Seriously, how can anyone still buy the avalanche story? I had the same thing happen at a family dinner last month. I brought up the radiation on their clothes and the missing tongues. Everyone just shrugged and said it must have been an animal. But animals don't fold clothes neatly or leave burns like that. It makes no sense to stick with the simple answer when nothing adds up.
@the_mila, your family dinner story shows how group talk can make people ignore strange facts. Choosing the animal answer feels safer than facing weird burns and folded clothes. That comfort with simple stories keeps us from seeing what really happened.