Yes, True Detective: Night Country knows all about the Dyatlov Pass incident.
This article contains spoilers forTrue Detective: Night Countryepisode 1.
True Detectiveseason 4, subtitledTrue Detective: Night Country, isnt shy about acknowledging its influences.
Theres another major influence at play, however, and it comes directly from the terrifying annals of history.
Allow us to explain how.
What Is the Dyatlov Pass Incident?
The Dyatlov Pass incident is the stuff of nightmares.
Well, thats where all the shrug emojis begin.
And thats where the horror began.
One searcher claimed thatthe tent was half torn down and covered with snow.
It was empty, and all the groups belongings and shoes had been left behind.
They later determined it was likely that the tent was cut open from the inside.
Three more corpses were found closer to the tent.
One body was missing its eyes, tongue, lips, and cheeks.
Another body was missing its eyes and yet another its eyebrows.
The skiers expertise doomed them.
Thats probably because each potentiality is equally awful.
A violent attack from the nearby indigenous Mansi people?
If the discovery of several ill-dressed corpses frozen in the icy tundra seemed familiar, now you know why.