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If you think it is such a big hoax why don't you go buy land there? I mean the land has to be cheap and with the cost of real estate in the world cheap property should appeal to everyone. 12 bucks an acre sounds like a bargain to me, you wouldn't even need to pay for electricity I'm sure there is enough left over radiation to light a few small countries and one or two large ones. Cheers and see you in the funny pages.
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Who cares? If you do not believe her just move on... Some people do not believe in Heroshima either, so, it does not mean it never happend. You wish...
I can confirm that pictures are close to truth and it does look like this there... take it or leave it. Who cares..

Who cares? If you do not believe her just move on...
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If you are writing, you obviously care. Thus, far be it for you to tell me to "move on".

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Some people do not believe in Heroshima either, so, it does not mean it never happend. You wish...
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Some people actually know how to spell "Hiroshima", which was a well documented event. I'd be interested in knowing who are these people who "do not believe in Heroshima [sic]". But Lena's little motorcycle fantasy wase not a well documented event. In fact, there are no documents proving it whatsoever. What documents exist, prove otherwise. She made up a story, scanned pictures from coffee table books and then, finally, took a trip, in a car, herself when the website took off.

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I can confirm that pictures are close to truth and it does look like this there.
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I have never denied that the pictures -- those she stole from coffee table books, and those she took herself when she FINALLY took a car trip there -- are of real things.
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.. take it or leave it. Who cares..

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You do.

I don't doubt Elena Filatova's honesty. It's next to impossible to get one's message through in these times when people want more, bigger, better and when others are willing to go to such extremes of dishonesty to discredit you. I do regret that she felt compelled to embellish. But . . . Hiroshima not happen? Hmmm, maybe Pearl Harbor didn't happen either. Or maybe the real challenge is to learn the truth for ourselves instead of expecting the truth to be spoon fed to us in it's purest form by people who have agendas of their own. I am sure Elena meant her photojournal to be an invitation to further our knowledge about the effects of Chernoble, not an end in itself.

Who is going through extremes of dishonesty to discredit Lena?

I don't know who doesn't believe in Hiroshima. That's a question for CarNet.

I don't what Lena's motives were. Despite all of the attention to her and her website, she has remained silent except to admit that she did embellish "for love of her country". I suspect she's embarassed for being caught in creating one of the great internet hoaxes. In her place, I would be, too.

Whether or not there is truth to the "tale" that wrappers the photos should be irrelevant. It is very enjoyable package. The lone rider aspect adds to the haunting loneliness of the photos. There was a lot of time and effort spent, and we were well entertained. Well done Elena!

The story was an informative read as far as personal logs go (if you want extensive or scientific facts, are you really gonna end your search at her site? This is the net, disclaimers never work as well common sense). It moved me to find out more about Chenobyl and I couldn't care less if it had involved a motorcycle or a tourbus, fifty other people and their lunchboxes.

I somehow missed seeing this site until '07, and I noticed multiple instances of the same basic material on multiple sites. Some are very simple, others more refined. Seems to have become trollbait as the most recent entries seem to diverge from the issue at hand.

She states that she wanted to show the world Chernobyl 20 years later, and she does. Some basic layman discussion of radiation risks is subject to criticism, but she never claims to be technically proficient.

The fiction of the motorcyle ride through the area appears to be only partly fictional as she does seem to enjoy riding and has ridden around Ukraine, taking pictures. The fact that she romanticized some parts of the travelogue, serves as far as I am concerned as a cautionary tale about telling of the truth. If you fictionalize any parts of it, your loss of credibility seems to afflict the whole--be forewarned.

While I am happy to learn the truth of how the "tour" was conducted, I am still glad that I could see the pictures and read the descriptions sitting here at my desk, which I couldn't have done without her having done the work of constructing the website.

A little photo journalism helps to get some perspective about the magnitude of the disaster there, and some of the risks of fission power plants; something that we can all ponder as nuclear power seems destined to come to a site near you...

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Both sides of this argument are hearsay. "Certain tourguides said this!" "Certain coffee table books said that!" "I happen to have date-raped Elena's cousin's dentist, and HE said--"

In this day and age, nobody's right about anyone until they CITE ACTUAL SOURCES. The lot of you are equally as trustworthy as Elena until someone has something verifiable.

I was wondering if Elena would allow someone to ride with her and be able to prove that she made the ride. She and I could bring a tent and spend the night.