Chernobyl: Two Days in the Exclusion Zone

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  • Drew spends a few days in one of the most irradiated-and misunderstood-places on Earth.
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  • @XXROGUE
    @XXROGUE Před 5 lety +5520

    Natalya is such a Fallout character.

  • @noahatlas5240
    @noahatlas5240 Před 5 lety +5405

    Everyone say thank you to Vladimir and Natalya

  • @kl1477
    @kl1477 Před 5 lety +2064

    y'all realize that's the white guy blinking meme guy

  • @paddybby5559
    @paddybby5559 Před 5 lety +4797

    The suspense when he got lost was scary

    • @king-mihai
      @king-mihai Před 5 lety +91

      @teddymurphy95 6.6 not great nor terrible.

  • @BeesUSA
    @BeesUSA Před 5 lety +3769

    Its kinda fun listening to Natalya saying 'gentlemen'. It was like something from a heist movie

  • @TheOnlyDamien
    @TheOnlyDamien Před 6 lety +5037

    Can we talk about how freaking awesome Natalya was? What an amazing tour guide, she seemed so passionate with her knowledge about the place and so nice!

    • @rick-deckard
      @rick-deckard Před 6 lety +138

      So smart and great guide yeah!

    • @bofostudio
      @bofostudio Před 6 lety +236

      I'm worried for her. How much of her normal is coming to this place that the rest of us will maybe only visit? What is the price she pays? That last bit - where what she hopes for is that travelers find some understanding and care for her people? Yeah, that made me want to visit the Ukraine right there.

    • @megapet777
      @megapet777 Před 6 lety +3

      agree :D

    • @yevanasvetya5486
      @yevanasvetya5486 Před 6 lety +45

      must be a true stalker inside

    • @Dairis
      @Dairis Před 5 lety +36

      Nothing will happen to her because those places they visited contain only alpha and beta radiations.

  • @harrr53
    @harrr53 Před 5 lety +5729

    What a fantastic guide!
    "Eat bananas and everything will be ok." - Natalya.

  • @nobodyshome4633
    @nobodyshome4633 Před 5 lety +2571

    “ Nothing is safe in the Exclusion Zone “
    - Natalya

  • @codenamechaz
    @codenamechaz Před 6 lety +3180

    "Separated from your group, miles from help, surrounded by invisible pockets of radiation" I'm pretty sure most survival horror games start like that...

    • @TheSelverFang
      @TheSelverFang Před 6 lety +132

      STALKER. Fallout.

    • @lolusuck386
      @lolusuck386 Před 6 lety +79

      jeff peake STALKER literally takes place in Chernobyl

    • @TheSelverFang
      @TheSelverFang Před 6 lety +41

      Fallout is a grey area sure, but there's legitimately no way you can not call STALKER survival horror. Having contact with people doesn't somehow exclude it from survival horror. Did you even play the game? There's plenty of games out there defined as survival horror that have contact with other characters, and STALKER is among them.

    • @TheSelverFang
      @TheSelverFang Před 6 lety +7

      The start of Call of Pripyat is exactly that. Lmao.

    • @TheSelverFang
      @TheSelverFang Před 6 lety +1

      It fits the description closely enough, you're just trying to be asinine.

  • @swiggah
    @swiggah Před 5 lety +2858

    "Where Do you work"
    "Chernobyl As a Lunch Lady."

    • @the_rustydoornob1164
      @the_rustydoornob1164 Před 5 lety +51

      I still don’t know how the hell that would be safe to consume anything in his place

