Russia's Most Haunting Mystery

[@ukotoa1639]

You know when eaten by a fucking yeti isn’t the craziest theory you know this is some fucked shit

[@iHaveTheDocuments]

The craziest is flat earth. Those ppl also believe space doesn't exist.

[@kevinmunn666]

​@@iHaveTheDocuments Your pee pee don't exist

[@sethsherr2793]

It’s all fake

[@Soloong_Gaybowzer]

Very true. But watch people jump through mental gymnastics trying to explain away the events in any other way.

[@jbone877]

​@@iHaveTheDocuments oh you're one of those that believes in "space". Ok conspiracy theorist

[@TheMutantCreeper]

I’m a child of a Russian immigrant. I’ve never heard someone mispronounce Russian like that before. It’s honestly incredible.

[@souljaboy.6668]

opatchchki

[@Twili8697]

Maybe dont have a stupid fucking language

[@MS-fw8yd]

Papa aims to impress

[@papahusky1263]

He can barely say English words sometimes lmao

[@bleakautomaton4808]

He's honestly so close to Homer Simpson "nuculer" when he prenounces nuclear too.

[@kai.byroade]

Radioactive Vampiric Yetis from Chernobyl

[@briannewman5614]

Thank you.

[@PeterTunnah-cz5kv]

😂👍

[@cigarettediet1185]

sure, in the 50s when that happened in the 80s (we got huge radioactive strawberries tho 😂 in hungary)

[@omnomaly7458]

Chernobyl was in Ukraine not Russia the Ural Mountains are nowhere even close to Ukraine

[@kai.byroade]

@@omnomaly7458 ...... HOLY S#(% THEY LEARNED TO FLY!?!?!??!!?11one

[@benson5275]

I cannot believe he went from the best horror animator on this site to the best commentary channel on this site. Papa, you are a legend. Keep it up

[@BeansFreak]

Right? I've always liked him as a personality but didn't watch much of the animated stuff. This channel is perfect

[@Vespyr_]

Huge downgrade imo. Man was an iconic animator. Inspiring to so many. One of a kind really. To just another talking head regurgitating the same topics people have been on KZbin for years.

[@BeansFreak]

@Vespyr_ what are you talking about? Every video on this channel is extremely specific and very much in the same vein as meat canyon

[@Amateracu1991DFFOO]

Charlie is still by far the best commentary channel on KZbin but yeah Papa meat is very entertaining

[@Vespyr_]

@@BeansFreak Bro he just covered Dyatlov Pass, Like Lemmino and so many other channels have for years. If this is the only channel you visit it might seem fresh for some reason but literally everyone has covered these topics. He did a damn frozen dinner tier list earlier this year. It's a huge loss.

[@Drikkerbadevand]

So basically this is the explanation the 2019 investigation came up with, and it's the most reasonable explanation so far: They basically looked at the photos and found out the campsite was a different place than thought (it wasn't actually ever mapped). It was in a much steeper area and the skiers had dug at a right angle into the steep bank of snow to cover from the violent winds (60mph -30c) from that night (found from records dating back to that day). This would normally have been a good idea but digging into the embankment made the structure weak and as the snow storm continued, the weight of the snow would collapse on them, which would explain some of the blunt trauma as well as them cutting the tent from the inside to get out.. They assumed it was an avalance and photo evidence and ground sign/tracking experts claimed they walked calmly away as to not disturb anything (another avalance). They figured the best cover would be among the trees. They gathered at the cedar tree and started a fire, and one of them climbed up the tree to find dry branches, where that person must have cut themselves and ripped their clothing (which was found on the tree).. The wind was too strong and the fire couldn't warm them, the burn on the arm and face on the two found by the tree could be from trying to keep the fire going as well as falling onto the fire after death. These two in particular were found without clothes.. likely taken by the survivors in an attempt to stay warm. At this point they probably figured out it wasn't an avalance, 3 of the survivors tries to retrieve equipment at the tent, however in a storm and in the pitch blackness of night in the middle of literally nowhere, it would have been too dark and they froze to death. the remaining 4 tried to build a snow shelter to get warm, however they were digging right on top of a moving stream which doesn't freeze and as they were digging the whole thing collapsed + the several feet of snow above them, crushing them (this explains why they were found so deep as well as their broken ribs, injuries to their sternums, heart ventricles, head. The girl is even photographed face down in the moving riverbed which would have worn away at her face, which was also noted to have major facial trauma after the autoposy).. then as the snow melted scavengers got to them (they were found several months after the others) which explains missing tongue, eyes etc. the irradiated clothes were because of the work they had done on radioactive stuff way before the trip

[@johhnojj711]

Excellent Explanation, thank you!

[@jacobm.s.8543]

the snow was irradiated?

[@paxluporum4447]

Thank you

[@myeyesburn641]

That seems to be the most logical explanation! I‘m just wondering how the footprints stayed so clear after a blizzard. Maybe there actually was no blizzard. Maybe a small avalanche caused them to leave the tent in a panic. And after they cut the tent open and slowly walked away from it, they realized their mistake. Desperately tried to survive and died because of the cold and the accidents that happened.

