The Dyatlov Pass Incident

by Alexander Popoff

The author offers a new theory that can explain all the puzzling and contradictory facts of the bizarre story of the deaths of 9 elite ski hikers. Fifty-five years of research into the case of the Dy-atlov Pass incident still does not offer a conclusive resolution of this long-standing mystery. The facts of this story are so puzzling and contradictory that as yet no theory can make them cohere into a realistic picture of those gruesome events in the year 1959. The Soviet investigators determined that an “in-surmountable force of nature” caused the death of the ski hikers. In this investigation book the author presents 40 hypotheses on the Dyatlov Pass incident and, of course, his own theory that provides a surprising but realistic resolution of this long-standing puzzle. The author studied the Russian language and used the original criminal documentation and medical forensic examinations of the Dyatlov files in Russian, which helped very much to resolve the case. Alexander Popoff is also the author of the outstanding investigation books The Hidden Alpha, in which he successfully resolves the Fermi paradox (If there are alien civilizations, why aren’t they on Earth?) and Dinosaur Killers, in which he offers a new dinosaur extinction mechanism (An asteroid killed off the dinosaurs? Are you kidding me?). In this book the readers will find the only theory that can explain all strange and contradictory facts of the Dyatlov Pass incident. Now we know what happened!

150 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 9, 2014

Reviews

[Taksya · Rating 3 out of 5]

Libro dedicato a chi conosce già le vicende che portarono all'incidente del Passo Dyatlov, visto che l'autore parla poco di quello che sicuramente sappiamo sulla spedizione e sulle ricerche e indagini successive. Anzi, alcune sue considerazioni vengono basate su evidenze raccontate in maniera completamente diversa in tutti i libri che ho letto fino ad ora.
Nella prima parte descrive le 39+1 teorie che spiegano cosa accadde ai ragazzi. Qualche esempio scientifico correla alcune delle teorie, ma non viene dato un peso particolare a nessuna.
Nella seconda parte ci racconta cosa, secondo lui, è accaduto... lampi o scariche elettriche provocate da una pioggua di meteoriti.
Spiegazioni interessanti, citando anche Tunguska e il meteorite che avrebbe ucciso i dinosauri (un dettaglio che ci abbia scritto un libro a proposito e che non si preoccupi di pubblucizzarlo), ma nel complesso, trovo la teoria poco credibile.
Ma, per giustificare il rigetto della sua teoria, commenta che questo accade perché troppo semplice e non abbastanza complottista... dimenticando che, pichi paragrafi prima l'autore stesso ammette che mancano dettagli tipici che potrebbero confermare la sua ipotesi.
Nel complesso interessante, ma nelle spiegazioni generali, non per la teoria legata al mistero.

[Verity Brown · Rating 2 out of 5]

Rambling and contradictory

If this book were better written, it might be worthwhile, but it isn't. The descriptions of the various theories are only cursory, and only a few contain explanations of why any given theory is a bad one. On the whole, this book rambles. Eventually the author ends up talking about the famous 1908 meteor blast and then about dinosaur extinction, pushing his other books.

But the main problem I found is that many of his "facts" seem to be contradictory or just plain wrong, based on other texts I've read on this subject that appear to be more carefully researched than this book. When the author makes contradictory claims within a few sentences about the ability of the group members to survive in subzero temperatures, it's impossible to trust his analytical abilities.

The idea of a series of lightening strikes is intriguing, but I would prefer to see it examined by someone with better scientific analysis and writing skills.

[Gabrielle Hamilton · Rating 1 out of 5]

Too scattered and random to give a good idea of events

The writer did not give a chronological narrative backing up how his lightning theory could have killed all of the hikers. He jumps from random fact to random fact, trying to make a correlation. Then, the last third of the book does not even relate to the incident at all and even pushes you to buy his other books. Poor scientific method and lack of fact checking or backup.

[Zachary Goldman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good not great. I've been looking for a good book on the subject. This is comprehensive, but some of the theories are so far-fetched that you can't help but laugh. I don't blame the author too much for this but I wanted something to give me a few chills when I started reading this. Instead I got a few laughs.

[Miriam B. Sayer · Rating 4 out of 5]

The author lays out all of the traditional theories, and then adds his own, which is a possibility I hadn't thought of before.
Why couldn't it be a lightning strike?

[Ken Fraser · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting theory, but a bit too wild and with no proov. Relies on fishy evidence, like a photoshopped picture of a crater.

[Wenqi Wang · Rating 5 out of 5]

Review For, “ The Dyatlov Pass Incident’’

THIS BOOK WAS A BOOK THAT TRULY HAD INFORMATION ABOUT THE REAL EVENTS. THIS WAS A GREAT READ AND I RECOMMEND IT TO OTHERS.

[Nahla Samuel · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was good and informative, however I feel like it missed some important parts of the story and was a bit longer than necessary.

[J Kowalski · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not that great

It wasn't as good as other book's I have read. It was like reading a physics book. I just really did not find his theories plausible. I don't know, I just didn't find it to be a good read. I would not recommend.