Current Observation and Summation

From the answers that we have now received to our initial questions we have discovered that much of the apparent “bizarreness” surrounding this mystery is actually misinformation or exaggeration.

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Dubanina’s tongue was not ripped out it was degraded through natural processes
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The radiation found was inconsequential
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The area was not sealed off to everyone – only amateur sports groups
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The case was never classified
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There are currently no records of any experimental aircraft being tested in the area in 1959
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There is no evidence (now or then) that the area was used to test weapons. However, this doesn’t rule out secret testing
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Photographs thought to be missile parts have turned out to be old radar units
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The mysterious envelope contained only general correspondence
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Photographs show that any discolouration of the bodies was wholly normal
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The woman on the train who claimed there were eleven people has turned out to be a very unreliable witness (and a different person altogether).
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The injuries discovered are explainable and consistent with those that might be expected to occur in a group of desperate and clearly frightened people that had been stumbling around in dangerous conditions in the dark.
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There is absolutely no substantiated evidence for crashed UFO’s, Concussion Weapons, Mad Mansi or Russian Death Squads.
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All the physical evidence found at the time and subsequent analysis and testing indicates that there was no avalanche. However, at least one person involved with this case still believes that an avalanche was the cause.

However, these now broadly accepted facts do not diminish the mystery – in a strange way they enhance it. As we have repeatedly said throughout these pages ... Why did nine, experienced and sensible, ski-hikers abandon their tent in such a hurry and in weather conditions that were hostile and almost certain to lead to their deaths? What really happened that night?