An exciting adventure into nature's mysterious wilderness comes with many risks.

Foregoing the safety of civilization and venturing out into the wild

means that you will have to depend on yourself for food, shelter, and safety. You will make mistakes, and some may be forgiving,

but if you're not careful, some may prove to be deadly.

Even though you may equip yourself with the proper tools, that is often not enough.

Even the most experienced outdoorsman cannot be properly prepared for the unknown.

Welcome to Freaky Folklore, the podcast where we discover the horrifying legends across the world,

and tell terrifying tales of monsters both ancient and modern.

This week we are discussing the Dietloff Pass incident, a Russian mystery that is truly what

nightmares are made of. This show is part of the Eriecast Podcast Network.

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Igor Diatlov grew up in the industrial town of Pervoloserlask, a city in Severd-Levost,

Oblast, Russia, where he was born in 1936. He had an older brother and two younger sisters.

Igor's dad worked in a chemical plant as an engineer, and his mother was a cashier at a local club. Growing up, he was a hardworking and inquisitive boy, who loved school.

He started participating in hiking groups at his school at an early age.

In the seventh grade, Igor made a makeshift portable radio and took it along on a hiking trip with hikers from his school. In 1951, someone so young building a radio left an impression on his classmates.

Igor, during his teen years, continued to create radio receivers and sound recorders.

He participated in the radioification program in his school and later continued to demonstrate his inventions at university.

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