This is a great case of taking a simple and straightforward event, shrouding it in the secrecy surrounding everything in the USSR that required an official report, and the story collecting additional "facts" like a massive snowball rolling down a hill and picking up kids sledding.
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Originally Posted by Crack
UFOs? Secret Russian military operation? Something else? What really gets me with this story is that the people involved actually survived the initial disturbance and went on to leave their tents by foot (barefoot) into the snow, tried to create campfires by burning whatever that they could get their hands on while there was wood that was available nearby that they just didn't use, suggesting that they were blind. And, "One doctor investigating the case suggested that the fatal injuries of the three bodies could not have been caused by another human being, owing to the extreme force to which they had been subjected." This, coupled with the orange tint suggests something supernatural.
Also... what happened to one of the girls tongues?
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-If they were blind and tanned, it would probably be sunburn and snowblindness. Snow reflects a lot of UV back up. Skiers wear sunscreen for a reason.
-Leaving the tents barefoot and improperly clothed is likely due to
paradoxical undressing. "extreme force to which they had been subjected ..." like an avalance?
-Missing toungue? Wild animals are likely to go after exposed soft tissue. She also could have bitten it off in an avalanche.
-If the added accounts of radiation are true, it can be explained by thorium in the gas mantles of their lanterns.
-"some reconstructions" and "some reports" are categories that do not include the official report. I'm surprised that the obsessive Wikipedia nerds haven't tagged it for weasel words. If they were blind, again, this is due to snowblindness. If there was a lot of metal around, then a crashed aircraft could have triggered an avalanche.