Chernobyl Oddities: The Elephant's Foot, The Untold Story

Chernobyl Oddities is a series focused on the strange and unknown objects and locations in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. The Exclusion Zone is both very documented and undocumented at the same time, with areas such as Pripyat receiving much attention, and other areas receiving none. This series examines those areas that have received little to none.

The Elephant's Foot is by far the most famous of all the corium masses throughout the Sarcophagus, however the precise information about its discovery, research and ultimate fate remains untold to the general public. This video examines all points, as well as some interesting trivia about some of the people famous for their involvement with the Elephant's Foot, and the objects close by.

00:00 - Introduction
00:32 - From the Ashes
01:33 - December, 1986
03:38 - 1987
05:07 - 1990
05:50 - Artur Korneev
07:58 - Bitter Dust
10:11 - Trivia