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CDC Denies Existence Of Zombies Despite Cannibal Incidents

"CDC does not know of a virus or condition that would reanimate the dead (or one that would present zombie-like symptoms)," wrote agency spokesman David Daigle in an email to The Huffington Post.

Nevertheless, recent incidents in which humans reportedly ate human flesh have the Internet in a firestorm, with "zombie apocalypse" being Google's third most popular search term by Friday morning.

The zombie craze seemed to start with an attack in Miami on Saturday, when Rudy Eugene, 31, was killed by cops while in the process of eating almost the entirety of a homeless man's face off. The victim, Ronald Poppo, miraculously survived, but doctors are having a hard time figuring out how to put his face back together.

Then, on Tuesday, 21-year-old Alexander Kinyua of Maryland allegedly admitted to dismembering his roommate and then eating his heart and brain.

Cops in Canada are also searching for a low-budget porn actor who allegedly killed a young man with an ice pick, dismembered the body and then raped and ate flesh from the corpse. Luka Rocco Magnotta is being hunted after he allegedly mailed some of the body parts to Ottawa. He's also accused of killing cats on video and posting the footage online.

[FireWire]

Hum, doesn't sound far fetched to believe a virus or something could lead to actions like that (not in these cases but in the future). Many "things" cause animals and insects to change their behavior totally. For exemple an infected ant could be convinced to stop doing its normal thing and climb on grass and remain there to be eaten by other animal in order to infect them. So it appears virus or other parasites can "rewire" the brain to perform strange actions. Making them zombies...

[subego]

There's some evidence that toxoplasmosis gondii, which is a cat parasite, can turn you into a crazy cat lady.

[mattyb]

As long as you guys keep it on that side of the pond.

[Shaddim]

Originally Posted by mattyb 

As long as you guys keep it on that side of the pond.

Oh no, we're shipping them to you. Not that you'll notice, you'll just think they're Scottish. Anyone that will eat a haggis will eat someone's face, I guarantee it.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by mattyb 

As long as you guys keep it on that side of the pond.

Just wait till gourmet zombies are created.

France will be on the top of their list

-t

[Uncle Skeleton]

Sounds more like Reavers than Zombies.

[mattyb]

The Frogs eat brains, tripe, snails, frogs legs and calves heads. They ARE fookin gourmet zombies.

Plus they vote socialist.

[badidea]

Originally Posted by turtle777 

Just wait till gourmet zombies are created.

France will be on the top of their list

-t

And that's exactly why Luka Rocco Magnotta has been spotted in Paris...and finally was caught in Berlin yesterday where he further tried to spread the virus across Europe!

[Eug]

Originally Posted by mattyb 

As long as you guys keep it on that side of the pond.

Too late. He's from London.



Meanwhile...

'Dead' Brazilian boy 'sits up in coffin at his own funeral and asks for WATER before lying back down lifeless

A two-year-old boy sat up in his coffin and asked for water before laying back down again lifeless, according to a Brazilian news website.

[subego]

This doesn't have anything to do with the zombie apocalypse, but was on the same page as the Brazilian boy.

Dead obese woman had so much body fat she set the building on fire during her cremation | Mail Online

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Firemen whose clothing was left covered with a layer of greasy black soot were snapped as they tackled the difficult to extinguish blaze in special breathing gear to avoid breathing in the fumes.

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Zombie Alert: Man Throws His Own Intestines at Police

The gruesome scene played out at Carter’s Hackensack, N.J., home after police were called based on reports that the 43-year-old man was barricaded in his room with a knife and planning on harming himself, according to the local NBC station. The cops kicked in the door and ordered Carter to drop the knife. Ignoring the officers’ orders, Carter allegedly began stabbing himself in the abdomen, neck and legs instead. Attempts to subdue him with pepper spray did nothing but seemed to enrage him. That’s when officers say Carter began throwing pieces of his skin and entrails at the cops. Wisely, the police retreated.

Zombie Apocalypse Hits The Bayou -- Louisiana Man Gnaws Neighbor's Face

The latest flesh-chewer is 43-year-old Carl Jacquneaux, of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, who is accused of biting off a chunk of his neighbor's face.

Like Miami "zombie" Rudy Eugene, authorities suspect Jacquneaux was under the influence of drugs at the time of the attack. A female friend of one of the victims told a local TV station she thinks Jacquneaux had taken bath salts, which is what police suspect Eugene had taken prior to eating a man's face.

Stephen Colbert terrified of the 'zombie apocalypse'

Stephen Colbert finally broke the late-night zombie embargo. “Folks, you know that I do not flinch at unpleasantness,” he began. “But even I have been willfully ignoring a terrifying trend dominating the news.”

After playing a montage of news reports about the spate of grisly crimes that inspired the zombie meme, Colbert joked, “Cannibalism is the hot new trend. And you thought sagging pants were annoying?”

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