of undress too, is definitely a hypothermia side effect (though I hadn't heard that about them taking clothes off their dead friends to try and keep warm before, that's sad but also would make sense). I once heard a retelling of this about the photographs of the orderly footprints but I think that's easily explainable. I reckon visibility would've been really bad after a sudden avalanch, and whoever had the camera was using the flash to light up the ground so they could potentially see either previous footprints so they could follow, or else to simply show a path for their friends to go along. Also the flash would've helped to try to signal to the others that might've gotten split up from them. It's truly a sad mystery, and with how the USSR was, even the most innocuous thing was hushed up and made to seem creepier than it really was, so unfortunately we will never know. I personally just think it was a tragic accident.

Rib damage would explain the one body with a "deformed" neck - pneumothorax from a lung puncture will cause the trachea to shift as the lung gets squashed by air leaking out of the lung and into the body cavity. Basically, since the lung gets deformed, it drags the trachea to one side as the end that is attached to the lung moves over.

Can never give you less than 5 stars man! Your videos are the best to listen to before bed

The struck by lightning theory could definitely have caused some of the injuries. My Stepdad got struck by lighting and it cause him to seize hard enough to break his leg. More likely than not it was a culmination of things, all of which we’ll never know, that caused their deaths. Some of them most likely did die of hypothermia and exposure. The eyes and tongues missing was most likely caused by animal savaging not an attack. As for the autopsy stating cause of death as “an overwhelming force” that’s not conspiracy, that’s them saying “🤷‍♀️ yeah sorry, idk what killed them”. Which honestly makes sense. If you have a body with lots of blunt force trauma but also signs of hypothermia the question for the person conducting the autopsy is only how did this person die and with all the injuries it was probably impossible to determine if it was the injuries or the cold that ultimately killed them.

Yet another channel dedicated to Simon's mad meandering mind. I absolutely love it!

Another channel with personality, looks like Danny, Sam, Callum, and Jen get more company in the basement

ive watched many videos on this topic and this is the best one i have seen. No drama or crazy theorys, and the most detailed report i have heard!! Yall are great!!!

I hope this doesn’t get too lost. I am an avalanche professional, I teach people about avalanches and guide people through avalanche terrain and dig up people who die in avalanches. A Reddit post brought me here. I posted this on that thread. I used the mapping software Caltopo to look at Dyatlov pass and Kholat Syakhl, the mountain they were supposed to be climbing. Using Caltopo’s slope angle shading (pulls data from LiDAR or calculations based off elevation data) I can only see a small, isolated area which could produce what I assume could only be a relatively small avalanche. I’m looking at a portion on the SE facing slope just below the summit. We would call this a “start zone”. This is the only terrain on that mountain (based on my data) that could produce an avalanche, which requires a slope angle of 30-45°. The entire area is only 1500x700 ft, the actual area which could produce an avalanche could be smaller but it’s difficult to tell. Using global imagery you can see that there is no damage to the vegetation at or below tree line. This indicates no defined avalanche path, paths that slide frequently and with destructive avalanches are often void of trees and large vegetation. So this suggests there have been no avalanches that started in that area and reached tree line in at least the past couple hundred years. Kholat Syakhl seems to be positioned pretty much in the middle of Ukraine, far from the coasts. This most likely means the snowpack is what we call a “continental snowpack”. Continental snowpacks produce conditions that allow for large, destructive slab avalanches that can be triggered from thousands of feet away. In conclusion/TLDR,I assume the snowpack for this area has the conditions to produce large destructive avalanches. However, I do not believe that the terrain in the area could produce a large avalanche that they would be able to hear or would produce the injuries seen. Furthermore, they would have to be in a very specific place above tree line for any sort of avalanche to hit them, and while it could be large enough to kill them, the conditions would have to be juuuuust right for something large enough. The terrain is just not big enough to produce a large avalanche.

Anyone else laugh about the cheeky noise and tent wiggling at “pitch their tent”. Please tell me I’m not the only one… 😅😆

Simon should advertise to schools, using KZfaq statistics as validation for "retaining attention of students". Teachers could create playlists for the students, and have that be the equivalence of homework. Some of Simon's episodes might need to be cut for content, as some may find his personal takes on subjects too lax. But personally I find it as part of the hook!

The radiation can be explained by two members of the party having worked in facilities exposed to it, and without having proper decon procedures. Here's the possibility to my mind: A minor, rare avalanche for the area causes the evacuation of the tent. The party makes a fire at the "cedar", but split into three groups of three after. A group to raid the partially covered tent for supplies, one to stay and maintain the fire, and another to begin work on another shelter. While separated, a bout of harsh winds delt out various injuries, leading to exhaustion, and succumbing to the elements bit by bit. If course this is still an imperfect explanation.

Yessss I've been hoping you would make some longer podcast like episodes, I am watching the video rn and can't wait.

While I’m all for the Soviet aliens murder theory it just strikes me as a series of unfortunate events that can all be relatively easily explained. Something (be it a large animal, avalanche etc) that we’ll never be able to confirm forced them to quickly leave camp. They then began to succumb to the elements one by one, the burns are just from the fire they found next to those two chaps. In late stage hypothermia it kills the nerves in your extremities as the soft tissue begins to die meaning they won’t have felt their flesh burning in their attempts to warm up. Falls, post mortem animal feeding and natural decomposition explain the rest. But people love a good mystery so fuck it, I’m throwing my lot in with those pesky aliens.

