The whole Dyatlov Pass incident has become a potboiler that surfaces when "they" want to smokescreen hard news .. the area was a known military training area used by elite semi secret killer commando units, picture one such detachment hyped up on mind altering drugs stumbling on the hikers and slaughtering them according to the "Special Ops" training manual.

A thorough walk-through by 'Bedtime Stories' on boobtube. Note Part3 covers most probable reason why by another team who experienced similar situation in Sweden.

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Part2

Part3

It's always possible they stumbled upon a deep-state Satanist hideout, and they were captured, tortured, and sacrificed.