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High in the Indian Himalayas lays a glacial lake known as Roopkund Lake. This lake also goes by a descriptive epithet — Skeleton Lake. Skeleton Lake is more than 16,000 feet above sea level and it is nestled in a valley with steep sides. No one lives there and there is strong evidence of how simply passing through the area can be fatally dangerous.
In 1942, a “forest guard” stumbled across Skeleton Lake. He saw something there of which some locals were aware, but of which the Western world had never learned. At the shores of the lake, he saw numerous human skeletons. During the thaw, it became apparent that there were many more skeletons where those came from. This discovery sparked a race to find out from whence the skeletons had come. The political and military climate of 1942 led to the immediate assumption that the skeletons were related to the war. However, it was soon revealed that these skeletons were much older than they first appeared.
A study was done on Skeleton Lake’s skeletons to see whom they belonged to and how those people had died. The study was inconclusive, but it did show that the skeletons did not date from modern times. They had been there for a long time. There were more than 200 skeletons in and around skeleton lake and perhaps more in the depths of the lake and beneath the soil, yet none of these skeletons revealed their origins or cause of death initially. The typical theories were postulated, of course. Perhaps they had died of a virulent disease, famine, massacre or natural disaster. It was not until 2004 that a viable cause was backed up by the study of the skeletons by scientists with modern equipment and knowledge.
The Skeleton Lake skeletons were finally dated in 2004. They date from roughly 850 A.D.E. They may have belonged to a group of travelers, as evidenced by possessions found on the skeletons and the fact that there is no evidence of a settlement. The reason they were traveling is unknown, though it may have been a religious pilgrimage. They were not necessarily traveling next to or even very close to Roopkund. Their remains may have been pushed into the valley by glacier movement.
Every skeleton of Skeleton Lake shares evidence of intriguing injuries. They all have suffered blunt force trauma to the head and shoulders. The wounds appear to have been inflicted by round objects. This is most likely the cause of death. That does not sound like war, disease or famine. The scientists concluded that the trauma was caused by an extreme hailstorm.
The idea that so many people could be killed by a hailstorm is a strange one. However, these people had nothing to protect them from such weather. There is no shelter that could protect all of them near Roopkund. Of course, that still begs the question, why are the wounds only about the head and shoulders? Furthermore, it seems unlikely that none of them sought to protect each other, therefore leaving some of the skeletons with few or no wounds. These questions lead many to believe that the fate of these mysterious skeletons is still open for debate and possible further study.
The Roopkund Lake Mystery - Historic Mysteries
another mystery....buried deep in indian history
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happy new year guys
In 1942, a “forest guard” stumbled across Skeleton Lake. He saw something there of which some locals were aware, but of which the Western world had never learned. At the shores of the lake, he saw numerous human skeletons. During the thaw, it became apparent that there were many more skeletons where those came from. This discovery sparked a race to find out from whence the skeletons had come. The political and military climate of 1942 led to the immediate assumption that the skeletons were related to the war. However, it was soon revealed that these skeletons were much older than they first appeared.
A study was done on Skeleton Lake’s skeletons to see whom they belonged to and how those people had died. The study was inconclusive, but it did show that the skeletons did not date from modern times. They had been there for a long time. There were more than 200 skeletons in and around skeleton lake and perhaps more in the depths of the lake and beneath the soil, yet none of these skeletons revealed their origins or cause of death initially. The typical theories were postulated, of course. Perhaps they had died of a virulent disease, famine, massacre or natural disaster. It was not until 2004 that a viable cause was backed up by the study of the skeletons by scientists with modern equipment and knowledge.
The Skeleton Lake skeletons were finally dated in 2004. They date from roughly 850 A.D.E. They may have belonged to a group of travelers, as evidenced by possessions found on the skeletons and the fact that there is no evidence of a settlement. The reason they were traveling is unknown, though it may have been a religious pilgrimage. They were not necessarily traveling next to or even very close to Roopkund. Their remains may have been pushed into the valley by glacier movement.
Every skeleton of Skeleton Lake shares evidence of intriguing injuries. They all have suffered blunt force trauma to the head and shoulders. The wounds appear to have been inflicted by round objects. This is most likely the cause of death. That does not sound like war, disease or famine. The scientists concluded that the trauma was caused by an extreme hailstorm.
The idea that so many people could be killed by a hailstorm is a strange one. However, these people had nothing to protect them from such weather. There is no shelter that could protect all of them near Roopkund. Of course, that still begs the question, why are the wounds only about the head and shoulders? Furthermore, it seems unlikely that none of them sought to protect each other, therefore leaving some of the skeletons with few or no wounds. These questions lead many to believe that the fate of these mysterious skeletons is still open for debate and possible further study.
The Roopkund Lake Mystery - Historic Mysteries
another mystery....buried deep in indian history
@DRAY @Ayush @Srinivas @Kurama @HariPrasad @levina @halupridol @Capt.Popeye @kseeker @Star Wars @GURU DUTT
happy new year guys