Jen did an awesome job on this one

This case and the Elisa Lam case are my biggest peeves. Covering these can be a quick way to lose all my respect for an 'unsolved mystery' or 'facts' channel. You guys always do a great job, though. I mean, Simon figured out the radiation on his own. This is why I love you guys.

HOW MANY CHANNELS DO YOU HAVE?!?!?!? ive never seen a youtuber with more channels. my god man. this guy must have more time available to him in a day than anyone else.

Simon is going to do Make Up Tutorials next

“I’m sorry for the mispronunciations but I’m too lazy to look them up” 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Ask A Mortician did a video on this within the last year that swayed me from the mania theory to the avalanche theory. Hypothermia can cause paradoxical undressing. Radiation is from the lanterns or prior exposure. Flesh/eyes/tongue missing is animals scavenging the corpses. Burns are from them getting too close to the fire because their nerves are numb from cold and they can't feel that they're burning themselves. The crush/beating injuries are just from the avalanche. The tent being cut from inside is them trying to get out before being completely buried. Some of the hikers were hit by the avalanche while others managed to avoid too many injuries and then tried to get back to the camp but died in the cold after possibly getting lost. This is the theory that makes the most sense to me.

I doubt the radiation happened onsite. Several of them could have low levels of radiation from the Khystym disaster. For all we know that was typical of everyone who lived in their region, but the hikers just happened to be tested for radiation because of the investigation. The Soviet government probably wasn't testing ordinary people as a matter of course.

Lol Simon and the supernatural 😂 this should be ... AMAZING Haha. Also that's what 12 channels or something now? 🤔 dose anyone know if Simon qualifies as having the most active channel yet?

This is my all time favourite mystery. I don't think the causes of death are particularly strange, they were all out in like -30 degrees weather in basically pyjamas and socks, no one would last very long like that. And the last 3 to be found, next to the stream, who had the severe crush injuries, probably dug a snow shelter which then collapsed onto them. What is confusing is what drove these experienced hikers out of their tent and into basically certain death. I just can't understand the avalanche theory. Surely if there was a powerful enough avalanche to scare them so much they cut their way out rather than open the door and don't even grab snow boots then the tent would have been damaged or collapsed, items inside would be pushed around and disarranged, and the tent would be a least partially covered in snow. Especially if there was a slab avalanche as the prevailing current theory suggests. Also it seems highly unlikely that the hikers would exit the tent and then walk 1 - 2 km (1.5ish miles) away from their tent and ALL their equipment unless there was serious immediate danger, you'd think they would try to stay as close as possible so as to be able to retrieve their gear asap. These were very experienced hikers, they would know their time was extremely limited without proper clothing. But if there was that much danger from avalanche surely there would be some sort of evidence, such as the tent? If anyone can explain how this avalanche theory accounts for this that would be great. Because I'm tired of seeing videos claiming the mystery has been solved. (Obviously not this one, this one was great.)

Excellent and interesting as always Sir 👏👏👏👏👏 Must admit this particular mystery is one of my favorites. Due to the film of the same name (post below)

Aliens? The Yeti? No....it was the former favourites of young children and squaddies - the Teletubbies. Although, I find it hard to believe that either Tinkywinky, Dipsy, Lala or Po would eat eyeballs and Tongue.

I'm an avid fan, I have notifications on for most of your channels, I was one of the people commenting on Casual Criminalist in support of you discussing this topic ... So I'm a weird mix right now of ecstatic that you're doing it and especially giving it such a deep dive, and offended at KZfaq/the algorithm gods that somehow I got the memo a few days late! XD I think creating a new channel for this niche is a smart move. I'd be thrilled if you also release this channel in podcast form (if you are and I just missed the memo then my bad). I listen to CC on Player FM and it's really enjoyable. Keep up the great work you legend!

"A wild wolverine maybe, leaps out and attacks" "Hey bub, this is my pass" *snickt*....carnage ensues. Sounds legit to me.

They found their footsteps in the snow but no other … a flying yeti? That’s new🤘

How would they even know that the clothes were radioactive? In 2022, we don't find dead hikers and think, "Well, we better check them for radiation. You never know...."

Ah yes welcome back to the first video, definitely never seen this fact boy before.

Burned feet - they left without their snow boots, the ones with burned feet had made a fire. They tried to stop frostbite and that's how they burned their feet Missing eyes and tongue - the autopsies did not say the tongue or eyes were lost during trauma. They are external soft tissue, they are not unlikely to be the first things to rot or to he taken by rodents as they present the least resistance, this is not uncommon. They were likely lost from decomposition. I mean one of their hands and feet was already decomposing away, why wouldn't the eyes and tongue be decomposed Major injuries - yall ruled out the animal attack, and only mentioned wolverines - this is stupid. Bears can do that type of damage easily, "hit with the force of a car." Or with the force of a very hungry angry bear. Or an avalanche could have done all of that. Radiation - three of them worked around radiation, two of them regularly. Also Simon says there were very high amounts of radiation - amounts were not all that high - definitely high enough that it wasn't an anomalous amount, but not very high as he said.

-14°f isn't cold to people who live in that area (or in alaska). We had a fire drill in gym class once and had to go outside in shorts and t-shirts in -20°f and we were just fine as long as we were in the sun. Weird, i know, but you just get used to the cold.

I been up all night so I swore you said “I’m Neil Simon” which totally fit with your humor. 😂