Mysterious lake bone giant on the Himalayan peak

Once a year, when the frost melting the ice covered the Himalayan top of Roopkund, hundreds of human skeletons appeared, sprawled in the middle of the lake.

Giant bone lake on the roof of the world

Lake Roopkund is a beautiful tourist destination with a picturesque landscape situated at an altitude of more than 5000m above the Himalayan sea level, in the territory of India. Most of the time of the year, the lake is covered by white snow and cold. Only a short time in the spring every year, the lake is changed and revealing its 'flesh '.

And at that very moment, people discovered a great, strange mystery of Lake Roopkund. It was in 1942, when the North Indian rangers when they reached Lake Roopkund at the time of the snow and ice melted, discovered more than 200 human skeletons at one corner of the lake. Most of these skeletons are intact. After that, people continued to review and count, discovered that there were more than 800 human skeletons of different sizes in the heart of Lake Roopkund.

Immediately, this news is spread and shocked throughout the world. Because Lake Roopkund is located at a height of more than 5000m, there is no living, so having a huge lake in the middle of the sky is really a very amazing thing. Not only that, most of the time in five lakes was covered with snow and ice, so the spectacle of how the skeleton only appeared once made its attraction to the mystery become even bigger.

And around the giant bone lake are mystical legends. One of them recounted that in ancient times, the King of Kannaji and his Empress, his children and his courtiers pulled together to the Himalayas to celebrate banquets. The banquet of the King and the courtiers offended the goddess Nandadevi because of the peak of the Himalayas, which is a sacred place, not enjoyed. Angered by the violations of the ban on sacred land, the goddess Nandadevi allowed a great hail of rain, pouring right into the sassy king's party.

That hail killed all the people at the party and buried their bodies in Lake Roopkund, and these remains remained for thousands of years. In front of information about a legendary giant lake on the Himalayan peaks along with the attraction of legend stories, scientists as well as those who like to explore adventure, begin to return to Lake Roopkund to find the story. behind the giant bone lake on the top of this world roof.

Discovered by scientists

Due to the extremely difficult and complex research conditions, almost every giant bone lake approach stops at observing and exploring bone lakes at the time of ice melting. It was not until 2003 that scientists from the Archeology Department, Academy of Deccancollege, India were able to collaborate with German scientists and the National Geographic Television Channel to go to the lake of human bones to conduct filming. movies, research.

And even in the days of filming, the weather is extremely harsh, affecting the progress of the work, even, to the lives of those involved in the research.

At a height of 5000m above sea level, the climate on Lake Roopkund varies enormously with continuous rain and wind. In addition, thin air makes it difficult to breathe and seriously affects the health of scientists. After filming and collecting bones for research in 2003, it was not until the end of 2007, when using the most modern means of analysis, the mysteries of the giant bone lake gradually revealed. .

After carefully investigating the human skeletons, the scientists discovered that there were a number of leather, rod, and glass bracelets, rings, comedies, no military weapons. In addition, when examining the corpse at the scene, the researchers found that above the heads of the remains were quite deep cracks. These fatal wounds are not caused by mountain sores or snowstorms, but by round objects such as hairballs. These wounds are all located on the top of the victim's head.

There is no wound in other areas of the body. Since then, scientists have initially predicted that more than 800 people buried under Lake Roopkund may have died due to a massive hail, unexpectedly making them unable to find cover. However, the question is raised: who are more than 800 people, why go to this dangerous high mountain and suffer the death from that terrible hail?

Of the 31 human skeletons that saw hair and nail tips taken to Hyderabad, India's Center for Molecular Biology to test and select samples of bone and flesh for DNA testing, scientists discovered one. The very strange feature is that on the heads of these people there is a bone protruding from the forehead. Accordingly, scientists identified these people as residents of Maharashtra , central southern India.

Further analysis, the scientists discovered that in 31 skeletons, there are three samples of mutant DNA strands that have been unprecedented in other parts of the world but only in migrants in Maharashtra. These three mutants are exactly the same, proving that these three people are from the same family and are all residents of Maharashtra, India. So this group of people is related by blood. In addition, among the 800 skeletons lying beneath the lake, the researchers found that they were divided into two main groups. A group with more skeletons has a rather large skeleton, showing that the bodies of these people belong to the form of robustness.

Another group has a smaller bone system. This group has fewer bones. Summarizing all the analysis, the scientists came to sum up that: More than 800 people lying on the lake Roopkund are Indians who migrate pilgrimage to Lake Roopkund. People with smaller stature may be residents of the surrounding area and guide the pilgrimage group.

On the cause of the deaths of more than 800 people, scientists believe that they have not been infected but died at the same time. Probably, a hail of tremendous speed (probably more than 160km / h) suddenly came to this, making it impossible for these people to find cover and die. A few of them were injured and then died of starvation and cold.

The time of this hail occurred around 850, ie over 1000 years ago. The fact that these skeletons are intact is due to the preservation of snow and ice in the low heat of the Lake Roopkund region.

The hail of a massive hail caused hundreds of deaths, which is entirely possible because in the Guinness Book of World Records, in Bangladesh, there was a terrible hail in 1986, rain drops Stone weighs up to 1kg, causing death for 92 people. Therefore, scientists believe that it is possible, a similar hail of speed with the same speed has occurred before, especially in the high mountains of the Himalayan peak.

Although the secret of the giant bone lake at the top of the world roof has been explained by scientists, the attraction of the giant bone lake is still not there. Not only that, the bone pool Roopkund only appears once a year so it becomes more attractive for those who want to discover and witness the unique lake bone in this world. As a sacred place where hundreds of people have suffered a disastrous death due to natural disasters, this place is also considered a place of prayer for many people.

Scientists themselves, after conducting research, also returned the skeletons to Roopkund lake so that they could continue to live as their historical witnesses. Today, every year, just come and make an appointment, when the ice covered on the lake dissolves, it is the time of hundreds, thousands of adventurous tourists to visit. And that was when hundreds of religious followers gathered here to pray.