I am invested, as a non-hiker.
Things have been WAY hotter lately, but not when they died. Although, heat stroke depends on how long they went, what time of the day and how much coverage and water they had so the heat index isn't a given factor.
But if she left them and went to get help, that tells me that likely they were all having a problem and she was the strongest to go ahead to look for help. If the baby were in trouble, she'd take the baby for sure. But if she were also in trouble, maybe leaving them behind together and going alone for help made more sense.
If he collapsed, surely she wouldn't leave the baby with him so he must have been somewhat coherent. Then you have the scenario that maybe she was naturally ahead of them and they all suffered something at the same time so there was no decision making involved. That would also make sense because she wasn't carrying the baby or tending to the dog so maybe ended up ahead of them on the trail in general and then "Boom". You're struck with something all at once. Just fucking bizarre.
It's like something out of a movie. I'm still leaning towards a poison.
What I was thinking is that if both parents passed from something, the baby would have eventually died from exposure. The dog could have possibly refused to leave them and the same could have happened to him. I don't think we were going through a heat wave when they died, but it's still been pretty hot so without water or shelter heat stroke could have set in on both.
Ok so it was heat stroke, toxic algae, or poison.
Very weird. Usually, I can make 1 solid guess but man, I'm stumped as to the obvious cause.
Toxins may cause liver damage but their livers were fine? No irritation of the eyes, nose, throat or lungs?
This one is so weird!!! I hope we find out something soon.
I never try anything, I just do it. Wanna try me?
It's Dyatlov Pass + The Somerton Man
Edit : I'm still leaning toward toxic algae on this. I think maybe the dog got in the water & splashed them or shook off on them.
I also wondered if they might've used filter bottles so they could purify water they collected on the hike instead of carrying heaps in with them - but it didn't get rid of all the algae
Last edited by blighted star; 09-03-2021 at 04:32 AM.
Hmm. Looks like algae is still the number one suspect
Okay. It's looking like we're right about toxic algae. I have questions -
I am not a hiker, I would rather have a third root canal so I don't get some things....
1. Why did they not have inflammation/irritation of the mouth and/or lungs?
2. Why would they drink water that has toxins in it? Even filtered.
I see those warning signs, I'm a nope!
Why do hikers think toxins will be filtered out? It's not like it's just dirty water.
Why wouldn't they bring their own water?
It can enter through skin but they were clothed. Skinny dipping in the toxins? Still confused. Maybe there's still a twist here.
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