    • @Cris-em9tn
      @Cris-em9tn Před 5 lety +61

      @@the_rustydoornob1164 Because it's definitely brought in from other areas, and looks fresh so I figure they get shipments a couple times a week. The reasons food can be dangerous come down to either being grown in radioactive soil (or coming from an animal that ate radioactive plants), or radioactive dust. That hotel looks really nice: I figure with it being in the exclusion zone, it likely has a ventilation system like a hospital that can catch the smallest spores of radioactive material. So with the windows shut and the system going, it'd be safe.
      And to be fair, the larger circle of the zone isn't that dangerous anymore. His meter read around 1, or under, microSieverts (also written as μSv) every time I saw it on video. Most Americans get 10 μSv of radiation a day. A flight from NY to LA is 40 μSv. A dental x-ray is 800 μSv. A mammogram is 3,000 μSv.
      The lowest yearly dose linked to increased cancer risk is 100,000 μSv. So he'd need to get almost 300 μSv of radiation a day for an entire year to be at risk of cancer.
      Chernobyl is dangerous, and it's definitely not a place to live due to the invisible pockets of radiation and the fact that you can just breathe in the dust. But it isn't as dangerous that far out as he's acting it up to be.

  • @christianpoynter7971
    @christianpoynter7971 Před 5 lety +3992

    Ok, Natalia is fantastic. I love her matter-of-fact humor.

    • @oilersridersbluejays
      @oilersridersbluejays Před 5 lety +95

      Very stereotypically Ukrainian haha. My great grandmother was from Ukraine, and my grandmother had the very same kind of humour.

    • @garganeo
      @garganeo Před 5 lety +5

      An interview with Anatoly Dyatlov - czcams.com/video/w2bUC6CcE7M/video.html

  • @marvinthemustachelad6616
    @marvinthemustachelad6616 Před 5 lety +2356

    Growing a new arm
    In chernobyl

  • @GhettoPCbuilds
    @GhettoPCbuilds Před 5 lety +2778

    Shoutout to the brave individuals that went headfirst into the fatal areas of radioactivity when the disaster happened so many years ago. Brave souls.

    • @nunyabizness199
      @nunyabizness199 Před 5 lety +10

      I can not even imagine...Was thinking that myself. I wonder if any survived 😞

    • @andreeam1559
      @andreeam1559 Před 5 lety +120

      I read that there would have been another explosion if a man (i don’t remember his name) didn’t sacrifice himself and went in the power plant to turn off the reactor completely

    • @annah8921
      @annah8921 Před 5 lety +19

      Most of the “liquidators” were paid in vodka and their gas masks were like the ones people wear from sawdust chips

    • @Pottan23
      @Pottan23 Před 5 lety +91

      @@andreeam1559 Three plant workers went in, knee deep in radioactive water, in the dark, with a molten core above them. They survived the mission and were successfull in emptying the coolant tanks. Soviet accounts mention that all three of them died within a week but that has been contradicted by the author of 'Chernobyl 01:23:40'

    • @unknownandroid3027
      @unknownandroid3027 Před 5 lety +17

      @@andreeam1559 actually there was a tank containing water beneath the core and it had to be cleared... Otherwise another explosion would have happened and that was supposed to be much bigger to effect the entire Chernobyl and many parts of U.S.S.R.... So three hot down down exactly under the exploded core and cleared off those tanks..... That's what I've heard...

  • @tanyamari73
    @tanyamari73 Před 5 lety +1575

    "A town looking to the future, now locked in the past."

  • @dakadaka7455
    @dakadaka7455 Před 5 lety +824

    Natalya - '''
    You will not glow in the dark gentleman, nothing will grow on you, so dont worry''
    Amazing girl

  • @mancamiatipoola
    @mancamiatipoola Před 5 lety +1050

    I think that for most people the fascination with Chernobyl is not just to see a ghost town or to relieve the feelings they had in a video game, but to see what a place would look like after we are gone. Modern people have this morbid fascination about the apocalypse, the end of our civilization and this is why it exists in so much media. We are here now because of how we shaped our civilization during the last 10000 years, but we are also very aware that there have been many advanced human civilizations that have bloomed and withered before ours and have left behind some incredible ruins that we love to speculate about. Chernobyl offers us a glimpse into what would remain after our current advanced civilization would perish and this is why people are son interested in it.
    Life on Earth is cyclical and so are human civilizations. I wonder what the next society of humans will think when they discover the remains of our concrete and steel structures...

  • @reduser3731
    @reduser3731 Před 6 lety +2379

    The real MVP: Natalya

  • @Nevermadenomoney
    @Nevermadenomoney Před 5 lety +1887

    Chernobyl: has nuclear meltdown and becomes an abandoned ghost town but atleast has decent wifi.
    My school: Hasn't been near a nuclear meltdown or abandoned. But has absolute garbage wifi.