[@lukestoloff2213]

If they sustained such horrific injuries inside the tent they never would’ve been able to escape in the first place all the bodies would’ve been found in the tent or only a few yards away from it for those who were able to drag themselves out

[@YoMama9021]

Okay seriously I LOVE YOUR EDITOR! The part where he used Abe’s “INANAH” from Abe’s odyssey was just too damn funny and witty as shit. Every episode is such a little treat.❤

[@brunzio]

The youtuber Lemmino did a video on this a while back but his video has recently been age restricted so i'll give a brief description of his theory which i believe is the most realistic and probable i've ever heard. The Tent: So, Dyatlov had custom made a chimney for the tent that can be seen in the groups photos and in a photo a few days before the accident Dyatlov can be seen in a burnt jacket suggesting that maybe the custom oven could malfunction. On the day of the accident, Lemmino posits that while the group was preparing dinner and getting ready for bed, somehow the oven broke and spewed hot smoke into the tent. Catching the group off guard, first someone tries to poke holes into the side of the tent to let the smoke out. When that doesn't work they slash an exit as no one could locate the zipper at the front of the tent in the smoke. When they get outside, barely clothed and choking. The carbon monoxide poisoning from the smoke does two things. 1, they believe the tent which is still spewing smoke was on fire and they could not get their belongings. 2, They believed that they were closer to the forest than they actually were. The Bodies: The group made their way down the mountain barely clothed. When they reached the tree line, they set out to make a campfire by climbing the nearby tree for twigs. Slobodin falls, cutting himself on the way down and fracturing his skull. Slobodin is still able to walk and so they decide to exchange clothes so that the three most healthy people there can head back to the tent. While on their way back, the three trigger a minor avalanche that sends them over a small gully and onto the rocks below. All of them attain massive injuries likened to a car crash. Now the missing eyes and tongue of these three have been vastly misrepresented as being ripped out or something like that but in the official autopsy it states that these were not present in the bodies due to decomposition. After all, they were the last to be found and the snow had started to melt around them. So back at the campfire, after a certain amount of time had passed since the first expedition to the tent, they passed around the remaining clothes to three more who individually tried to hike there. They may have originally left as a group and got separated in the snow, but the result is the same. All of them failed and the last two of them slowly died around the campfire. The radiation present on the bodies and clothes is not unexplainable as the clothes are believed to have belonged to Krivonishchenko and Dyatlov, who worked at nuclear facilities. The bodies may have been exposed to this radiation as the night progressed because clothes were passed around among the group.

[@wolfiemuse]

LEMMINO is the goat. Rational minded person unlike whoever the source of information was for a lot of this vid, like Yuri was their main source haha

[@dyslexicboogaloo]

Nope. Classic Russian Wendigo.

[@Dietskittles]

Great explanation, thanks for the summary.

[@brunzio]

@@dyslexicboogaloo Russian Wendigo With space lasers*

[@willblaze339]

The smoke theory seems undoubtful because the investigators would have surely found heavy amounts of soot both on the clothes and around the stove?

[@sydneyford9603]

I did a paper my freshman year of college on the dyatlov pass incident and the most logical theory was a small avalanche (the size of a minivan) hit the hikers tent while they were sleeping atop their beds which were on top of their skis which made the beds very uneven which resulted in injuries as if people weren’t wearing seatbelts during an extensive car crash which caused the extensive injuries. The radiation found on the hikers bodies and clothes was from the thorium which was used back in 50’s for lighting lanterns that the hikers were using. With the hikers missing their tongues and eyes that was due to animals scavenging their body parts after they had died. I’m not saying that this is what happened but that is the most logical explanation I could find while doing my paper.

[@leviacronym6770]

Yeah, that's what I think happened, too.

[@thiagomandiaslouzan6624]

Hey this is actually a pretty cool theory. But what about the swapped clothes?

[@79Bobola]

Avalanche theory falls flat when you really dig deeper into this. It’s certainly not some yeti or something stupid like that, but there’s a documentary called “an Unknown Compelling Force” that covers new evidence and things that the Russian govt lied about.

[@inzaneity3474]

@@thiagomandiaslouzan6624it’s dark and they grabbed what was closest. Not exciting, but honestly what that person said is probably exactly what happened.

[@sydneyford9603]

@@thiagomandiaslouzan6624 Hey, thanks. The swapped clothes I think was just from other hikers who were already dead at the time and the four who were found in the den survived a little longer because they took those clothes off of the bodies to have extra layers.

[@InspectahReese]

Papa Meat, Wendigoon and Oompy are on a short list of creators I genuinely get excited about when they upload

[@BrilliantRipeMike]

For me, it's caddy, papa meat, Joel, and vinny

[@basedsoldieroftheglorioust9556]

literally exactly the same lollll

[@Mighty_Monarch42069]

Legands

[@joshdrop5651]

Add penguinz0 and mr.ballen and u got all my faves

[@Mighty_Monarch42069]

@@joshdrop5651 literally all five of these creators I watch. Follow the shit outta them 😂

[@reagantorrey69]

You know it's good when there's context underneath the video Edit: The context blurb is gone, it's over

[@goosegirl941]

Mark of quality!

