We saw a ball of fire, and it was slowly flying in the sky. It displayed only 800 milliroentgens per hour. The show follows Wade as he travels to various locations around the world seeking out the truths behind the deaths of humans believed to have been caused by large predatory fish or other types of aquatic creatures. He believes that the site was capable of not only detecting missiles, but also launching them. Even at this point, the policemen were not particularly alarmed, thinking that the very old elevator had just broken down and would be back in operation before long. Wildlife. Spookily, radiation tests of the fish showed that it was dripping with the stuff, to the point that it was completely inedible. Then, we saw two rays of crimson light stretching towards the fourth unit. However, would the U.S. government orchestrate the horrific suffering that this disaster entailed just to take out such an installation? He couldn’t have been more wrong: “At the end of Season 4, I seriously wondered where we could possibly go from there. Others were saying that they are spies working for the KGB or CIA, working on a top-secret program. The theory as to its origin was that it was a giant spider mutated by the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant disaster. Abandoned. Of course we have to get the CIA in here somehow, and there have been conspiracies that they have been involved with the Chernobyl tragedy as well. Without doubt, radiation affects plants and animals that live in the contaminated areas. Many men chose the latter, and they became known as “liquidators,” who were mostly tasked with shoveling sand onto the dangerous, highly radioactive reactor. Like many other good conspiracy theories the answers remain complex and evasive. First and foremost, have you heard the one about how the whole thing was a cover-up for something more ominous? It was measured at 3000 milliroentgens per hour. While we are on the subject of ghosts we may as well mention the reports of actual zombies said to stalk the area of Chernobyl. Pages Media TV & Movies TV Show River Monsters Global Videos Venturing into Chernobyl | River Monsters In addition to living a simple life off of the land, the ragtag group of refugees are said to be involved with pursuing experiments and research into immortality within makeshift laboratories, as well as the use of ancient secrets, mystical esoteric practices, and magical philosophies to help them along in their quest, and they have erected a temple on the island called The Temple of Apollo. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Photos of Somov monsters in the Chernobyl River. 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