On November 29th, 1970, a man and his two daughters climbed a muddy path up a hill

near a small stream in the East valley in Norway.

The trio had trekked there from Bergen,

a city along the southwest coast of the country.

Just a two hour walk from the city

would land you in East Allen Valley, which translates to Ice Valley,

though this time of year it was mostly a wet valley.

From up where they had climbed, they could see the hiking trails below circle a lake where pine trees covered hills that rolled right up to the shore.

Rocky streams carried clear water from the snow-capped mountains to replenish the lake's water supply.

They kept climbing, telling stories and laughing with each other in the crisp late autumn air,

when all of a sudden, ahead they could see something just off the

trail almost hidden from view by rocks. A strange figure, human in shape, almost like a mannequin, was frozen in a strange position.

As the trio got closer, the horror of the scene was exposed.

Tufts of long brown hair showed that the figure was a woman who was laying on her back and had been badly burned all over her front.

They were unable to tell what she looked like by looking at her face. The fire had damaged it too badly.

Though looking around, they couldn't find any

evidence of a campfire taking place near her body. Scattered around her were

only a few strange items, including water bottles full of clear liquid, a broken

umbrella, a ring and some rubber boots. They were arranged in an almost methodical way. Some

would even later describe it as ritualistic. It was unclear

exactly what had happened other than a fire occurred and the woman must have died,

but the family wasn't going to stick around to try and solve this mystery. Once the initial shock of the moment wore

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