Isang lawa sa gitna ng mga bundok, misteryosong di na binabalikan matapos hindi makabalik ang ilang turista

Roopkund Lake, like most water in cold temperatures, remains frozen solid for the majority of the year. The narrow body of water is only 135 feet wide and sits at a height of 16,500 feet above sea level.

The climb up the mountain to the lake is not simple. While the Himalayas may appear to be supporting characters to Mount Everest, the truth is that Everest is only the range’s 10th most dangerous mountain.

Nature’s destructive powers surround you above 16,000 feet. People who know their way around the range can budget for a particular period of time. You can go a long way with the right equipment, training, and understanding. However, there is a lot that can’t be predicted.

The bottom of your feet would not be greeted with rocks, gravel, or any other conventional lake foundation if you were to take a dip in this particular lake, however you would never do so at the risk of hypothermia. Instead, your foot might come into contact with a human skull.

Bones rise to the surface when Roopkund defrosts. Thousands upon thousands of bones, representing the remains of an untold number of people, may be seen beyond the water’s surface. Roopkund was given the moniker “Skeleton Lake” because of his unsettling quirkiness.

The bones are easily explained by local mythology. According to legend, the King of Kanauj and his pregnant wife, as well as a dancing group and their servants, were killed by a hailstorm near the lake. Scientists wanted to figure out what was going on.

Scientists from India, Germany, and the United States collected and analyzed DNA from 38 distinct remains in a recent study. The goal was to learn more about who these people were and how they ended up where they did.

The remains were thought to be related and were most likely discarded at the same time, either in a mass burial or at the site of a strange meteorological event that caused their deaths. It was out that the folks came from all across the world and spanned millennia.

Some of the bones were dated to the 7th-10th centuries, while others were dated to the 17th century!

The DNA revealed that the individuals were not only unrelated, but also hailed from a variety of ethnic groupings. It was divided into three categories by scientists: South Asian, East Asian, and, strangely, Mediterranean. People from modern-day Greece, specifically.

The unusual happenings do not lend themselves to a logical narrative based on new information. All we know for sure is that hundreds of individuals from all over the world have died on the beaches of Skeleton Lake for no apparent reason.

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