The post-credits scene in Stranger Things’ season 3 finale revealed that the Russians are conducting experiments on the Upside Down, and they have successfully opened a gate to the other dimension as they have a Demogorgon in a cell. However, their gate might not be in a lab but in the wild, as suggested by a fan theory that took inspiration from an incident in the USSR – and no, it’s not Chernobyl. Stranger Things season 3 left a lot of questions waiting to be answered in season 4, but as the new season is still far away, fans are coming up with their own explanations.
By the end of season 3, Eleven lost her powers (and it’s unclear if and how she will get them back), Jim Hopper died (though there are clues that point at Hopper not being dead), and viewers learned the Russians have an American prisoner in a laboratory in Kamchatka. It’s that same laboratory where they keep at least one Demogorgon, and they feed him prisoners – but not the American. There are a couple of theories on how and why the Russians know so much about the Upside Down and the creatures in it, but one is taking inspiration from a real life event that is as mysterious as the Upside Down itself.
While some say the Chernobyl disaster will be used either as cover up for the experiments or a consequence of these, the following theory instead focuses on an incident that took place in the late 1950s, but could be easily reworked to fit Stranger Things.
The Dyatlov Pass Incident took place in the northern Ural Mountains in 1959, where an experienced trekking group established a camp on the slopes of Kholat Syakhl. During the night, something prompted the nine hikers to tear their way out of their tents and flee the campsite, all of them barely dressed and even barefoot, which was strange given the sub-zero temperatures in the area. Some of the bodies showed signs of physical trauma that could have only been caused by an extremely high force, which has lead to all types of theories, including experiments by the military, radiation, and supernatural forces. Some theories say that part of the mountains is connected by sacred gates – and that’s what inspired the theory, which was initially posted on Reddit (although it’s now gone).
The general idea of the theory is that Stranger Things could rework the mystery around the Dyatlov Pass Incident and the “sacred gates” in the area to fit the series’ mythology, meaning that the Russians’ gate to the Upside Down could be in the mountains, and any curious hikers that come across with it would then encounter some real nightmares. How and why there’s a gate to the Upside Down in the wild is unknown, but it has happened before in the series: season 1 saw Nancy come across with a tree with an entrance to the Upside Down, so it wouldn’t be crazy if the same happened on the other side of the world. There were reports of strange orange spheres in the sky the night of the incident, which could also be used by the series as part of the experiments or the consequences of opening the gate (and, maybe, freeing a Demogorgon or two).
It’s an interesting theory that could work within the context of the series, and would give the writers the opportunity to explore the extents of the Russians’ experiments and their consequences, beyond all the stuff happening at the Kamchatka base – and, if they choose to keep the 1950s setting, it could also work with the rumored time-traveling theme of Stranger Things season 4.
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