In February 1959, nine young Soviet hikers mysteriously died while trekking through the Ural Mountains in what’s become known as the Dyatlov Pass incident. While their bodies were found mangled in various gruesome ways including missing tongues and eyes, no cause of death has ever been determined, with theories ranging from secret government experiments to aliens to the Yeti.
This creepy photo shows the determined group traversing the harsh terrain just before they met their fate on the night of February 1.
Even though the Russian government reopened the case in 2019, it remains unsolved.