  • @inkfrogg5593
    @inkfrogg5593 Před 4 lety +639

    i would totally watch if Natalya had a youtube channel where she showed chernobyl as she saw it and made informational videos about the landmarks

  • @noriceformeplz
    @noriceformeplz Před 5 lety +896

    Who has been fascinated with Chernobyl before the HBO series aired?

  • @DanishingAct
    @DanishingAct Před 6 lety +482

    "Eat bananas and everything will be okay" is just good advice. Great job on this Drew.

    • @ChristopherEggison
      @ChristopherEggison Před 6 lety +21

      Dan K I think we've found our first Cloth Map t-shirt design. "Chernobyl Tours: Eat Bananas and Everything Will Be Okay" 🍌

    • @BonziBUDDY
      @BonziBUDDY Před 6 lety +5

      bananas contain potassium-40 which is slightly radioactive

    • @NathanKirby2001
      @NathanKirby2001 Před 6 lety +1

      Eats radioactive banana.....in Chernobyl

    • @Luvcatz88
      @Luvcatz88 Před 5 lety

      Bananas make my mouth feel funny

  • @MrBMO759
    @MrBMO759 Před 5 lety +508

    You could tell when Drew got separated from his group, he freaked out a little bit. I mean damn, I would have freaked out a little too, maybe even more than a little.

    • @piguy222
      @piguy222 Před 5 lety +8

      Maybe Id start crying for mommy but you never know.

    • @qwertyuiopzxcfgh
      @qwertyuiopzxcfgh Před 5 lety +40

      For me, that was the coolest part of the video. How many people can say that they got lost in Chernobyl?

    • @crusadersteve7523
      @crusadersteve7523 Před 5 lety +27

      @@qwertyuiopzxcfgh how many people could say that they got lost and survived in chernobyl?

    • @abraxis7292
      @abraxis7292 Před 5 lety +9

      Its a scary thought. You don't know which direction to go and which path is safe to follow. You could go looking for your group just to hit a heavy radiation patch.

    • @PABLO-ib3jm
      @PABLO-ib3jm Před 5 lety +2

      lmao i get freaked out when i get separated in the mall

  • @divergent_ghost
    @divergent_ghost Před 5 lety +1094

    That accent of Natalya, simply love it

  • @anatolydyatlov5203
    @anatolydyatlov5203 Před 5 lety +964

    Before HBO : Normal Comment
    After HBO : “3.6 roentgen , not great not terrible”

  • @NowinWTF
    @NowinWTF Před 6 lety +659

    How is this documentary not called "Natalya's Story: The Best Guide That Ever Existed."?

  • @tlarn
    @tlarn Před 6 lety +210

    "Huh, yeah, weird how they go to a Radioactive Trail and the geiger counter's going up by one microsievert every second-"
    *counter flashes 6.66 microsieverts*

  • @LUNE.44
    @LUNE.44 Před 4 lety +218

    I really like this one. When other you tubers go to chernobyl, they always interrupt their tour guides and repeat everything that they say, whereas in this one, the voiceover is recorded later. Other people don’t give enough respect to their tour guides, and seem more interested in getting good footage, whereas this is more about the experience, rather than the footage

  • @jailbreaker177
    @jailbreaker177 Před 5 lety +474

    "50,000 people used to lived in this city,now it's a ghost town"
    -Cpt. Macmillan

  • @chriswinchester679
    @chriswinchester679 Před 6 lety +439

    10:30 - So, you're saying Chernobyl has WiFi . . . hotspots?
    I'll see myself out.

  • @jxc1640
    @jxc1640 Před 5 lety +629

    *"50,000 used to live here. Now it's a ghost town."*

    • @maklo9943
      @maklo9943 Před 5 lety +16

      "Get out of here STALKER"

    • @oscarmike5707
      @oscarmike5707 Před 5 lety +25

      Mac, its John
      you still owe me for Pripyat

    • @joargrenebrant4786
      @joargrenebrant4786 Před 5 lety +6

      Oi SUSIE!!