[@kevinmunn666]

That shows your wee wee and already had whipped cream that's warm and moist

[@random2829]

Badge of Honour!

[@reagantorrey69]

@NormanThedon Nuh uh

[@GrimReaping]

​@NormanThedon Reported

[@zzveggiextoop1781]

14:37 that was definitely a flare bruh 💀 they was asking for help

[@fitimblakaj9594]

duuuude thats actually wild lmao

[@ate-ē-ate]

Speak normal English bruh man ngl on god they was acting up skull emoji skull emoji

[@zzveggiextoop1781]

@@ate-ē-ate ok omegle man 💀💀💀💀

[@vanitasastra]

​@@ate-ē-ate The irony is hilarious because the only thing that gives you this false sense of superiority is your absolute ignorance of linguistics

[@bushdid91195]

​@@ate-ē-ate on cap rfrf no god

[@tekelupharsin4426]

Honestly wasn't expecting this type of content on this channel. I've heard this story many times and did some study on it myself, but I like your presentation style.

[@timeout0000]

i went down this rabbit hole after watching devils pass. From what i remember, it was suggested that some of the bodies were stripped by the last surviving hikers in an attempt to stay warm. Some of the damaged to the bodies could have been environmental or caused by wildlife, moreso for the bodies discovered months after the rest. The avalanche theory makes the most sense to me if the tent was cut from the inside, but even that is disputed.

[@karrimgyver]

They had home made wood furnace thing to heat the tent. It's shown in some pictures. Most likely snow covered the chimney thus sending smoke in the tent, fast. They paniked and sliced the tent open to breathe, but then they had another broblem. They probably went for the tree line in order to make fire, two I think did, others succumbed to hypothermia and that's when you do weird things like take off you clothes in fibal burst of adrenaline and stuff.

[@karrimgyver]

@timeout0000 that would also explane why they wore each others clothes. They didn't have time to take their own because cold was coming fast.

[@EvanS-x8x]

Guess a yeti mess them up accept the truth

[@shepard-commander]

What about the radiation and their bodies being bludgeoned?

[@EasternOutlaw09]

I’m down the papa meat rabbit hole

[@emmaengland951]

The ones crushed were thought to have made a snow den that then collapsed on top of them. The ones missing their eyes and tongue were submerged in running water, allowing bacteria to consume those parts. Burns came from the fire they built to stay warm, but they were so delusional they didn’t notice they were so close they were burning. The cloth and skin on the trees came from someone trying to rip branches down for the fire - either climbing up or jumping in a panic and catching on it. They all would’ve gotten separated in the blizzard in whatever panic they were in.

[@sethsherr2793]

Drowned people in cars still have there eyes and tounge inside them

[@fionahunter1669]

I believe the eyes and tongue were more likely scavenged by animals, same with the flesh in the tree. I do like the burning theory though, and I fully believe in the snow den mini avalanche theory.

[@uncoomf3279]

What about the dude with a chunk of his own flesh in his mouth, that's the weirdest one with no explanation consistently

[@jairai5922]

I think it was an avalanche.. the eyes could have been scavenged by animals, and the woman could have bit her tongue off... or animals ate her tongue... I think they got hit by 2 avalanches in a blizzard.

[@lucassmith1886]

What about the radiation? And the guy with his own flesh in his mouth? Other than that some of those are pretty good theories

[@Magnum_Express]

I'm glad you point out that there was no avalanche evidence. I see many people who just conclude that and end their videos. Other KZbinrs who dive deeper into this topic dismiss it. I think everyone wants to say it was natural, because that's the safest explanation that doesn't require people to think about more uncomfortable/unconventional topics.

[@mr.crickinyaneck8657]

been killing it with the amount of videos putting out im loving it keep it up please lol

[@kenthomas7471]

He really is the man

[@kenthomas7471]

​@HelpMeplease991shut up

[@rachapach6192]

I think this was an avalanche. There’s another hiker story that happened near lake Baikal in Siberia back in 1993 though that is even more nuts. Six hikers were normal one second then one by one they started bleeding from their noses, eyes, and mouths and bashed their heads against rocks. Only one girl survived. They still have no idea what happened. Edit: It’s called the Khamar Daban incident for anyone who’s interested

[@wednesdayaddams9709]

That is absolutely terrifying

[@rachapach6192]

@@wednesdayaddams9709 I know right? It’s a true story too. If you’re curious it is called the Khamar Daban incident. Truly the stuff of nightmares.

[@sadib4782]

but if it was an avalanche then why would there be burns on some of their bodies ? (assuming those burns weren’t there prior to whatever happened that caused their deaths)

[@sirmag1735]

I think it was an avalanche also, and the incident you're referring too is wild, its more mysterious than this one imo. And it's got some of the same set up, with the experienced hikers going into the wild type of thing.

