A friend of the Usoltsev family who disappeared in the taiga put forward two versions of the appearance of blood

Valentin Degterev, a friend of the Usoltsev family, who disappeared without a trace in the taiga in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, put forward two versions of the appearance of blood at the site of their disappearance. He shared his explanation with aif.ru.

The man noted that in the photos that rescuers presented following the October 2025 search, he noticed bloody footprints near the path in the direction of Mount Malvinki.

Degterev explained that the first version is connected with the bathhouse at the tourist center. According to him, before their arrival, the couple agreed to take a steam bath in the bathhouse, but they had to use the owner’s bathhouse. The other bathhouse was allegedly under renovation. Degterev found the strangest thing to be that after the disappearance of the Usoltsevs, the owner completely dismantled the bathhouse.

“But maybe the animals really attacked, which is why the tracks are so close to Kuturchin himself,” suggested a family friend.

The second version is a conflict with marginal elements, with whom, according to Degterev, the Usoltsevs could have had a clash.

Before this, volunteers said that the Usoltsev family may be outside the search area.

Irina and Sergei Usoltsev and their preschool daughter disappeared at the end of September 2025 in the Partizansky district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Investigators opened a criminal case, numerous searches were carried out, but neither volunteers nor law enforcement officers found any traces.