Lyuda and Zolotaryev were missing their eyes, and it is suggested by many that the cause of this is something natural, such as tissue dissolving rapidly in the watery environment in which they lay, or predatory animals.
Why then are Tibo and Kolevatov NOT missing their eyes, since they were right next to the other two?
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http://1723.ru/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=5133&view=findpost&p=61104
Предупреждение, по ссылке фото трупа.
Below is the translation from Igor B link page. Regarding the lack of eyes in Dubinina and Zolotarev.
Apparently this is a normal phenomenon for bodies that have been in water for quite a long time.
A drowned woman without eyes, with a partially skeletonized jaw and sliding hair, with a generally fairly good body condition (like Dubinina and Zolotarev):
Attached image (see Igor Bs link)
The fact is that after death, the eyeballs liquefy with diffusion (penetration) of eye fluid into the surrounding tissues. Presumably, the more readily diffusion will occur in a humid environment, for example, in the waters of a stream.
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"In the post-mortem period, proteolysis and fractionation of the vitreous body into formed and liquid parts (post-mortem syneresis) occur, which entails its liquefaction and changes in the fibrillar structure, which leads to disintegration, destruction of the intraocular structure
. tissue, which leads to a gradual failure (retraction) of the eyeballs of the corpse.
http://www.sudmed.ru/index.php?showtopic=1...st&p=127232_ Why did Thibaut and Kolevatov keep their eyes, while Zolotarev and Dubinina didn't?
The process of freezing and thawing has nothing to do with it. The shell of the eyeball is elastic and is not damaged by freezing. The proof of this is the description of the eyes of the first five in the SME acts after thawing.
So what was the difference? It is obvious that Thibault and Kolevatov's eyes were closed and the eyelids protected the eyeballs from the effects of water, while Zolotarev and Dubinina's eyes were open (half-open), which first led to active diffusion of the intraocular fluid into the waters of the stream, and then to complete washing out of the eyeballs.