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Russia's Dyatlov Pass Incident May Have Been Explained By Modern Science

Posted by Soulskill on from the i-blame-the-schools dept.

swellconvivialguy writes "Fifty-five years ago, nine young Russians died under suspicious circumstances during a winter hiking trip in the Ural mountains. Despite an exhaustive investigation and the recovery of the group's journals and photographs, the deaths remained unexplained, blamed on 'an unknown compelling force.' Now American film and television producer Donnie Eichar believes he has solved the mystery of the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Working in conjunction with scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Boulder, CO, Eichar developed a theory that the hikers died because they panicked in the face of infrasound produced by a Kármán vortex street."

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  1. oh no... not again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    infrasound produced by a Kármán vortex street

    I can't even count the number of friends and relatives I've lost to Kármán vortex street infrasound :(.

    We've got to DO something to stop this bloodbath.

  2. Ahhhh memories... by CODiNE · · Score: 4, Funny

    Fondly recalling the time I hooked up a speaker to a frequency generator in electronics class and experimented on the rest of the classroom. *evil laugh!*

    It really doesn't take very long for people to start weirding out and having strange sensations. The instructor found out and made me stop.

    I was unable to prove the existence of the brown note. :_(

    Oh the other hand! Maybe I can volunteer to DJ for the next class reunion!! *much grinning and skipping about!*

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    Cwm, fjord-bank glyphs vext quiz
  3. Re:Some Of Us Already Know What Happened! by BasilBrush · · Score: 5, Funny

    David Cameron believes so.

  4. Re:Some Of Us Already Know What Happened! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    you might want to look up "non-serviceable" ...