    • @Blnze
      @Blnze Před 5 lety +5

      That mission on vet tho ...

    • @kaidwinslow3410
      @kaidwinslow3410 Před 5 lety

      Authoritarian Bread it’s a lie everyone says that five million people lived there 116,000 people we’re evacuated

  • @jamievschannel
    @jamievschannel Před 5 lety +249

    Blinking.... in *CHERNOBYL* never gets old.

  • @harpyhelp
    @harpyhelp Před 3 lety +78

    i felt secondhand fear when he got separated

  • @DontForgetTheDroids
    @DontForgetTheDroids Před 6 lety +437

    "...you're pretty fine." - Natalya to Drew

  • @bowrawie277
    @bowrawie277 Před 6 lety +3244

    @LoganPaul this is how you do a vlog when you go to some place new

    • @MrBaldGuy
      @MrBaldGuy Před 6 lety +111

      Truee! Logan got no respect for any others country that he visit.

    • @jakeburnside1553
      @jakeburnside1553 Před 5 lety +11

      666 likes.

    • @arianagabriela4397
      @arianagabriela4397 Před 5 lety +2

      hilarious

    • @varietywiarrior
      @varietywiarrior Před 5 lety +5

      You gotta be all about the respect.

    • @LyricalViking
      @LyricalViking Před 5 lety +15

      When he can't respect his own country I don't expect him to respect others. I just don't support his abusive lifestyle.

  • @adityaunni420
    @adityaunni420 Před 5 lety +733

    I think the tourism is going to explode because of the TV show.

  • @Shitfrailmachine
    @Shitfrailmachine Před 4 lety +129

    Fun fact: this is the guy from the blinking guy meme

  • @Aseryo-
    @Aseryo- Před 6 lety +1742

    Plant the C4 and defend the area until the helicopter arrives.

    • @shadowrealm6013
      @shadowrealm6013 Před 5 lety +50

      Gav that mission can’t be done on hard it’s impossible

    • @oliverdanikiewicz2760
      @oliverdanikiewicz2760 Před 5 lety +41

      @@shadowrealm6013 there's an area you can go to that makes it possible. I've completed on veteran

    • @sargesacker2599
      @sargesacker2599 Před 5 lety +19

      Beans r Gud
      Just camp by the bumper carts, I do it every time on veteran.

    • @rookeva8688
      @rookeva8688 Před 5 lety +40

      I used to get triggered to that fucking mission

    • @dumbasslive2515
      @dumbasslive2515 Před 5 lety +31

      My right eye twitched reading that.. Please don't bring up anymore traumatic experiences from my youth..

  • @enderhart6923
    @enderhart6923 Před 5 lety +716

    "Nothing is safe in the exclusion zone" sounds like a quote you'd hear in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

    • @dylanwilliams4302
      @dylanwilliams4302 Před 5 lety +17

      I prefer this S.T.A.L.K.E.R quote "GET OUTTA HERE STALKER!"

    • @ea.fitz216
      @ea.fitz216 Před 5 lety +11

      @@dylanwilliams4302 I prefer "Cheeki breeki".

    • @audi6665
      @audi6665 Před 5 lety

      And he took a shower there 🤔

  • @Freespeech141
    @Freespeech141 Před 5 lety +251

    How to get attention at a party: “When I had a meal in Chernobyl..........”
    😱

  • @b4ds33d
    @b4ds33d Před 4 lety +238

    “There is no tourism in the Exclusion Zone”-tour guide

  • @E100Omega123
    @E100Omega123 Před 5 lety +294

    *muffled* *_a_* *_nu_* *_cheeki_* *_breeki_* *in* *the* *distance*

    • @jamessmith6629
      @jamessmith6629 Před 5 lety +2

      I was actually expecting to hear that😂

    • @azcatriz
      @azcatriz Před 5 lety

      Don’t forget the bandit radio

  • @ThatCarGuy
    @ThatCarGuy Před 6 lety +434

    Moral of the video, eat bananas and everything will be fine.

