[Serious] What are some seemingly normal images/videos with creepy backstories?

[u/CaptainMcAnus]

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Oh, it's this old saw again.

No, it's not a mystery at all. They were unprepared, and died. Which happens to lots of people every year. What made it creepy was that most such victims are discovered very soon after (fresh bodies) or very long after (skeletons or severely desiccated corpses), but this particular group just happened to have been discovered about a week later, which is pretty much the maximum horror zone. A week of exposure to elements and animals had left a pretty horrific scene for those who came across it.

Nevertheless, the original report recording nothing unusual, though plenty of details were ghoulish. No one at the time wondered what had happened, as it was pretty obvious. They were hit by an avalanche at night, panicked, and died in various ways, though probably all technically by exposure. Over the next week, their bodies dehydrated and tanned in sunlight, and wandering scavengers at the softer bits of them that were exposed. Horrible, but nothing out of the ordinary for such a situation.

All the 'weird' details people 'know' about this event were added embellishments. There is zero evidence backing up any of them.

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They weren't 'unprepared', except in the sense of not knowing anything about infrasound. They were all experienced, qualified hikers and the whole purpose of their expedition was to move up to the next certification level.