Lake Of Skeletons

Roopkund lake

• Country-India
• State-Uttrakhand
• District-Chamoli
• altitude-5029 metres

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About roopkund

Roopkund is a high altitude glacial lake in uttrakhand.lies in the lap of trishul massif and famous due to hundreds of human skeletons  found on the edge of the lake.the location is uninhabited..it has attracted attention by having human skeleton remains easily visible at the bottom when the snow melts

History ! 

The immediate assumption  was that these were the remains of Japanese soldiers who had died of exposure while sneaking through India.The British government, terrified of a Japanese land invasion , sent a team investigators to determine if this was true .However upon examination they realized  these bones were not from Japanese soldiers -They weren't fresh enough ! .It was evident that bones were quite old indeed flesh hair and the bones themselves had been preserved by the dry , cold air , but no one could properly determine exactly when they were from .More than that , they had  no idea what had killed over 200 people in this small valley.Mainly theories were put forth including an  epidemic ,  landslide and ritual sucide , For decades , no one was able to shed light on mystery of skeleton lake ! >> see more