  • @WK-yw2me
    @WK-yw2me Před 5 lety +314

    I'm 35 minutes in and it just hit me...
    Is this the 'blinking guy' meme guy?

  • @sutnack1789
    @sutnack1789 Před 5 lety +207

    "I am about to pass out just from all the physic exertion"
    Me: Or From The Radiation.

  • @09011994
    @09011994 Před 6 lety +283

    I like that Natalya put the radiation dosages in perspective at the end. Congrats on the eight micro-sieverts. I knew you could do it, Drew.

  • @tachankaisgod6689
    @tachankaisgod6689 Před 6 lety +389

    The entire “in Chernobyl” part reminded me so much of spongebobs “at night” episode

  • @JadeJenn12
    @JadeJenn12 Před 5 lety +160

    Radio active counter thing: going mental
    Dyatlov: 3.6 ronken that’s fine

    • @mafadaf5123
      @mafadaf5123 Před 5 lety +18

      Not great, not terrible

    • @damnsonwheredyoufindthis.3830
      @damnsonwheredyoufindthis.3830 Před 5 lety +22

      Not great, not terrible. Mildly contaminated.
      Worker:"is red like cooked lobster and throws up"
      Dyatlov:He's delusional. Ive seen worse he'll be fine.

  • @KarandeepSinghvidz
    @KarandeepSinghvidz Před 5 lety +388

    THIS is a documentary. Beautifully made

  • @tomkenning5482
    @tomkenning5482 Před 6 lety +568

    'Normal Ukraine. Clean. Relatively clean'

    • @LazyPictures
      @LazyPictures Před 5 lety +5

      Relatively to a neighbour Belarus. They suffered the most.

    • @brinmoody
      @brinmoody Před 5 lety +7

      The wind traveled so far only a couple of days after the meltdown, the UK was reporting the radiation on their beaches. It covered the entirety of Europe in just days. I believe it was polish workers at a plant there in Poland reported setting off their radiation detectors because the radioactive particles had gotten stuck to their shoes and were being tracked in, which is when people started suspecting something was up.

    • @dreamabyss5423
      @dreamabyss5423 Před 5 lety

      Not great. Not terrible.

  • @jimmykemmis9648
    @jimmykemmis9648 Před 5 lety +4367

    Russian citizens are the best.
    “It’s safe. Well, it’s not safe. Nothing is safe, but go ahead.”
    “Why is it beeping?” “It’s because there’s a lot of radiation. Don’t worry, I’ll just turn up your threshold.”
    “Take your geigers out, gentlemen, because we’re going to pass by the Western Radioactive trail” *_Entire car starts beeping_*

  • @dgro
    @dgro Před 3 lety +73

    Wow. From 8:30 to 9:45 was the most real footage I've seen. Lost and looking around, I really felt the anxiety. That part was gold.

  • @noumankhan6228
    @noumankhan6228 Před 5 lety +292

    The HBO mini-series has got me interested in learning more about the Chernobyl disaster, thank you for sharing this incredible insight into what remains and how it affected you emotionally.

    • @MineNSleep
      @MineNSleep Před 5 lety

      Me too such a good and dark tv series

  • @GTOAviator
    @GTOAviator Před 5 lety +347

    I fully expected those horses to have two heads.

    • @jamothegreat6052
      @jamothegreat6052 Před 5 lety +1

      Lololololol!!!!

    • @RadekCrazy1
      @RadekCrazy1 Před 5 lety +37

      Your profile pic is just a cherry on the top of your comment :D

    • @uncle3403
      @uncle3403 Před 5 lety +6

      Says the guy with the fallout profile picture

    • @Lugia21
      @Lugia21 Před 5 lety +3

      The males do.

    • @Hiro_____
      @Hiro_____ Před 5 lety +2

      Brahmin 😂

  • @SommerStuff
    @SommerStuff Před 6 lety +158

    "A town looking to the future, now locked in the past" That is such an incredible thought

  • @ADCFproductions
    @ADCFproductions Před 5 lety +622

    Did you send the video to Natalya? Because that would be cool

  • @emilyantus2025
    @emilyantus2025 Před 4 lety +246

    So, if you’re driving in Chernobyl, an apocalyptic town, do you have to stop at stop signs?

