Chernobyl's Tourism Industry Is Booming Following HBO Miniseries On Nuclear Disaster

Some people can't resist disasters or tragedies

So, story time.
Spoiler alert: blowing up cows with RPGs may be considered unethical.

I was in Ukraine a couple years ago to train the Ukrainian Army - a story in itself - and we had the middle weekend off. One of the team members was all about going to Pripyat to check it out. I was more ambivalent about it, but figured we'd do due diligence.
If you walk around Kiev, you can't miss the dozens of signs for outfitters willing to take tourists to the Chernobyl area. Having not been born yesterday, I was not about to get in a questionable vehicle with questionable proprietors; that is a good way to wind up an extra in a Hostel sequel. I had my interpreter Mikhail check into a few and come back with recommendations.
He comes back with three brochures, telling us this and that about each. Then he cuts to the chase: "all of them will take you to see the sights, but I recommend this one."
"OK, why is that"
"This one is licensed, and at the end, they take you on a ride on a T-72."
I'm intrigued. "Go on"
"You can also shoot an RPG to blow up a cow, but it is a scam."
"Wait, wut?"
"They have you buy a cow for $10, then you shoot RPGs at it until you hit it"
??!
"It is a scam because the RPGs are defective and they make you keep buying them until you hit it"
I'm thinking, shit, here's a $100 just to shoot 10 RPGs, and I'd consider that a steal. To hell with the cow.
Apparently, you own the cow now, and they say stuff like they can't bring the cow back with them, so you have to keep shooting it. I guess there is no PETA chapter in Pripyat.
Anyway, we didn't go due to force protection issues, and instead checked out the excellent WWII museum in town. But it still made for a great story.