@Aggie "Occasionally you hear claims that the tongue was ripped, or eaten, or whatnot. The medical records simply that "the tongue is missing". Vozrojdenniy describes missing hypoglossal muscle as well as muscles of the floor of the mouth. That is it. There is no explanation, theories, condition of the surrounding tissues. It looks weird especially given the fact previous bodies had more detailed autopsies. There is no credible explanation for this vague statement. Although it is mentioned that the stomach contained about 100 g of coagulated blood. It is used by some as an indication that the heart was beating and the blood was flowing when tongue was removed from a mouth. The cause of death is stated as hemorrhage into right atrium of the heart, multiple fractured ribs and internal bleeding."
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http://www.ermaktravel.com/Europe/Russia/Cholat-%20Syachil/Kholat%20Syakhl.htm (Archiv-Version vom 04.12.2012))
"It is true that her tongue and parts of her oral cavity were missing when she was discovered two months after the event. This aspect has led people to see a bizarre aspect to this incident that is wholly unjustified. The reality is that her tongue was not ripped out but was degraded though the activity of micro flora and fauna. We now know that this was fully acknowledged at the time (1959)" (
http://www.aquiziam.com/dyatlov_pass_answers.html)
"Very strange was the lack Lyudmila Dubinina language, and with it the aperture of the mouth (the muscles that form the bottom of the oral cavity and involved in the movements of the lower jaw). What happened to the lost language of the document drawn up by Reborn impossible to understand - this is not a reproach to the expert, but a statement of fact. If the language had been cut, it would have to remain (in theory, at least) recognizable marks, but these are not described. It is hard to imagine what natural causes could lead to the extinction of language and difragmy mouth. It is known that the water-dwellers, especially shellfish, can greatly damage the corpses in a very short time, but about any fish or crayfish in the creek with the melt water can not be considered. Suspect mice also can not work. In winter, the mouse can be active under the snow up to 3 hours a day, but they do not eat the frozen flesh (especially unlikely to be able to eat a lot, many times more than its own weight, which is calculated in grams). It is difficult to judge the culinary preferences of mice and rats, but it is well known that they usually eat around the projecting parts of the head - the nose, ears. If Dubinina were observed such damage, the death of a language would not look so suspicious. However, none of the group Dyatlov had no damage skin small animals (the only exception - Krivonischenko corpse, whose nose was allegedly isklevan birds). On Internet forums voiced version, according to which, the frozen dead language could break off during transport and fall out of the open mouth, but otherwise is a naive assumption is difficult to call. The frozen human corpse has a hardness of wood, but it does not break like glass and it did not fly away from the pieces on impact. In any case, forensic science does not know anything about that part of the frozen body can fall off when careless transportation.
In the stomach of the deceased judge found about 100 cc "Slimy mass dark-red color," Once there, possibly due to the removal of the language. Nothing like the "spot Wisniewski" in the gastric mucosa was detected, and when viewed from the brain was stated "bad blood filling" of the meninge."
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http://murders.ru/Dyatloff_group_1.html via google translator)