    • @anxiousseal556
      @anxiousseal556 Před 4 lety +75

      Of course! You need to give the mutants chance to cross the street

    • @yoniemb3733
      @yoniemb3733 Před 4 lety +22

      Dhiyo U
      That’s cold and funny at the same time

  • @206pictures7
    @206pictures7 Před 5 lety +333

    When your geiger counter hits 6.66 you know you're in trouble

    • @geokrilov
      @geokrilov Před 5 lety +13

      6.66 is about half of the norm. 66.6 is about four times the normal level.
      666 is a bit much - if you stay there for a week.

    • @the_rustydoornob1164
      @the_rustydoornob1164 Před 5 lety

      If you’re referring to that episode of top gear I actually just came from that

  • @Travigameis
    @Travigameis Před 6 lety +208

    Why is Natalya so cool

    • @brickson98m
      @brickson98m Před 5 lety +19

      Travalon the Russian accent 😂 it makes everything better

  • @lanycera
    @lanycera Před 5 lety +134

    I find it quite absurd that a disaster like this needs to happen in order for nature to flourish again, and animals to come back to places we claimed. There are Przewalski horses, deer, wolves, bisons etc, and all in much higher concentration than they were before the incident.

  • @AggronAaron
    @AggronAaron Před 5 lety +64

    "You will not glow in the dark" and "Nothing will grow on you" , somehow sounds intriguing and curious but terrifying and rather not know about it.

  • @ajoo129
    @ajoo129 Před 5 lety +1313

    3/10 No stalker yelling Cheeki Breeki in the distance

  • @familia6337
    @familia6337 Před 6 lety +406

    "A town looking to the future, now locked in the past." Amazing commentary and video. The sounds and songs you put to the video are perfectly nailed. Well done. Well, done.

  • @SimonBauer
    @SimonBauer Před 4 lety +96

    You must have panicked a little when you couldn't find them xD

  • @syro2412
    @syro2412 Před 5 lety +245

    The production value of this masterpiece of a documentary is stunning

  • @NyxxyNightstar
    @NyxxyNightstar Před 5 lety +111

    "When it starts beeping at 3.0, that means you're in trouble"
    [crosses into Pripyat]
    *[Everyone's geiger counters start beeping like crazy]*

  • @ilovexscapethefate
    @ilovexscapethefate Před 5 lety +562

    8:28 when you lose your mom at the store

  • @Dead_Coldhands
    @Dead_Coldhands Před 4 lety +49

    "Playing Final Fantasy 6.....in Chernobyl." I like this dude.

  • @Nightmare11696
    @Nightmare11696 Před 5 lety +49

    Omg this is the blinking white guy, Iv watched this video a few times and followed this channel for awhile and never realized he’s the dude from the meme

  • @dominikgadecki475
    @dominikgadecki475 Před 6 lety +91

    50 thousand people used to live here. Now it is a ghost town.

    • @bryanwilson1806
      @bryanwilson1806 Před 6 lety +6

      Dominik Gadecki Mission Failed! We're compromised!

  • @hellobye6820
    @hellobye6820 Před 6 lety +460

    Visiting Chernobyl is now on by Bucket List! Not just because of games but because of how interesting it is and from what I seen on this video.

    • @zighaah9359
      @zighaah9359 Před 5 lety +2

      I watched a show on Netflex called scary tour destinations or something which was made by a journalist who's main goal was to see/experience tour spots around the world that normal people wouldn't usually go on. He did an episode about a radioactive spot in Japan I think. And I remember at one point in the bus ride they went through a really bad radioactive spot and someone remarked how she was happy to have already had kids, because being in this much radiation at any degree could effect the body. Which freaked out a girl on the bus, which the camera zoomed in on, she seemed to be in early 20s and was in the back seat. Now she seemed scared for her health. Which scared me for them.

    • @maklo9943
      @maklo9943 Před 5 lety +1

      @@zighaah9359 He was probably in Fukushima.

