# Recent Sci Fi Story: radioactive Monsters in Chernobyl? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 20, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-sci-fi-story-radioactive-monsters-in-chernobyl/676820 "2013-12-20T15:18:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-sci-fi-story-radioactive-monsters-in-chernobyl/676820/1 "2013-12-20T15:18:32Z")
I cannot remember the name of the story…anyway, its about strange ghost-like creatures living in the remains of Chernobyl-they (apparently) live from the radioactivity, and kill humans. I’ m pretty sure the story came out just a few years ago. Anybody know the name of it? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-sci-fi-story-radioactive-monsters-in-chernobyl/676820/2 "2013-12-20T15:47:58Z")
Was it a movie? Because there was a movie titled _Chernobyl Diaries_ in 2012 that sounds like this. ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-sci-fi-story-radioactive-monsters-in-chernobyl/676820/3 "2013-12-20T15:54:20Z")
The [creepypasta wiki](http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Search?search=Chernobyl%2C+Pripyat&fulltext=Search&ns0=1&ns14=1) has a lot of Chernobyl based stories. Is that what you’re thinking of? ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-sci-fi-story-radioactive-monsters-in-chernobyl/676820/4 "2013-12-20T17:00:36Z")
Is it the video game [Stalker](http://www.stalker-game.com/)? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-sci-fi-story-radioactive-monsters-in-chernobyl/676820/5 "2013-12-20T17:13:02Z")
Not Sci-fi, or any type of fiction, but [River Monsters](http://animal.discovery.com/tv-shows/river-monsters) did a Chernobyl episode recently. Ep 2 Season 5. Jeremy Wade is fun to watch, you might enjoy it. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-sci-fi-story-radioactive-monsters-in-chernobyl/676820/6 "2013-12-20T17:34:11Z")
There really are [organisms that feed off of radioactivity](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiotrophic_fungus) living in the remains of Chernobyl, in real life. Biology is freaky. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-sci-fi-story-radioactive-monsters-in-chernobyl/676820/7 "2013-12-20T21:06:55Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Was it a movie? Because there was a movie titled _Chernobyl Diaries_ in 2012 that sounds like this. I believe there was also a made for Syfy ripoff of this.