[@sirmag1735]

​@@sadib4782likely due to falling on the fire they had constructed according to the 2019 investigation

[@AmbassadorKat]

The SkiFree yeti at 7:45 is a serious throwback I literally spit out my juice

[@Venexes8]

I saw this and had a laugh. I was wondering who else knows of this gem afterwards.

[@Junowasblue]

I was delightfully caught off guard

[@cosmicwanderer457]

No you didn't, lier.

[@NukeNuke22]

i bet you didnt spit out your juice lier

[@CindyLynnWhoa]

Khamar-Daban tragedy happened in Russia a decade later and similarly weird, Russian hikers, one survivor, mysterious deaths. Would love to see this covered as well

[@Kinography]

That one’s even stranger imo, and it’s way harder to rule out anything nefarious in that case

[@Mighty_Monarch42069]

That’s a good but creepy story. I mean good as in it has twist and turns.

[@hempyweeds5745]

I love crazy unsolved mysteries like this

[@anundundian]

Papa Meat we demand you give us Neil Breen.

[@HeyRooster42]

Or not....

[@matt.stevick]

je ne comprends pas

[@EthanMiller12205]

@@matt.stevickNeil Breen is the best worst director ever. He exclusively makes The Room level films.

[@ajax3748]

You mean Jesus?

[@edwardosquidawardo]

I second that motion. I love Neil Breen

[@Nolen_Sorento]

7:44 Shoutout to editor for putting in the old school yeti from ski game.

[@thepoleontheroad]

It's always nice to see an American cover Russian stuff. The language can be tough for non-natives, so props to you for not entirely giving up on pronouncing these names, Hunter. And it looks like Chelyabinsk earned its "cursed city" status in Russia long before today; now we know where a significant amount of its radioactive contamination and pollution originally came from.

[@anasevi9456]

I love crazy stories about Russia. Dad worked for Chevron, and took me on a business trip to Sakhalin as a kid for a pipeline in 2002, I finally went back in 2021 during a trip to Japan and Korea before the big you know what.. Back in the 2000s Yuzhno was a tired rundown shithole. But 20 years later? Legitimately a nice place and honestly a nicer regional city than many I've visited in regional America and Australia. I bring up Yuzhno as it had a massive skiing resort looming over it, heeded papa meats future advice and did not ski there.. oh and summer.

[@username-rh9xi]

from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk with love

[@username-rh9xi]

​@@anasevi9456

[@brotherhoodofsteel7014]

Wrong! This guy is a true alien 👽 👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽☝️

[@Nolancookies]

someone farted in the tent

[@YuzuLovesDoodoo]

💀

[@AgentMazgunn]

papa meat did it

[@kylevanzandbergen3285]

Fun fact, the movie Frozen had such good snow animation that they used the same algorithm to figure out how the snow could fall and if an avalanche could form at such a low incline, which it could.

[@jeffreyrebuckjr.4889]

WHERE IS THE LEFT RIGHT GAME PART 2 PAPA MEAT! I NEED SOMETHING TO LISTEN TO AT WORK

[@sadisticmaxwell]

thats what i'm saying

[@bugbzs]

I especially need part 2 bc of that ending dude, I need answers for what's going on

[@andrescaiced2993]

Dude I’m with you on this one

[@rockyadams2825]

He said Saturday

[@reecesaffire]

I think they upload bi weekly. So it should be this Sunday.

[@Mr.Kouch01]

Yeah! hiking, Cold War, and papa meat! This day just keeps getting better!

[@Luigi536]

@HelpMeplease991you ain’t getting shit bot 🤖

[@shornoMALONEY]

Your editing is so original and a lot funnier than most other CCs, keep it up brother.

[@DrDaMoZ]

The picture from Weird History @12:25 is actually a picture of the concentration camp Auschwitz and not a russian Gulag.

[@magnuskallas]

Also... The scary picture. The photo is someone pointing to the camera with their white fingers, eye-glasses on the right. NO UFO.

[@Unus_Annus_]

I noticed that too

[@Zman44444]

Damn dude. I commented a solid comment, and it was deleted… Edit: KZbin be absurd. I didn’t even use a swear word… holy shit. Can you see my initial comment?

[@DoofXMachina]

​@@Zman44444 I don't see nothing mate

[@Pilps]

I think the editor missed out the blurring parts for the bodies half way through 😅

[@mudkiptheman6903]

😅 he did not get paid well i think

[@brycekerr9090]

Yeah that's kinda messed up ngl

[@jordandittman9474]

Shhhhhhhhhhhh

[@Pilps]

It's honestly tame compared to the plethora of stuff i've seen on the internet@@brycekerr9090

[@Tw0Dots]

@@brycekerr9090🙄

[@theflowerhead]

Please do a series on weird stories akin to this! Creepy, informative, listing theories from serious to crazy, docu-ish style, and funny. It's so hard to find that docu style vid with some humour that works. Reminds me of The Why Files and I've wanted more vids like this.

