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A spate of bizarre acts of cannibalism in the last week have many people wondering whether to be afraid for their own flesh. The populous' collective curiosity has even driven "zombie apocalypse" up to the No. 2 spot on Google's list of trending search terms. But don't worry: according to government scientists, the zombies are not coming for you.
The flesh-eating living dead don't actually exist, said a spokesman for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "CDC does not know of a virus or condition that would reanimate the dead (or one that would present zombie-like symptoms)," agency spokesman David Daigle told The Huffington Post. The CDC has even put out advisories on the zombie theme.
But what prompted the official reassurance?
The questions started after an attack in Miami on Saturday, when Rudy Eugene, 31, was shot and killed by police while hungrily devouring the face of a homeless man. Eugene, who may have been high on " bath salts " at the time of his vicious attack, seemed impervious to the bullets entering his naked body until the moment he collapsed, police said.
Then, on Tuesday, Alexander Kinyua, a 21-year-old student in Maryland, admitted to murdering his roommate and then eating his heart and parts of his brain. The cannibal's motives have not been explained. [Video: '5 Things I Learned from Living with Cannibals]
Meanwhile, Canadian police are seeking Luka Rocco Magnotta, a low-budget porn actor who allegedly killed and dismembered a young man, and then ate flesh from the corpse. He packaged and mailed other body parts to political offices in Ottawa.
Okay, zombies may not really exist, but clearly the world has troubles enough as it is.
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It sure does sound alot like zombies. But, even if zombies do exist i highly doubt they'll be like the hollywood stylized zombies that were used to. Either way it goes, its better to be ready for them and not have it happen, than to be unprepared if it does.
Is it possible that someone has unleashed some kind of virus that turns people in flesh-eating zombies? like in the movie "Quarantine"? and does the CDC know about it?
Is this like when the government said we were not in recession???
Sure glad we spent (any amount of) federal money to get this priceless information. Now I can sleep much better.
I never believed in the existence of zombies until the government denied knowledge... ;-)
This whole story is a fake. There is evidence from decades ago that proves there are Zombies. Here is the link.
zombie apocalypse-I knew I played that video game somewhere.
How much tax payer dollars did they waste on this little gem of infomation? I think the CDC has been infiltrated by Zombies!
Yep! only on a left leaning website that is a pawn to a puppet ruler like OBAMA would they concern themselves about informing their readers that we dont have to worry about Zombies. Next week Obama and MSN will show you doubts on Unicorns. But promise the world will be full of Unicorns and Rainbows with candy fire hydrants if you Vote for Obama. You liberals are pahtetic. BTW, im a former writer for MSNBC, and yes, Im upset that my correspondents job was shipped overseas by our CEO, Jeff Immelt whom is also Obamas Jobs Czar. Have a nice weekend Comrades!!!!
Why is anyone taking this seriously? An uzi against the oozies, while getting the woozies. I haven't laughed this hard since Bush got caught using a two-way radio during the debates. Or when Palin saw Russia. LOL
The CDC had to get involved to tell us Zombies don't exist? Really?
Well I guess it was them or Umbrella Corp.. LOL
An image of a fake article has been circulating, and it's had people questioning. At first glance, it looks fairly legit (except for the wavy mispell lines in one spot), and there's a whole lot of people who have trouble recognizing it as fake for one reason or another.
Let's not spend millions of dollars on foolish research instead shot them and let them meet theyre maker. NEXT! Let's move on enough of the crazies already !!
Let's not spend millions of dollars on foolish research instead shot them on site and let them meet their maker. I'm over the crazies already!! NEXT !!
you all are speciesist against zombies! dont you know that discrimination is frowned upon?! i want my noms! *nomnomnom*
I still have the zombie killing kit out.
Concerning the popular idea of a zombie, I imagine the article's correct.
However - the original zombie was very real, but not an undead flesh-eater. The original zombies were people who had been drugged in a way that killed higher brain functions, but left them able to get around and such, turning them into mindless, obedient laborers. Can't recall where it was, though; maybe Haiti, maybe somewhere else.
Most of the younger ( can't pull their pants up ) generation believes the Mayan 2012 apocalypse is coming. I think the CDC is just tying to pacify them a little. Should of wrote OMG..LOL...No Zombies!!!
I wanted to protest your generalization, but on second thought, it's a little hard... It is just a generalization, but it is a bit shocking just how many people it matches...
But, I will say that the Mayan thing seems to be more of a running joke to them. Those you describe don't actually take much of anything seriously, it seems.
Oh yeah, don't exist? Say that to the next guy that wants to chew your face off...
I find it suspicious that they're "reassuring" us that there are no zombies in the first place; the best way for all of this to go away is for them to let the curiosity and panic run its course and let people see that there aren't really zombies. Sounds like a cover-up to me. I don't really believe in zombies, but these wierd attacks make me wonder if maybe I should.
Oh man, the CDC is just trying to cover up for Umbrella - the T-Virus is out!
Tell that to the guy who got his face ate off.
First the news media covered the story about that college course, "How to Survive the Zombie Apoclypse" and we all thought that was funny. Now there are stories of people eating other peoples' faces off on the streets of our cities. In some labratory, someone managed to mutate flesh eating bacteria and injected it into the brain of a test subject. That test subject broke free, eating his way through the scientists and staff until he escaped. A host of new zombies soon rose from this labratory and made it into the outside world.
I actually find it quite disturbing that anyone even needs to reassure the public that zombies don't and can't exist.
now i am worried, if the government has to put out a news article that zombies don't exist i may want to think about buying more bullets while i can.
Don't waste your time buying bullets. Your supply will run out sooner or later. I'm using a bow and arrows. Arrows are recyclable and green. :)
And quiet too! They won't attrack hords of the undead like gunshots will. Of course you could use silencers/suppressors.
When the CDC (Umbrella Corp.) denies existence of zombies it time to order my zombie terminator kit. Alice says a head shot always works well but don't miss or you will become one too.