The Group in the Ravine
Searchers found the remaining members of the group in May of 1959 in a ravine. Dubinina, Zolotaryov, and Thibeaux-Brignolle had fatal injuries, including broken ribs and a fractured skull. Dubinina and Zolotaryov’s eyes were missing. Dubinina’s tongue was missing, having been in contact with running water before her discovery. Kolevatov had minor injuries, dying of hypothermia instead. The condition of the ravine bodies would be the cause of speculation and theories; they were in far worse shape than the bodies found in February after being exposed to warmer temperatures. The bodies lay in melting ravine water, aiding the decomposition process, leaving them in considerably worse shape than the first five of the hikers the searchers previously found.