    • @KimiVF
      @KimiVF Před 5 lety

      @@zighaah9359 Dark Tourist - Episode 2

    • @Biden_is_demented
      @Biden_is_demented Před 5 lety +2

      Get outta ´ere, stalker!
      Also, cheeki breeki.

    • @slapnut892
      @slapnut892 Před 5 lety +2

      Unless you're a journalist or scientist, good luck!

  • @snowbunny1066
    @snowbunny1066 Před 5 lety +60

    Oh my i had heard of this but never realized how sad it is. Id still be to afraid to go anywhere near it. Loved your tour guide. I cant imagine the fear the residents felt. My heart goes out to the first responders and lives that were taken. May they rest in peace. Thanks for sharing. This old lady learned something new tonight.

  • @MotorCityPhoenix313
    @MotorCityPhoenix313 Před 5 lety +68

    I like Natalya. She seems nice.

  • @akumetsu-6051
    @akumetsu-6051 Před 5 lety +266

    Was only gonna skim through it...watched the whole thing from start to end.

  • @wellthatsjustprime4107
    @wellthatsjustprime4107 Před 5 lety +465

    Watching video about Chernobyl...… IN CHERNoBYL

    • @NortelGeek
      @NortelGeek Před 5 lety +1

      You were in Chernobyl? Did you get close to the exclusion zone? Did you see anything of note?

  • @arthurmorgan4546
    @arthurmorgan4546 Před 4 lety +21

    Natalya running to the horses reminded me of Ellie in The Last Of Us running to see the giraffes.

  • @tatjanabigovic3774
    @tatjanabigovic3774 Před 5 lety +176

    The fact that they organize tours to Chernobyl is just bizarre

  • @abnormallynormal8823
    @abnormallynormal8823 Před 6 lety +116

    ‘It’s better to have potassium then cesium’ lolol I’m dead

  • @OpethRockr55
    @OpethRockr55 Před 6 lety +85

    20:40 Surprised that detector let you through. If there's one thing Drew is, it's completely rad.

  • @teawithouthumor5011
    @teawithouthumor5011 Před 5 lety +4

    There is a town is called Pripyat, which is 3 km away from the Chernobyl Power Plant. The town called Chernobyl is a hugely different thing and is located 28km away from Chernobyl Power Plant.
    But yeah both of these cities are within the exclusion zone. Just to clear some things out.

  • @Anthonysgaming
    @Anthonysgaming Před 5 lety +49

    Natalya was amazing. Great video Drew!

  • @thetimelords911
    @thetimelords911 Před 5 lety +1238

    Connecting to Wifi.. *In Chernobyl*

    • @user-ro1qh4fi5p
      @user-ro1qh4fi5p Před 5 lety +30

      Playing stalker...

    • @mdo
      @mdo Před 5 lety +49

      Oh yeah, playing STALKER in chernobyl. That would be some inception shit awesomeness.

    • @johnluther1485
      @johnluther1485 Před 5 lety +15

      iN cHeRnObYL!!

    • @rianrushwood1426
      @rianrushwood1426 Před 5 lety +6

      The Timelords watching the top gear Chernobyl special in Chernobyl

    • @yaboiklepto3980
      @yaboiklepto3980 Před 5 lety +6

      А ну, чики-брики и в дамки My Friends!

  • @uncleruckus4124
    @uncleruckus4124 Před 5 lety +78

    "And 30km zone, that bigger circle, that's kind of a buffer between the contaminated area and normal Ukraine, clean area... Relatively clean."
    Good to know... Relatively good to know.

  • @GD-Low
    @GD-Low Před 4 lety +49

    “50,000 people used to live here, now it’s a ghost town” -Captain MacMillan Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare

  • @KalyanBanerjee
    @KalyanBanerjee Před 5 lety +38

    Cpt. MacMillan: Too much radiation. We'll have to go around.

