Hi guys Charlie here april 26 1986 chernobyl ukraine it was like any other day at the
chernobyl nuclear power plant a routine test was being carried out on reactor number four
but the reactor had a major design flaw this caused a massive buildup of heat the scientist in
charge of the test initiated an emergency shutdown but he was not trained very well at all and did it
totally wrong this caused the thermal output of the reactor to skyrocket a massive power
spike then occurred and this caused a gigantic explosion these scientists soon realized that
the entire power plant was going to explode they immediately evacuated but for many it was too late
the explosion was like a very powerful dirty bomb that is a bomb which contains radioactive material
the massive cloud of radioactive materials floated all across europe and the power plant
and surrounding areas became one of the most deadly places in the world after the explosion
everyone nearby had 24 hours to evacuate they had to take whatever belongings they could and
say goodbye to their homes forever a 30 kilometer exclusion zone was created around the power plant
this was to make sure that nothing could get in or out it would be dangerous for any humans or
animals to go into the zone and dangerous for any contaminated things to leave it
but since then some terrifying things have been found in chernobyl scientists and researchers
have gone to the exclusion zone many times and on several occasions what they found
really scared them one of the scariest things seen at chernobyl is the black bird this was
something that was seen and even photographed by chernobyl scientists and it happened right
as the meltdown was going on just before the worst nuclear explosion in history hit ukraine something
strange was seen in the sky what appeared to be a half-man half-bird was seen flying in the sky
the creature had glowing red eyes and a dark black body it also had wings so large that it could not
have been a bird or a bear it is referred to as the blackbird of chernobyl unfortunately
the only proof of the chernobyl blackbird is some grainy images captured by a scientist
but even from these images it's clear that this is not simply a bird experts have said it looks
similar to a giant golden crowned flying fox this is a species of megabat found in the philippines
but there have been no recorded sightings of these in ukraine so it's likely not one of those some
speculated that this could have been a military plane maybe the soviet air force was monitoring
the meltdown from the skies the black bird was spotted a few days after the explosion as well
it was seen flying through the smoke and nuclear emissions too but after a few days it vanished
never to be seen again the blackbird remains a mystery to this day but one thing that we are
sure about is that in the chernobyl forest there are many mutated animals after the blast many
animals passed away immediately this is because they interacted with highly irradiated objects
for example the debris of the power plant this scattered several kilometers around the explosion
site but for the animals that did survive the blast had devastating lasting effects the nuclear
material from the plant leaked into the soil this contaminated all of the food and water the animals
would drink and of course the atmosphere in the area is very radioactive too after the blast pigs
goats and horses were born mutated in the area there are many wild horses who roam the area
and also lots of stray dogs too mutant wolves have also recently been found in the chernobyl forest
and these wolves are now spreading mutations caused by radioactivity to wolves all over europe
it's true even though chernobyl exploded more than 30 years ago the effects are still going on today
mutant catfish have also been found in the chernobyl cooling pond the cooling
pond was a large body of water to keep the reactors from overheating today there is no
use for these cooling pools and now catfish live inside it amazingly they have adapted
the catfish are gigantic they've mutated because of the radioactive materials in the water but
surprisingly the cooling ponds are not the most dangerous place in the chernobyl power plant today
in fact the most dangerous place in all of chernobyl is known as the nuclear elephant
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also known as the elephant's foot for many years no photos could even be captured of this place
that's because if you went too near then you would perish instantly the elephant's foot is of
a reactacore lava formation in the basement of the chernobyl nuclear plant it weighs many tons and is
two meters wide approaching it means that you will pass away the first image of it was taken in 1996.
that was when it was emitting one-tenth of the radiation it once had many refer to the
elephant's foot as medusa that's because if you look at it then you will perish that is just like
the woman in greek mythology where if you look at her then you will turn to stone the first image of
the elephant's foot had to be captured using a mirror this was to avoid any direct contact as
the photographer would have passed away otherwise but since then people have made direct contact
this does damage your health but some researchers risk their lives for the scientific value it will
bring the elephant's foot is the direct remains of reactant number four that is the first reactor
that exploded causing the meltdown but what exactly is the elephant's foot made of well
it's a very deadly cocktail of various different chemicals it's mainly made up of silicon dioxide
but inside there is also magnesium uranium and graphite when these things are combined it creates
extreme levels of radioactivity it likely won't be safe to go anywhere near the elephant's foot
for hundreds of years to come the mass was totally solid after the explosion and when scientists used
a remote drill it was not damaged at all in the immediate aftermath of the explosion if you were
to stand next to the elephant's foot then you would pass away within 5 minutes and even today
if you stand next to the elephant's foot for more than 24 hours you would pass away this is because
it would give you a deadly dose of radiation pretty much everything in chernobyl is scary
but if you go here it's not just things caused by the explosion that will creep you out if you
go to chernobyl today there's a good chance you may run into a stalker when i say stalker i don't
mean someone who follows you around these stalkers is a name given to people who go to chernobyl and
romanticize it even though you're not allowed to go into the chernobyl blast zone many do
anyway these stalkers really like the apocalyptic environment of pripyat and chernobyl stalkers are
mainly from russia and ukraine but over the years stalkers from all over the world have flocked to
chernobyl they sneak into abandoned buildings and explore them many of the clips i've used in
this video of chernobyl have been purchased from stalkers they often go into chernobyl and take
amazing videos and photos some stalkers even eat the fruit that grows in the danger zone despite
the radioactive nature of this fruit one of the main reasons stalkers go to the chernobyl blast
zone is to see something that researchers found after the meltdown this is known as the bloody red
the bloody red is also known as the red forest it is the name given to the forest area around
chernobyl many of the trees are green but not all of them one area received so much radiation that
all of the green left the leaves of the trees the trees turned a bright red colour and then wilted
today not a single tree can grow in this area the soil is simply way too radioactive for anything to
grow or live it is considered the most radioactive land area on the entire planet but that does not
stop many people from going there it is a massive area of 400 hectares of land even researchers and
scientists don't go in there they normally use uav drones to fly over to map the area
that's because to this day it's still not safe for humans to go near but in 2016 something even
scarier happened in the bloody red an arsonist entered the forest and set fire to some trees
this caused a large forest fire and even more radioactive material was released from the area
radioactive smoke floated out of the area and into places where people lived but now it's time for
you to make your voice heard leave a comment down below which was the scariest thing found in the
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