Why Is This Remote Lake Full of Hundreds of Skeletons?

thoughty: why is this remote lake full of hundreds of skeletons? thoughty: idk bro

Think about it, if the hail was big enough to crack a person's skull there would be broken bones especially in the arms and hands as they would more then likely try and cover their heads from the hail.

The fact that I didn’t hear you mention anything about the possibility of human ritual sacrifice was shocking. If you include the theory that people were on the pilgrimage AND that these skeletons were created along several times in history I think there is more than enough potential to investigate the possibility of these people being killed in a ritualistic way (which would explain all the same looking skull injuries) and the bodies being offered up by placing it in the lake. I didn’t hear any mention of skeletal remains being found anywhere outside the banks of the lake which wouldn’t make much sense if the people had indeed gotten caught in a violent hail storm.

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I’ve trekked to that lake. The lake is nestled between three peaks and there is also a frozen waterfall dropping into the tiny lake. Honestly, it’s the most godawful place I’ve ever been to. There was no vegetation even at the base camp, so basically just snow, rocks, ice, and bitterly cold winds. The weather also changed dramatically and we missed, by 20 minutes , being trapped (and killed) in a section of the mountain as a snow storm made the trails vanish. I only saw a few bones there and barely spent 5 mins there as the weather was turning and we had to rush back to make sure we passed this particular stretch of trail before the snow whitewashed everything. There was a stark and harsh beauty to that lifeless place but man, it wasn’t for me. The only feeling I had when I reached there was that I had to get the fuck outta there.

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My theory is, that there were several avalanches that killed pilgrims on several occasions. The lake is in a valley basin, where the remains would be gaterd by glacier activities over years.

My theory is that it's a natural death trap that lies along a popular pilgrimage route that has been used for many hundreds of years. The weather can change on you really quickly at that altitude and the surrounding terrain all slopes down toward the lake. If you slipped in icy conditions you would probably start sliding down toward the lake and not be able to stop yourself, maybe hitting your head on some rocks along the way, which would explain the skull fractures, then once you hit the frigid water you'd go into shock and drown. Also if there were snow on the ground you might not realize that you were walking out onto a lake and perhaps over the centuries people, or groups of people, fell through the ice. It could also just be the remains of pilgrims who got caught in sudden snow storms and succumbed to the elements on the surrounding peaks over the years and their bodies just eventually get washed down into the lake along with the snow melt that naturally creates the lake. The shear amount of people in the lake is very weird though. Maybe a cult that practiced human sacrifice like the Thuggee? Who knows?

I wouldn't be shocked if the skeletons settled there after dying farther up on the slopes, with some of the skull damage being from the various events that shifted them down into the lake.

I will add one more theory: it's a known fact that many pilgrims especially men go for pilgrimage in Himalayas for the sole purpose of sanyasa(ending their life in peace free of worldly desire). Now I am not saying all of those were sanyasi but there is a good chance that some of them are.

My initial theory was that glacial retreat and deposition caused the accumulation of the skeletons following glacial avalanche(s). It was evident to me that the skeletons could be older than they appeared to as the conditions of ice and high altitude are well known to preserve hair and soft tissue, as demonstrated by the case of Otzi.

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I have been studying my family history for over 15 years including having had 2 DNA tests. One I submitted to another organization that compares your DNA sample with that found at various ancient archaeological dig sites all over the world and I learned I share a common ancestor with the people you mention who were of eastern mediterranean origin found in that lake. Great video, BTW.

Ive been fortunate enough to trek Roopkund before that trek was stopped. It was an amazing experience.

Maybe that explains the "wooden parasolls" 07:00. If people knew that hail storms were a possibility then maybe some took the wooden parasolls for protection against the hail.

My theory is that it's an accumulation of all of the individual theories in one. Pilgrim's dying on their journey, victims of harsh weather conditions, and the discarded corpses of thug victims all in one huge mass grave and the reason nobody found it for so long is due to the almost permanent winter that the region experiences and the lack of a need to explore the bottom of the lake.

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Although this video is kinda old, an idea; Given it's the Himalayas and it's a small yet open lake, there's a possibility - especially if there's children - is that many, trekking through the area, may have fallen through a thin part of the ice when the lake was frozen and somehow couldn't get out. A fracture at the top of the head [could] be a result of going up too fast in an attempt to get out of the water, only to concuss or even knock yourself out. This also assumes the lake ever DOES freeze over during colder seasons.

I wonder if the 19th century skeletons with “eastern Mediterranean” genes could in any way be connected to the hellenistic descendants in Kashmir who while having been completely assimilated by the local kashmiri still managed to impact the genetical makeup of the region due its low population density. The possibility of some kashmiri travelers being among the recent corpses doesnt seem that unlikely.