  • @drear20486
    @drear20486 Před 5 lety +203

    "Blyat" -Workers of Chernobyl Reactor 4, April 26, 1986

  • @ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275

    I was taking shallow breathes most of the video because it felt like I was there, and was scared of the radiation
    Also "Eat bananas and everything will be ok" life advice

    • @Koubles
      @Koubles Před 6 lety +1

      Don't be scared of the radiation tbh humans are exposed to plenty of radiation daily and the amount there are Chernobyl really isn't that bad anymore.

  • @Jaseyleeankles
    @Jaseyleeankles Před 4 lety +3

    “Everyone will see something different. What matters is that we go and look.” Damn that was powerful

  • @Whiteshell204
    @Whiteshell204 Před 5 lety +267

    *Is it weird I want to vacation here one day ?*

    • @nunyabizness199
      @nunyabizness199 Před 5 lety +9

      Yes...😁

    • @diligentone-six2688
      @diligentone-six2688 Před 5 lety +29

      Unless you're a Disguised Jornalist or a Scientist on an Educational Trip.

    • @frantiqzonline5412
      @frantiqzonline5412 Před 5 lety +5

      Not at all I'd love to myself

    • @andreeam1559
      @andreeam1559 Před 5 lety +17

      Hemi204 if you want to expose yourself to radiation and pay for it, sure

    • @mscheetofighter9437
      @mscheetofighter9437 Před 5 lety +28

      Andreea M When you go to a Chernobyl tour, you're exposed to the same amount of radiation you're normally exposed to during a +6h flight

  • @ACGreviews
    @ACGreviews Před 6 lety +2546

    Amazing video sir and I thank you. Really well done.

  • @buckowens2841
    @buckowens2841 Před 5 lety +317

    Hey Squidward, guess what? I’m chopping lettuce... in Chernobyl!

  • @Kidaru
    @Kidaru Před 5 lety +12

    you had me at "Playing Final Fantasy 6.... in Chernobyl" Good game. Appreciate the addition of the overworld song in there. 10/10

  • @beanstalk7326
    @beanstalk7326 Před 5 lety +90

    You'll likely never see this, but just wanted to say this was SUPER well done and your commentary was wonderfully spot on and described the situation better than I could think to!

  • @uhZeny
    @uhZeny Před 6 lety +464

    I like the Russian accent not gonna lie.

    • @DrFeelGoood
      @DrFeelGoood Před 5 lety +3

      i do as well, very endearing to me

    • @vickyyy2817
      @vickyyy2817 Před 5 lety +6

      You like me 😁

    • @dylanwilliams4302
      @dylanwilliams4302 Před 5 lety +9

      I didn't hear a single person say cheeki breeki :(

    • @RoseCherokee
      @RoseCherokee Před 5 lety +3

      @@Vesperninja really? I always thought that our language sounds too strong, especially for english speakers

  • @kazoot8265
    @kazoot8265 Před 6 lety +133

    Natalya seems like a good friend

    • @0nzer0
      @0nzer0 Před 6 lety +46

      She cute af

    • @brickson98m
      @brickson98m Před 5 lety +16

      L00Gi true. And not even in like a sexual way. Just like a “I wanna hang out and talk about Chernobyl” way. Lol.

  • @ch1nmus1c16
    @ch1nmus1c16 Před 4 lety +1

    The horse bit, put a stupidly big smile on my face

  • @Zachattack199943
    @Zachattack199943 Před 5 lety +48

    50,000 people used to live here...
    Now it’s a ghost town.

    • @TheJer1963
      @TheJer1963 Před 5 lety +2

      Around 60 people live there now. They aent back to their old homes.

    • @aidanoneill1506
      @aidanoneill1506 Před 5 lety

      Fuck sake you stole my line

  • @txm100
    @txm100 Před 6 lety +62

    Natalya is cool :)

  • @squidwardo7074
    @squidwardo7074 Před 6 lety +614

    Vladimir and Natalya are probably the most Russian names ever.

  • @Vestlandsguten
    @Vestlandsguten Před 5 lety +15

    It's crazy to think I was actually alive when all this went down. Even though it feels like an entirely different historic era. And I'm not that old either!

  • @bradigansd5070
    @bradigansd5070 Před 5 lety +93

    “Eat bananas, and everything will be okay”