Skeleton Lake, formally known as Roopkund Lake, sits at more than 16,000 feet above sea levels in the Himalayas. (Credit: Atish Waghwase)

At the mysterious Skeleton Lake in northern India, the dead are talking,
revealing surprises through centuries-old DNA. And it’s not what anyone
expected.

New research suggests the site is not the scene of a single natural disaster
that killed hundreds, as once thought. Skeleton Lake’s emerging truth is far
more mysterious. The human bones littering its