Deep in the Himalayan mountains of India, some 16,500 feet above sea level, lies a mysterious

lake known as Rupkand.

This remote body of water is nestled below a steep slope on one of India's tallest mountains,

and its frigid waters harbor a dark secret that's haunted experts for decades.

Just below the surface are hundreds of human skeletons.

How did they get there?

What could have possibly caused the demise of all those people?

I hope you're not easily spooked because it's time to unravel

the mystery of Rupkund Lake. Our story begins back in 1942.

Whilst the world was at war, an Indian forest ranger named Hari Kishan Mudwal was enjoying

some relative peace as he conducted a routine patrol of the Himalayan Mountains.

That is, until he stumbled across a deep valley he'd never noticed before.

Despite the heavy snow, he could make something out at the bottom of it.

Intrigued, the lone wanderer fought through the storm and made his way down.

As he got closer, he realized he was looking at a small glacial lake. Upon reaching the edge, however,

a chill ran up Madhwal's spine that he couldn't blame on the cold. There, staring grimly

back up at him through the icy waters was a skeletal face. His heart racing, Mudwal glanced

away at a different part of the lake and gasped.

No matter where he looked, he was greeted with more human skulls. The skeletal fragments weren't confined to the water either.

Some lay scattered on the shore around it. Mudwal didn't need any more evidence that something was horribly wrong about this place.

With a start, he sprinted back up the valley and down the mountain to tell anyone who'd listen.

Since then, Rupkand Lake has been one of the most widely contested mysteries ever known.

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