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Daily Mirror
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Lee Bullen & Nia Dalton

Ghostly figure spotted lurking at Chernobyl's abandoned fairground goes viral

A mysterious figure lurking around at an abandoned fairground in Chernobyl, Ukraine, has gone viral online, after a TikToker noticed the creepy sighting on Google Maps.

The area surrounding the nuclear power plant that was destroyed in the April 1986 catastrophe has been largely abandoned, after tens of thousands were evacuated.

Before the Russian invasion in 2022, it used to be possible for tourists to visit the zone, and as many as 100,000 people per year travelled the radioactive and deserted area.

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