Dying while experiencing nature is "mysterious" but also not uncommon among upper-middle class people. I would bet that the average victim of a backpacking or cross-country skiing mishap is wealthier than average.
replyBut that's not how "mysterious" is used here. These scientists did not meet their end during an obvious outdoor activity.
reply>Mysterious deaths and vanishings become increasingly rare the higher up the socio-economic curve you climb.
replyIs it? Or is there just more scrutiny when more important people die?
When someone who ain't worth shit OD's nobody takes allegations that they were murdered seriously. When someone who's worth a lot of money ODs, the "they only bought fine cocaine, their dealer never would have cut that shit" allegations get looked into because "more equal animals" is more of a scale than a binary when it comes to this particular issue.