Mysterious Blue Dogs Have Been Spotted Near Chernobyl—39 Years After the Nuclear Disaster Nearly four decades after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, scientists have reported a strange and unsettling phenomenon: dogs with unusual blue-tinted fur living near the exclusion zone. These animals are descendants of pets abandoned during the 1986 evacuation and have survived in one of the most radioactive environments on Earth. Researchers believe the blue coloration may be linked to chronic exposure to