The Vottovaara incident is deliciously frustrating!
Mount Vottovaara is a hill in the Republic of Karelia, modern-day Russia. The Winter War was fought between Finland and the Soviet Union between November 1939 and March 1940.
Here’s what we know: Vottovaara was/is a sacred site to the people living in the area (the Sámi).
Here’s what we’ve heard (from Finnish soldiers): in January 1940, a group of Soviet soldiers ascended Mount Vottovaara. In the following nights, the Finnish troops situated nearby heard gunshots et cetera, yet no Finnish soldiers were engagin with the Soviets. When Mount Vottovaara became silent, the Finnish soldiers went to see what had happened. All the Soviet soldiers had been basically slaughtered—torn to pieces, brutally disemboweled, et cetera—, okay, some had taken their own lives. No remains of wild beasts were anywhere to be found, nor where there any remains of any other armed people—just the Soviets.
Here’s what we’ve also heard (from whom? I don’t know): that the Soviets were warned (by the locals) not to ascend Vottovaara.
Here’s what we absolutely do not know: What killed them? Was it a Stállo? Or werewolves? Or something more mundane—like a massive pack of wolves?
I need answers.










