Russian Yeti: The Killer Lives

Posted by: Craig Woolheater on June 5th, 2014

Tune in to Russian Yeti: The Killer Lives tonight, June 5 at 7/6 PM ET/PT on Discovery. Also airs:

Friday, June 6 at 1/12 AM ET/PT

American explorer Mike Libecki investigates the mysterious deaths of nine students and uncovers something truly horrifying…

On February 2, 1959, nine college students hiked up the icy slopes of the Ural Mountains in the heart of Russia but never made it out alive. Investigators have never been able to give a definitive answer behind who – or what – caused the bizarre crime scene. Fifty-five years later, American explorer Mike Libecki reinvestigates the mystery – known as The Dyatlov Pass incident – but what he uncovers is truly horrifying.

Based on diary accounts, forensic evidence and files that have just recently been released, Mike pieces together the graphic stories in search of what really happened that evening. According to the investigators at the time, the demise of the group was due to a “compelling natural force.” The students’ slashed tent was discovered first with most of their clothing and equipment still inside. Next, the students’ bodies were found scattered across the campsite in three distinct groups, some partially naked and with strange injuries including crushed ribs, a fractured skull, and one hiker mutilated with her eyes gouged out and tongue removed.

The mysterious scene left more questions than answers. Why was the tent slashed from the inside? Why would the victims leave their clothing behind in subzero weather? Could it have been a government top secret weapon that killed them? Or an indigenous local tribe that lashed out for trespassing on their land? But perhaps most strange of all, why did the Soviet government suppress the autopsy and other reports for 30 years?

Mike first heard about the Dyatlov Pass incident on a climbing expedition in 2011 and since then has become obsessed with the case. “I’ve spent a lot of time alone in the mountains and have had my share of near-death experiences,” he said. “I know if I went missing, I’d want my family to know what happened to me.”

Determined to find answers, Mike hires Russian translator Maria Klenokova to join him. Together, they set out to one of the most remote and inhospitable places on Earth. However, nothing prepared them for what they were about to discover. Following the trail of evidence, Mike finds proof that the hikers were not alone – a photograph, taken by one of the hikers a day before they died that suggests that they encountered a Yeti. But just how far will they go to find the answers?

About Craig Woolheater
Co-founder of Cryptomundo in 2005. I have appeared in or contributed to the following TV programs, documentaries and films: OLN's Mysterious Encounters: "Caddo Critter", Southern Fried Bigfoot, Travel Channel's Weird Travels: "Bigfoot", History Channel's MonsterQuest: "Swamp Stalker", The Wild Man of the Navidad, Destination America's Monsters and Mysteries in America: Texas Terror - Lake Worth Monster, Animal Planet's Finding Bigfoot: Return to Boggy Creek and Beast of the Bayou.


2 Responses to “Russian Yeti: The Killer Lives

  1. springheeledjack responds:

    For those that missed it the first time around…lucky you! You didn’t learn much of anything and you certainly didn’t miss any real information.

  2. Doug responds:

    It has been a while since something came along that both believers and skeptics both have assailed like this show. The Dyatlov Pass Incident will probably go down as one of the greatest mysteries of the 20th century. Whether you you think the deaths were caused by an avalanche, fear produced by infrasound, UFOs, attacks by aboriginals, or perhaps an unknown species of hominid/ape, we will most likely never know.

    The new picture that shows a yeti (or whatever they call it there) which looks more like a well-dressed skier to me. Look at the difference in the shades from the waist up and then down. appears to be two different articles of clothing to me. In all fairness, however, it is a blurry picture.

    Still, the whole story is a strange one with lots of things that cannot be easily explained.

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