# Fascinating! Ghost town Chernobyl. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 30, 2004, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascinating-ghost-town-chernobyl/237273 "2004-03-30T07:57:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascinating-ghost-town-chernobyl/237273/61 "2004-04-17T18:32:52Z")
Wow. Eerie. Sent a link to a friend of mine, who was born in the town of Chernobyl, and his family moved a couple months before the accident. THe idea of a tour of one of the neighboring ghost towns is intrigiuing - I think I’d either find it absolutely fascinating or absolutely terrifying. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascinating-ghost-town-chernobyl/237273/62 "2004-04-17T19:29:59Z")
that site is good thanks thats going in my bookmarks ---
**Author:** ![maikai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@maikai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maikai)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascinating-ghost-town-chernobyl/237273/63 "2004-05-25T03:25:27Z")
I don’t know if this has been posted yet, but it looks like this is a fraud. Although I can’t seem to find [infiltrate.org](http://infiltrate.org) so I don’t know if it’s bogus or not. > **[A fraud exposed, and a true thing...](https://journal.neilgaiman.com/2004/05/fraud-exposed-and-true-thing.asp)** > > This one left me blinking. Not so much because it was a fraud, as why anyone would bother to create such a fraud... > > Found this on the inf... ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascinating-ghost-town-chernobyl/237273/64 "2004-05-25T03:47:03Z")
Apparently there is a link in yesterday’s [gonegold.com](http://gonegold.com) that states this is a fraud. ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Turk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dan\_Turk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dan_Turk)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascinating-ghost-town-chernobyl/237273/65 "2004-05-26T06:30:44Z")
got hooked on reading the centralia, PA story and found [http://www.offroaders.com/album/centralia/centralia.htm](http://www.offroaders.com/album/centralia/centralia.htm) to be one of the most complete sites out there…lots of pics and info creepy ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascinating-ghost-town-chernobyl/237273/66 "2004-05-26T17:19:55Z")
> [@pulehoopo](#): > > I don’t know if this has been posted yet, but it looks like this is a fraud. Although I can’t seem to find [infiltrate.org](http://infiltrate.org) so I don’t know if it’s bogus or not. > > [http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/2004/05/fraud-exposed-and-true-thing.asp](http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/2004/05/fraud-exposed-and-true-thing.asp) [http://www.uer.ca/forum\_showthread.asp?fid=1&threadid=8951](http://www.uer.ca/forum_showthread.asp?fid=1&threadid=8951) It would appear you’re right. The funny thing is that my BS-meter never went off when reading the story. The link in the OP now refers you to another site, along with a message in which she claims the story is true, regardless of the criticism. ---
**Author:** ![Yamirskoonir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c0e974/32.png) [@Yamirskoonir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yamirskoonir)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascinating-ghost-town-chernobyl/237273/67 "2004-05-26T21:56:58Z")
More debunking [here.](http://www.uer.ca/forum_showthread.asp?fid=1&threadid=8951) See the 13th reply. Of course, the veracity of this person can also be called into question… ---
**Author:** ![Yamirskoonir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c0e974/32.png) [@Yamirskoonir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yamirskoonir)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascinating-ghost-town-chernobyl/237273/68 "2004-05-26T22:00:55Z")
DOH! :smack: OK folks, see what happens when you’re too lazy to code your URLs into click-able hyperlinks? **Coldfire** , you’re a mod, you should know better! Now please don’t ban me for my stupidity/insulting you! ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascinating-ghost-town-chernobyl/237273/69 "2004-05-27T00:05:28Z")
Heh. Looks like we were both lazy. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascinating-ghost-town-chernobyl/237273.md?page=3)