Unknown diary

[sarapuk]

sarapuk, they wanted to return the tent to the UPI tourist club, but the tourist club did not want to take it, since it was unfit for further use. That's why the tent was stored in the basement—the tourist club didn't take it, and there was no procedural document that would have sent it to the stove or the landfill.

Well, is that the official line?  I believe that certain things are missing from this Dyatlov Mystery, apart from documents. For instance, a camera's film may be missing. It may well be that the authorities no longer needed the tent, having decided that its usefulness as evidence was done. Or maybe that they got rid of it because modern forensic techniques could have revealed something not to their liking. Or maybe they still have it.

[Hunter]

Among the researchers is Vladimir Ankundinov. He worked in the Sverdlovsk forensic lab and saw this tent with his own eyes.
And he apparently said that the UPI travel club didn't want to take it back because it couldn't be used for its intended purpose. It's quite possible it had already been written off the travel club's balance sheet.

[ilahiyol]

sarapuk, they wanted to return the tent to the UPI tourist club, but the tourist club did not want to take it, since it was unfit for further use. That's why the tent was stored in the basement—the tourist club didn't take it, and there was no procedural document that would have sent it to the stove or the landfill.

Well, is that the official line?  I believe that certain things are missing from this Dyatlov Mystery, apart from documents. For instance, a camera's film may be missing. It may well be that the authorities no longer needed the tent, having decided that its usefulness as evidence was done. Or maybe that they got rid of it because modern forensic techniques could have revealed something not to their liking. Or maybe they still have it.

Russians don't throw away such items and evidence. It's likely hidden somewhere. But it may have decayed over the past 66 years because adequate preservation conditions likely haven't been provided. So, even if it were found, examining it would be impossible.