Cluster of mystery deaths in western Bulgarian mountains confounds police

Emergency services work near Petrohan mountain, the scene where people were found dead, near the village of Gintsi, Bulgaria, February 2026, in this screen grab taken from a video. NOVA TV/Handout via REUTERS

SOFIA, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Six ‌people were found dead in the mountains of western Bulgaria over the past week, in ‌a case marked by conflicting accounts and strange circumstances that led a prosecutor to liken ‌the two triple deaths to the 1990s mystery series "Twin Peaks".

"This is a case without comparison in our country," Zahari Vaskov, the director of the national police general directorate, told a press conference on Monday.