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Dyatlov Pass incident

Okay kiddo, so the Dyatlov Pass Incident is a very mysterious and scary story that happened a long time ago in Russia. A group of nine friends who loved hiking and camping decided to go on a big adventure in the mountains. They planned to climb a big mountain called Ural in the winter, which is really cold and snowy there.

But, one day, they all disappeared and no one knew where they went. So, a group of people went to find them and what they found was really strange. They found their tent was ripped open from the inside, and all of their belongings were left behind. It was as if they were in a big hurry to get out of the tent.

And then, they found their bodies spread out in different places, some of them without their shoes or clothes. A few of them had strange injuries, like broken bones, but no one knew how they got them. Some people think that they might have been attacked by an animal, but others think it was something else.

Even today, nobody knows exactly what happened to those nine friends in the mountains. Some people think it was an avalanche or a snowstorm, while others think it might have been aliens or something really strange. It's a big mystery, and people still talk about it today.
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