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I find curious two things. First, radiation was found on the clothing of the hikers. Secondly, radiation detection equipment was brought to the scene of the tragedy. I find it hard to believe that rescuers in the dead of winter had any practical need for Geiger counters to effect a rescue. I find it significant that no additional investigation was brought into evidence ascertaining the source of the radioactive contamination.
Since there was no appreciable radiation detected in snow, tree, rock or flesh anywhere else at that time, I must conclude that the contamination was inadvertent, coming from the student's work place. Was the radioactive material distributed on garments and subsequently detected in order to support a conspiracy to defect theory? Nonsense on stilts!
I can not support conspiracy. I think that conservation of State property, was why a Geiger counter was there at the time. A particularly lousy time for prospecting, I would add.
As I understand it , a dosimeter was reported as being taken to the area , I honestly can't remember if that's in the case files or a later interview..( I'm sure it says something about clicking noises but that's not how a dosimeter works) the Geiger counter is late in the investigation, its after the ravine 4 are found and allegedly done because the clothes were seen to be glowing. As I understand it it , radiation doesn't glow
There may be other explanations for clothes glowing . For example there was some kind of forensic method for looking for blood .
Luminol test below.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminol#:~:text=In%201937%2C%20German%20forensic%20scientist,of%20blood%20at%20crime%20scenes.
I think what must be observed, in tandem with the state of play, between the west and east in a cold war context is the political movements on nuclear weapons.
The Soviet Union was winning the race on distance on rockets and missiles. The r-5 m rocket was the first with a nuclear war head .in October 1958, the west( UK, USA) were trying to ban the testing of rockets/ missiles , this was agreed In principal with the Soviet Union at the time.
However, the Soviet Union may have been doing tests with the rockets. The Soviet Union was supposed to have agreed to this ban on testing. This includes , air bombs, planes , etc etc.
The Dyatlov pass incident is right in the middle of this arms race. Rockets are mentioned along with lights in the sky .
Could the Dyatlov pass have been used as red herring to the west? Radiation and all?..
Was the natural death of tourists used as a question mark to the west ?.
There is a lot going on in the Kremlin at this point in history, the Soviet Union moved nuclear capable missiles it to east Germany in 1959... The west side as behind and information was all over the place.
The distance of the middles was important, also the accuracy.
It was a time of top secrecy, I do wonder if the innocent deaths of the Dyatlov hikers were a pawn in a bigger picture of international . Just a convenient affair to confuse the west..