[@neftaherrera5540]

As an educated individual, everyone has been wrong , I wrote my desertation on this in my senior year at the university of Narnia. What actually happened was aliens came , experimented on them. Then the yetis fought the aliens off but accidentally hurt the humans. Then the government sent a small nuke to finish the job to leave no witnesses of the event.

[@IchNachtLiebe]

Your first sentence made me want to hate you, then I read the rest and realized you are indeed well versed in this subject.

[@reeceloomis673]

do you have a source for this?

[@IchNachtLiebe]

@@reeceloomis673 It was a study peer reviewed by the wood elves on the starship enterprise. All of whom have GB-PHDs (Good Book Protaganist Hierachical Degrees)

[@spac3dout320]

@@reeceloomis673 My source is I made it the f@ck up

[@__-tp4tm]

Wowie, im your average Joe and get overly enthusiastic and emotional about supposed facts - naive and gullible as I am, I know carry this information in my brain as a fact and will 100% try to gaslight anyone with just a slightly higher IQ into following the same trails of thought. I mean you're a qualified individual, who am I to question you?

[@breeda9196]

The new informative route you've taken with the plethora of eerie 1000 ways to vibe stories. Are very intriguing in how the papa meat team cook up. Love to see channels not pigeonhole themselves into certain genres of interest. But rather embrace taking on new exciting challenges like touching on topics others from various demographics can enjoy. Really broadens the reach of content creativity while showcasing how others can also utilize the platform to enhance their reach of different audiences that more often than not would never know their content existed. Like the saying goes Variety is the spice of life.

[@NathanLorenzo-yh4gk]

ESL?

[@breeda9196]

@@NathanLorenzo-yh4gk noticed my huge run on sentences I let ride there? Did it trigger the inner grammar gestapo?

[@1WEareBUFO1]

1000 ways to vibe 😉

[@NathanLorenzo-yh4gk]

@@breeda9196 🤓

[@Moufisto]

How are you pumping these out so fast?! Papas out of control

[@theunknown4847]

20:17 Love how there's a snip bit of the unblurred image Pretty gruesome honestly

[@MiguelDiaz-ff4qc]

Damn yeah should’ve kept the casket closed poor souls.

[@snailveon]

I remember listening to a podcast talking about this years ago while I was camping! I was lying down in my tent in the middle of the night with my headphones, listening to this mystery. Very excited to hear Papa Meat talking about this!

[@silverserpent420]

More of this!! More movie and food reviews too! Thoroughly enjoying the content, senior meat. 👍🏽

[@Wolv1es]

I am happy you took a break to focus on content that feels more rewarding !! I love your videos

[@THIS_IS_SPARTA_]

PAPA MEAT , Seriously check out the town of portlock. It's a super weird town nobody really ever talks about

[@cheerful_crop_circle]

Lol

[@jarednahulu]

I really recommend Lemmino’s video on this subject! His theory is the most likely I’ve seen, and it’s a good watch as always.

[@atticusspontaneous]

I've watched three different channels cover this story so I was gonna skip until you started with details the others left out. Then you made it very interesting and added the picture too. Great job, Papa M! 👏🏻👏🏻 I'm so excited by how much content you're producing lately!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@brandonjerome]

I've heard this story many times, but you made it still zing💥 RIP to these people

[@razorsimon6681]

3:06 thanks for reminding me that movie exists

[@ari._.3]

Trauma 🥲

[@missinchoate]

I don’t want to be so morbid but the artist renditions and Peter griffin overlaid on the images took me out

[@isleep5914]

interesting thing to note that i've noticed with many cases of likely hypothermia: near the end of your fate you will take off all your clothes in fear and delusion. your body starts to feel like it's on fire and too hot, so they remove their clothes. it's very common in cases like this i've seen alot

[@redfoxninja3173]

Hiking is asking yourself "do I feel confident I won't get intentionally lost walking around places forsaken by civilization?"

[@BojaglesBagels]

the editing is so on point

[@mai4319]

Papa this was an awesome video ive seen multiple vids of this case and you mentioned some details that i havent heard of before like the misterious guy nobody knew in the group

[@slayerd357]

I saw an interview with Yuri Yudin the guy that wasn't feeling well and went back. He was like 70 years old and smiling and laughing the whole time talking about how he "Missed his friends." I think he and some locals murdered them all.

[@MrJazzyjay85]

Loving the new deep dive content keep up the great work

[@HappyNatureChannel]

In a frozen waste, with no clothes? Forcing their way out of a tent? Sounds lot like hypothermia, since right before you pass, you feel like you're on fire and people often go nuts and rip their clothes off/ cut their way out of tents. As for the burns? * shrug* maybe they felll into a fire, weird wounds? My guess is Animals, birds eat eyes, and a bear could have found a frozen corpse and crushed them just stepping over it

[@ETGxKURZWORLD]

Climax is such a good movie. The terror is so grounded and they get you to feel like the characters so often w the confusion etc

[@christianperez7846]

USSR using indigenous land to test weapons makes the most sense. It probably happened at night and they got dressed in a hurry, that’s why the clothes mixup. The fireball the natives saw goes with the theory as well.

