SCIENCE: When the zombies attack, it will lead to the collapse of civilization unless dealt with quickly and aggressively.
How long will civilization have in a zombie attack? A city with a population around 500,000 will have between three and eight days before irreversible catastrophe. This report is based on a well researched, though fictionalized outbreak of the reanimation of the dead. While an uprising of the dead is highly improbable, it remains that a highly contagious and infectious zombie cause could have similar results.
The report was written by several Mathematicians in Canada, notably Robert J. Smith?, an Austrailian who probably sang backup for ? and The Mysterians. P. Munz, I. Hudea, J. Imad and R.J. Smith? When zombies attack!: Mathematical modelling of an outbreak of zombie infection (PDF)
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Filed under: Books · Science · Sighting · Simulation
Undead or infected? Horror movie puritanism or scientific reality? Discussion and debate surrounds not which makes a better film, but which is more likely to happen. You can blame science. The zombie outbreak will most likely be the result of some experiment gone wrong, an adaptive virus, or horrible pathogen. Save a giant UFO hiding behind a comet that animates dead bodies instead of trucks and electric knives, many of us will die by actual, angry, infected humans.
Some possible, semi-grounded in science explanaitons, as offered by Cracked.com:
- Brain parasites - i.e. Toxoplasma gondii, or Naegleria fowleri.
- Neurotoxins – (Tetrodotoxin, though this just induces a coma-like, non threatening state).
- Adaptaive and aggressive rabies strain or other neurotropic virus (resulting in aggressive and contagious rabies like symptoms).
- Neurogenesis (recreation and reanimation of brain cells).
- Nanobots (though not a traditional infection, imagine a Terminator like apiocalypse, only with hundreds of thousands of self-replicating, human hating machines).
- Immortal cells - i.e. Helacyton gartleri cancer cells which do not die.
There won’t be reanimated corpses. If you survive the infection, you will be murdering alive, and perhaps conscious humans.
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Filed under: Reanimation · Science · Sickness · Undead
It’s a part of the weltgeist — people dress up like zombies, shamble about and… dance?
Well, they try to dance anyway. Saturday July 25th, approximately 450 to 500 (some liberal estimates put the horde at 1,000) zombies were found congregating in Chicago’s Wicker Park. Many of them were later found to be hipsters, and promptly exterminated. The remainder were allowed, under close supervision, to shamble in an orderly fashion around the neighborhood.
Surprisingly, there was no Chicago police interaction. Passersby on buses, taxis and cars were understandably frightened, but no casualties were reported. Patrons at local restaurants, bars and shops were visibly agitated and confused, although the majority found the situation to be humorous.
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Filed under: Images · Preparedness · Simulation · Zombie Walk
You’ve waited long enough. I’ve perfected them to an absurd degree, and they’ve literally been field-tested to ensure satisfaction. It’s time to pull out your hand-cannons and splatter some fun new targets at the range.
ZOMBIE TARGETS! Buy now!
Whether you shoot paintball, Nerf or live armor piercing incendiary rounds, take these targets to the range for some lively fun and apocalypse prepartion.
The targets come in three flavors so far: Creepy Child Zombie, Fat Guy Zombie and the Hot Chick Zombie. Targets are printed on sturdy paper, feature highlighted target areas, concentric grouping circles and more.
ZOMBIE TARGETS!
Filed under: Preparedness · Science · Undead · Weapons
Some of you aren’t going to survive the apocalypse. You’ll be dead, dying, infected, boring or a just plain nuisance. This is a fact. If there’s such a thing as a zombie apocalypse, someone is going to have to be the zombie. What better way to practice for your horrible undeath, than with movies, music, booze, games and awesome people?
This Saturday, June 20th, The Undead Report will be representing zombie hunters everywhere at the Horror Society’s Zombie Disco in Chicago at the Viaduct Theater. I’ll have a table setup with random violence, improvised weapon demos, zombie targets and artwork for sale, and whatever else I can think of. Have a suggestion? Leave a comment. This is an 18+ event.
What is a zombie disco? Well, its where zombies go to dance. The FORBIDDEN DANCE. Why has this website been reporting more about more zombie walks and themed parties than actual zombie news? Because the zombie apocalypse has entered the weltgeist. Everyone’s thinking about it. Scared. Running. Probably going to die. Have some fun in the meantime.
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Filed under: Games · Preparedness · Weapons · Zombie Walk
