Dyatlov Pass Incident (1959)

[doctorflea]

Nine Russian cross-country skiers are found dead in the Ural Mountains under mysterious circumstances and - to this day - no-one knows what happened...

www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2008/02/27/notes022708.DTL

and

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident

This is just crying out for a Whovian explanation...

[sirus]

Perhaps it should be noted that there is a simple explanation for this indecent.
www.cracked.com/article_16671_6-famous-unsolved-mysteries-with-really-obvious-solutions.html

[doctorflea]

Mar 29, 2012 3:06:16 GMT sirus said:

Perhaps it should be noted that there is a simple explanation for this indecent.
www.cracked.com/article_16671_6-famous-unsolved-mysteries-with-really-obvious-solutions.html

But if we let facts get in the way of a good story there'd be no Daily Mail...

[sirus]

Mar 29, 2012 11:42:52 GMT @doctorflea said:

Mar 29, 2012 3:06:16 GMT sirus said:

Perhaps it should be noted that there is a simple explanation for this indecent.
www.cracked.com/article_16671_6-famous-unsolved-mysteries-with-really-obvious-solutions.html

But if we let facts get in the way of a good story there'd be no Daily Mail...

I'm not arguing that there isn't a very good story in the idea's here, but why not transplant it onto an alien world? Add some spice to it.
If it's the exact same incident some people may take the idea's of fantasy to far and assume that there is truth there. Knowing the truth a head of time prevents this.

[doctorflea]

Mar 30, 2012 7:19:03 GMT sirus said:

Mar 29, 2012 11:42:52 GMT @doctorflea said:

But if we let facts get in the way of a good story there'd be no Daily Mail...

I'm not arguing that there isn't a very good story in the idea's here, but why not transplant it onto an alien world? Add some spice to it.
If it's the exact same incident some people may take the idea's of fantasy to far and assume that there is truth there. Knowing the truth a head of time prevents this.

Definitely a good call there. I'n just throwing out these nuggets of "real world news" for inspirational purposes. People can bend, fold and mutilate as they see fit

I'm certainly not suggesting that they just replay these incidents as reported, just use them as a springboard to generate ideas of their own.