[@bloodyneptune]

And then the USSR filled in all their footprints? Leaving all of theirs?

[@Tsarsnakekeeper]

@@bloodyneptuneWould not put it past them

[@Sir_Ed_420]

@@Tsarsnakekeeper if anyone could I'd say it would be the KGB but I HIGHLY doubt their death was related to weapons testing at all

[@carlosrosado5861]

@@bloodyneptuneto play devils advocate for the weapon thing: weapons test doesnt mean on the ground interaction. Fireball in the sky could have been a jet or a dispersal unit for a chemical/biological weapon. Pretty common knowledge that the Soviets (along with every other world power) were experimenting with anything they could. They likely wouldnt have even known the hikers were there to begin with. Testing chemical, biological or nuclear weapons in areas people usually dont go is common practice as we know from the 20th century tests that have come to light from various countries(like an area referred to by natives as barren). Lets say they use a chemical weapon: If you were just asleep and awake to feeling the inside of your body burning or whatever it might have done youd likely make irrational decisions and be frantic. Screaming could cause an avalanche that would explain the crushed bodies. Predation from wild animals explains the disfigurement & any radiation on the bodies could just be from tests of weapons theyve done in the area before (radiation sticks around a long time. Any nonsensical decision making on their part could be attributed to the panic induced by waking up to an attack on your nervous system that you cant stop

[@dindindundun8211]

@@bloodyneptune Rockets don't leave foot prints

[@cellophanezebra4663]

6:29 Hearing Oddworld sounds, sounds i haven't heard in like 10 years just brought back a ton of memories

[@geminicattheinsomniac8408]

Was looking for this comment Right? Good times on ps1

[@sandorrclegane2307]

YEAH dude, such good games and they're so rarely talked about, it seems like nobody knows them nowadays

[@sandorrclegane2307]

i had a whiplash hearing these sounds

[@geminicattheinsomniac8408]

@@sandorrclegane2307 right?! It’s only a few people that knew about it, and the others who don’t make you feel like you had a weird fever dream about it, But I beaten that game so many times by myself and with my brother when we were kids we started to see who can speed run the game the fastest and save everyone lmao 🤣

[@Kuamata]

I just wanted to say I super appreciate the slig sound clips.

[@stardustcrusader5018]

2:31 “Ooral polytechnic” “Yikitereenburg” Idk how these words are supposed to be pronounced in Russian but even by English standards this is incredible

[@cosmickoi4676]

As someone who has experienced bad shroom trips, I think that the psychedelic theory is pretty damn plausible

[@darylann6059]

these videos papa are what the absolute FUCK i’m talking about. 🤝🏼 when i’m come on youtube this is the exact genre of shit i look for. and you end up mixing humor into it just sets it above probably most every else on here in my opinion. if ya ever doubt urself just fuckin chill and look at all this great shit you’ve done are you fucking kidding me? it almost makes me mad how good it is because it’s so fucking good i want to scream that it’s just you who provides content like this. anyway. love you

[@commissardale]

The key to the pronunciation of any foreign names, is imagine the most racist depiction of someone from there, and pronounce it like they would.

[@chyennewhisman7166]

Cry more

[@commissardale]

@@chyennewhisman7166 what?

[@bamaman6478]

It was a avalanche, the tent was absolutely collapsed by snow and the slash marks and haste they fled at explains it. The damage to the bodies is from animals scavenging, the burns from the campfire directly next to the caved in tent explain the burns.

[@briannewman5614]

There is so much more to it. Russia,especially that part. Has 'natives'. They youngins wdrw trespassing on their land.

[@bamaman6478]

@@briannewman5614 the natives later denied the claim that they where anywhere near there at the time of death. Look up the study Norway did in believe it was 2018? Sorry to burst your bubble, no aliens, no natives, no nukes. Tbh I was disappointed myself when I first heard it a couple years back

[@tshobe23_68]

The latest season of True Detective borrows heavily from this case. I had no idea until you started getting into it and the parallels were made apparent. Thanks Papa! Great vidya!

[@snakes2157]

20:18 it shows the body (warning)

[@UnkemptCube]

I was gonna comment this myself, a small but disturbing editing error that I imagine can be fixed with KZbin's editor.

[@snakes2157]

@@UnkemptCube WHOOPSIE DAISY!

[@snakes2157]

@@UnkemptCube cool channel btw

[@lunaballuna]

Also wanna point out: the movie frozen helped solve the case. It was in fact an avalanche, a rare type of avalanche based on how and where they made their tents. Blunt force: rocks from the snow coming in at high speeds. Different clothes: scrambling to rush to put whatever they could on. Cuts in tent: cutting themselves from the tents to escape the avalanche. Missing parts: animals. Hypothermia: duh...it was bloody cold. Radiation: there was a radiation leak I believe nearby if I remember correctly (been about a year since I listened to the case). But yeah, it was definitely an avalanche and goes to show just how brutal and unpredictable nature can be. They would have never seen it coming bc they believed they were on flat ground when in fact, they were at a slight elevation. Poor people never had a chance 😔

[@cocoisnuts4711]

I’m pretty sure this is solved and there was a stove at the front of the tent that smoked them out so they had to cut themselves out, then they were stuck without a shelter or most of their equipment

[@sethsherr2793]

And they wet sleeping naked too right then they just died and animals tore there body’s apart and the skin in trees come on if you think we know everything about this world and every animals or creatures out there in earth the ocean and space then no sign of avalanche debris

[@reecesaffire]

But why would they run far away from the tent then? That doesn't make much sense.

