Modern Mysteries

Mystery as 6 people are found dead in the mountains of Bulgaria

By T.K. Randall
February 10, 2026 ·  16 comments

Image: Human Footprints in Snow (illustrative)
Credit: John Doe via Wikimedia Commons / (PD) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service According to reports, the strangeness began just over a week ago when the bodies of three people were found in a remote mountain hut near Petrohan.

Then on Sunday, the bodies of another three people - including a teenage boy - were found in a camper van in the Okolchitsa Peak area.

"This is a case without comparison in our country," said Zahari Vaskov of the national police general directorate.

The narrow time period in which the two sets of deaths occurred, coupled with the strange circumstances surrounding them, has left police investigators desperate for answers.According to reports, the hut had been used by members of a non-governmental organization of nature-loving 'forest rangers' who were known to patrol the region and aid the authorities.

Five of the deceased were thought to have lived at the hut and CCTV footage recorded outside shows all six of them saying goodbye to each other on the morning of the killings.

Three of them later set the building on fire.

Several guns and bullets were also found in the vicinity of the bodies.

Exactly what had compelled the group to kill one another - and themselves - remains unclear.

Source: Reuters | Comments (16)

Tags: Murder, Bulgaria