Himalayan Skeleton Lake Mystery Just Got Deeper.

With the immediate concerns of war being eased, the urgency of identifying the remains became less of a priority and efforts to further analyze the remains were sidelined. A team of investigators was sent to Roopkund, where they quickly determined that the remains were too old to be from the ongoing war. Since the skeletons had been rediscovered during World War II, the first assumption was that these were the skeletons of soldiers, perhaps Japanese soldiers who had died from exposure to the elements while traveling through India.ĭue to this possibility, determining the source of the remains became a priority. No one knew who the skeletons belonged to, how long they had been there, or what had happened to them. When the discovery was made, there was no information available about the remains.

Naturally preserved ancient human skeletons under snow.

It is believed that the skeletons number around 300. As summer came, and the frozen lake melted, more skeletons were revealed in the lake and around the edges. He found a few of the skeletons at the bottom of the lake while it was frozen. The first reports regarding the skeletal remains date to the 19th century, but the remains were re-discovered by Nanda Devi game reserve ranger H K Madhwal in 1942. There are several trekking routes on the way to Roopkund, which many take advantage of for the picturesque view, and to satisfy the curiosity and intrigue surrounding the skeletal remains. The area is a popular destination for adventurous tourists, due to the spectacular trek it takes to get there.

The lake is very shallow, with its greatest depth at approximately 2 meters (6.56 ft.) Roopkund Lake is located at the bottom of a small valley in the Himalayas, in Chamoli district, Uttaranchal, in India. ( Uttam /Adobe Stock) Where is Roopkund Lake? Roopkund Lake lies in the harsh terrain of the Himalayas. There have been efforts to determine who these people were, where they were from, and how they died, buy many questions still remain unanswered about the skeletons at Roopkund – now referred to as Skeleton Lake. At the bottom of the lake are hundreds of mysterious human skeletons. However, during one month of the year, when the ice melts away and the bottom of the shallow lake becomes visible, the true nature of the lake reveals itself. Covered in ice and surrounded by rocky glaciers, the lake appears to be a typical, albeit beautiful, natural wonder.

The small lake known as Roopkund Lake, sits high in the Indian Himalayas more than 16,000 feet (4,900 meters) above sea level. Imagine a frozen lake which, upon melting each year, reveals the unnerving sight of the remains of more than 300 people.

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