[@cocoisnuts4711]

@@reecesaffire true!! The more you try to explain it the more confusing it gets (can you tell I just finished the video and learned all the extra details I didn’t know? lol)

[@johhnojj711]

Bro are you okay? ​@@sethsherr2793

[@johhnojj711]

​@@sethsherr2793 Bro are you okay?

[@angelmoonie]

I do see the avalanche being the start of it. It certainly does make sense why they were found in different directions, not too far off from the main site. But, I think their actual fate was a collection of other things: accidents, delirium, hypothermia, etc. Especially since two of the bodies found later on were in a cave (or burrow?). The clothes around the campsite being folded could mean that this began late at night when they were settling in to sleep. It's dark out, no one is going to coordinate an escape route in the dark from an avalanche.

[@terybean]

At 2:18 it shows her dead body 😭

[@epicnear778]

It’s could be the Kholat Syakhl is a anomalous mountain, and at night may be appear an anomaly

[@coreycalaway2091]

Dude, the animations during the videos. I appreciate them

[@NightlyOnYouTube]

I never understood why this case is such a mystery, they were caught in a blizzard and a fire started within the tent because of the stove, the radiation is explained because alot of the members of the group worked with nuclear material.

[@kulecarson]

I’m a child of a Russian immigrant. I’ve never heard someone from America absolutely nail every single one of these words. The pronunciation was flawless. Even the accent was spot on. Very impressive.

[@raulapontia4609]

I love that papa meat uses sounds from the oddworld games, I would really love to see him play it or make content about the dark lore of the game

[@sandorrclegane2307]

oh my god yes, that would be so fucjing awesome

[@UncleBarry64]

Tier 1 stuff here bubba. Tier 1🎉

[@stolenalt]

20:17 split second gore my dude. 🤦‍♂️

[@spectrophobic]

and ur not gonna see that unless you slow the video down and try pause at the right time also yea ur watching a video about a gruesome missing hikers case

[@stolenalt]

@@spectrophobic fair point taken.

[@alphabetsoup6837]

I say it’s a combo of several things. Hypothermia+tripping balls/hallucinating. Scavengers probably picked pieces off.

[@PimDiffy]

Editor stepped up his game on this one. Great job!

[@Bickenback_beinboo]

Hey Papa Meat, I gotta be honest. I usually enjoy your content. I think you’re fun and hilarious. However, the bit where you said we could view the uncovered photos from the scene by paying for them… that seems like profiting off someone’s death and thats not right. I think you need to address this, I respect you as a creator but that was not appropriate.

[@sunnyblossoms4844]

I saw that as a clear joke because he said you could just find them on the website in the same sentence

[@bigspiderseverywhere]

That was a joke mocking a scummy true crime KZbinr called Zav Girl who did that with autopsy photos from relatively recent murder of a young boy, which unlike the dyatlov photos, were not publicly available. She attainted the photos via a freedom of information act request then put them on her patreon, viewable to her patrons if they paid for them. Meat is not actually doing this, he is mocking someone who did.

[@FoolOnDread]

Shaddap

[@reidye]

This and the Yuba Country 5 mystery have always puzzled me

[@IndubitablyRetro]

Lmao you should’ve recorded google pronouncing all the words you couldn’t pronounce and dubbed over your voice.

[@Sluglove]

Climax is NOT HOW DRUGS WORK AT ALL most portrayals in media do not show actual trips or what they’re like it’s hilarious

[@igripsit5669]

7:42 Best OG reference of video games played by people growing up in the 90s without internet.

[@StoneColdAnt]

I know they are completely unrelated, but I’m seeing a lot of parallels in this and the latest season of True Detective. Wonder if there was any inspiration from this. Great video Papa!

[@guybayliss319]

So glad to learn more about the Gyattlov Pass incident!

[@anthonybeard7952]

Sir. Thank you for all of your uploads... They come out more than once a week, and I KNOW how much work goes into that! It means a lot to me that most hard days I have? I am stoked to come home and see a new upload. It changes my mood every time. Thanks for all the work you and your crew put in!!! It's the best content on youtube!

[@cdizzy42069]

I love how consistent the uploads are and just how quality they are. The views show too, glad Papa has the support of his offspring!

[@johnathondeitering5175]

You have to make a trilogy of this story it would be ABSOLUTELY AMAZING

[@markadams8041]

I thought that this took place in deep Siberia, close to Lake Baikal. The Ural mountains are ancient mountains like the Appalachian mountains, but up to the 70s both had real winters. Out near Lake Baikal, the soviets had land masses where people were not allowed to visit.

