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syncope at 02:25pm on 23/03/2010
syncope at 02:25pm on 23/03/2010I'm sure you've probably heard of the Dyatlov Pass Accident in which a group of hikers apparently went nuts and died from hypothermia in (guess where?) Russia in 1959. I can't remember where I first came across this, but it's bound to have been from one of two sources In Search of... or X-files. It's appropriate for either.
On the surface, it's like "where's the mystery here? it was soviet-era russia near a weapons testing facility!" But, you know, I think maybe that *is* the mystery. What the FUCK were the Russians up to? I'm sure something we'd all love to know about for prurient research purposes.
Anyway, if you *don't* know what I'm talking about, check out these two sites:
Typical debunking site. It's weird how much I hate the tone and argument style of debunkers when, in general, I *agree* with their aims. I don't believe in aliens or yeti, either, but why you gotta come across so ragingly douchbaggy when you edjumacate the masses, dickhole? I guess maybe my reaction is more about Men Explaining Things than anything else. Who else starts a debunking venture but some man with a raging hardon to explain why everyone's SO WRONG?
And then this weird site linked in the comments to that post by a Russian reader. I was paranoid about clicking on that link at first because I was just listening to a podcast yesterday about Russian internet hackers, but my curiosity got the better of my good judgment (what good judgment, I ask myself). I link to this less because I think they have "facts" but because the read is interesting. By that I mean, it's kind of the opposite of the debunking site in that they seem genuinely curious, so whether any of the information is accurate or not, I have covered the bases of how The Internet Works. (Also that site has some of the pictures...the creepy, creepy pictures. I have no idea why they freak me out so hard, BUT THEY DO!) Also: don't use the internet as a source for your thesis, just so we're clear.
How did we win the Cold War when Russian college students hiked hundreds of kilometers for recreation at approximately the same time the real events of Animal House were based on transpired?
What the *hell* did happen here?
You thought this was going to be about Dancing With the Stars or something relevant to you interests and found creepy dead Russians, and now you're disappointed, I know.
On the surface, it's like "where's the mystery here? it was soviet-era russia near a weapons testing facility!" But, you know, I think maybe that *is* the mystery. What the FUCK were the Russians up to? I'm sure something we'd all love to know about for prurient research purposes.
Anyway, if you *don't* know what I'm talking about, check out these two sites:
Typical debunking site. It's weird how much I hate the tone and argument style of debunkers when, in general, I *agree* with their aims. I don't believe in aliens or yeti, either, but why you gotta come across so ragingly douchbaggy when you edjumacate the masses, dickhole? I guess maybe my reaction is more about Men Explaining Things than anything else. Who else starts a debunking venture but some man with a raging hardon to explain why everyone's SO WRONG?
And then this weird site linked in the comments to that post by a Russian reader. I was paranoid about clicking on that link at first because I was just listening to a podcast yesterday about Russian internet hackers, but my curiosity got the better of my good judgment (what good judgment, I ask myself). I link to this less because I think they have "facts" but because the read is interesting. By that I mean, it's kind of the opposite of the debunking site in that they seem genuinely curious, so whether any of the information is accurate or not, I have covered the bases of how The Internet Works. (Also that site has some of the pictures...the creepy, creepy pictures. I have no idea why they freak me out so hard, BUT THEY DO!) Also: don't use the internet as a source for your thesis, just so we're clear.
How did we win the Cold War when Russian college students hiked hundreds of kilometers for recreation at approximately the same time the real events of Animal House were based on transpired?
What the *hell* did happen here?
You thought this was going to be about Dancing With the Stars or something relevant to you interests and found creepy dead Russians, and now you're disappointed, I know.
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