[@m3t4l.h34d]

8:50 if the local indigenous people say not go to there you don’t go

[@colcainetrain5219]

I mean, I think an avalanche could be possible. Ice falling causes the fractures and people flee anyway they can

[@brendenriche903]

There is actually a 2013 horror film titled "Devil's Pass", which takes the entire concept of this case and turns it into a modern day found footage film about a group of researchers trying to figure out what happened to Dyatlov's group, it has an interesting take.

[@fafoinnernet]

I was surprised he didn't bring this movie up. It's one of my favs.

[@ranibow_sprimkles]

“The most appealing aspect of Kuryakov’s scenario is that the Dyatlov party’s actions no longer seem irrational. The snow slab, according to Greene, would probably have made loud cracks and rumbles as it fell across the tent, making an avalanche seem imminent. Kuryakov noted that although the skiers made an error in the placement of their tent, everything they did subsequently was textbook: they conducted an emergency evacuation to ground that would be safe from an avalanche, they took shelter in the woods, they started a fire, they dug a snow cave. Had they been less experienced, they might have remained near the tent, dug it out, and survived. But avalanches are by far the biggest risk in the mountains in winter, and the more experience you have, the more you fear them. The skiers’ expertise doomed them.”

[@MrBumpy2013]

I also read that some or all had radiation poisoning to a degree. Best part of this is the artists rendering 😂

[@CF-uj7oe]

This story reminds me an awful lot of the “Yuka county 5” I think that was the name. Yuka 5 had a whole lot of crazy details

[@Scrake]

Tongue and eyes missing could easily be just animals eating them afterwards; it's usually the first thing a lot of scavengers eat.

[@isolatedalien5696]

My theory has always been that their little fire stove in the tent caught fire or was smoking way too much. They had a fire stove in a little fabric tent. Smoke inhalation and trying to just get out. The soft tissue eaten could just be animals. A lot of birds will eat soft tissue and leave everything else. Maybe a mixture of CO2 poisoning and the weather or even mountain sickness caused the craziness after escaping the tent. As far as the bizarre injuries, maybe snow or ice falling from trees. The radiation was from two of the team that worked in a plant, and their handling of radiation at the time was horrific. Thank you for coming to my ted talk.

[@jordan3305]

I’d say the only thing you could say happened after the avalanche is that maybe animals ate the tongues and eyes ? Or they went crazy from how cold it was after said avalanche forced them to run?

[@KyleBoise]

Early in the video but I'm going to guess that the tent collapsed. The fire burnt them when trying to get out. Plus they were like ready for bed. The had to dig the tent out so maybe heavy snowfall collapsed the tent. Grabbing any clothes you can on your way out of the tent would explain them wearing the wrong clothes.

[@i_like_blast_beats]

22:53 great ODDworld "I don't know" edit, OG Abe voice is so great

[@mariafreel1910]

Fascinating story. I definitely think that although there appear to be a lot of loose ends at first, ultimately, fear of an avalanche created by the tent moving or partially collapsing explains their hasty, partially clothed evacuation. The burns and person in the tree, as well as the ones attempting to make their way back to the tent are all easily explained. As for the last 4, it seems to me that them falling down an ice hole created by the stream is just as plausible as the ice shelter collapsing. It was possible two were left to keep the fire going while half went back for supplies and the other half dug with the plan being to take turns digging or fire watching to conserve energy. Personally, I don’t think it’s wild to rule out parachute bomb testing, but outside of creating the initial panic, and the possible radiation I don’t think there would have been much additional impact from this, since those bombs often detonate while still airborne. Ultimately it’s a sad thing to happen, and none of us will ever know the truth for certain.

[@mentra1]

Lemmino’s theory fits best, they had alc in the system, they just got back from an outing for gathering and were ready to eat, they had a makeshift oven and a heater that may have caught on fire and so they’re in a panic, hence slash from inside, they didn’t have the right clothes bc they grabbed whatever/were banging, and then ran away drunkenly, looks like the tent caught on fire on the left in the photo, second round ran and died due to trauma from an avalanche It’s best to just rule it as; shit happened. bc then he’d have to do a SHITLOAD of paperwork to actually make a coherent and concise story of events. Which could’ve gone in a lot of directions

[@sdb555555]

The realization just hit me. Every company that sponsors you is a product you use. You are sponsored by bad dragon. The horror is real.

[@TeriyakiTakeout]

I bet you they discovered some for of a exposed highly radioactive object in the tent, and someone had somehow got the tent locked shut. Anyone left over was killed by someone else to clean up. That’s why they tried so hard to get out of the tent, and perhaps they were not dressed properly, so they quickly pulled on whatever clothes they could to get away from the radioactive object, but couldn’t go out in the cold without some form of clothing. Burns could have come from a number of things, such as a tipped lamp or something along those lines. Rest was animals.

[@Atomic-Purple-Guy]

I like how you're taking a break but you're still posting here. I like your content no matter what.