Military Prepares For Zombie Apocalypse!

Just a month after the Department of Homeland Security urged citizens to prepare for a zombie apocalypse as part of their emergency/disaster preparedness campaign, Halo Corp. announces that they are putting together a zombie apocalypse training event for roughly 1000 Marines, law enforcement, and medical personnel. The event will be on October 31th at Paradise Point Resort in San Diego. 
Do I think the zombies are coming?... probably not.  This training exercise is suppose to prepare the participants for any kind of biological, natural, or terrorist threat.  The theory is that if you are prepared for a zombie attack, the same preparations will help during a hurricane, pandemic, earthquake, or terrorist attack.  I don't know about you guys but I don't think bullets work to well against hurricanes, but them seem to work really well on zombie heads.  The CDC had this same plan to prepare the public for such disasters back in May 2011 with their Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse.

http://www.app.com/viewart/20121028/NJNEWS18/310280048/Marines-police-prepare-mock-zombie-apocalypse?odyssey=nav%7Chead

http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2011/05/preparedness-101-zombie-apocalypse/

More Cannibalism In Pennsylvania

We're at it again...  More "zombie-like" behavior, this time in the Keystone State.  In the wake of the Causeway Cannibal in Florida, Richard Cimino is the next to take up the face chewing reins.
For reasons unknown at this time, Richard runs his vehicle off the road, proceeds to strip all of his clothes off and breaks into a house.  Fortunately no one was home at the time so he decides to leave, but instead of just walking out the front door, he jumps out of the second story window "severely injuring his arms and extremities" says State Trooper David Aulisio.
But wait, there's more.... he then runs down two women that just happen to be close by and jumps on one of them and begins chewing on her head while making animal noises.  Fortunately she is able to free herself and call 911.  When police arrived he was laying in the road bleeding and in a delusion state.
While I'm not convinced this is a zombie it's still pretty close.  Can we expect to see more of these attacks?

 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/384435/20120914/zombie-apocalypse-doylestown-gnaw-richard-cimono.htm

Face eating "zombies"...again

Well, its happened again.  This time across the big pond in the city of Wenzhou in China.  Apparently bus driver name Dong have a few too many drinks on his lunch break and decided he would stand in the middle of traffic until someone stopped.  It just so happened that Du was the unlucky person this day.  Dong jumped on top of her vehicle and started beating on the hood and when she got out to run away he jump on top of her and commence to chewing on her face.

Witnesses, attempting to restrain Dong, were easily resisted by the drunken ninja.  He continued to chew on her until the police arrived and were able to subdue him and take him into custody.  Du was taken to the hospital where she will need plastic surgery to reconstruct her face.

This incident comes in the wake of the Florida "zombie" where Rudy Eugene chewed the face off of a homeless person in late May.  It was said that he was on bath salts but it was later proved not to be case after an autopsy.

It seems to me like face eating has become the thing to do and I'm not sure all these cases are really genuine or people just trying to recreate the hype. Earlier this month police responded to a report of someone acting strangely in a golf course in Atlanta.  Police arrived to find Karl Laventure running around naked with a golf club.  While he was being tasered by police he shouted "I'll eat your face @#$^%$#@%^$#*, I'll eat your face @#$^%$#@%^$#*".

Zombies Rise In Popularity

Ever since Night of The Living Dead zombies have been pretty popular and their number of fans have only grown over the years but I have to say, this Florida "bath salt zombie" guy has single handedly taken it to a new level.  I heard on the radio yesterday that there was a ridiculous increase in zombie apocalypse related websites that started just days after the Florida attack. I wish I could remember the exact number they threw out but you can see for yourself on just about any social network.  Multiple websites report the word zombie trending just about everyday since the event and for a price you can get some Zombie Garden Gnomes on Amazon.com, but you better hurry, there are only two left.  Amazon sales aren't the only thing going up right now, ammunition manufacturer Hornady has been selling their Z-Max "zombie bullets" for a while but they have just recently started a large advertise campaign. 

While I can't say for sure they are trying to capitalize on recent increase in zombie awareness I have a pretty good assumption and I can't say I blame them.  Company spokesman, Everett Deger told WWJ Newsradio 850 that while the bullets are real, they're only meant to be used on targets and not on people.  He also stated that they are Hornady's most successful product.  But wait, there's more....product manufactures aren't the only one capitalizing on the situation. The South Florida Business Journal reports that the site of the infamous "Miami Zombie" will become the latest addition to the Miami Crime Coach Tour from HistoryMiami.

  http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2012/05/31/where-theres-zombie-gore-theres.html
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/06/07/zombie-bullets-in-high-demand-following-flesh-eating-attacks/

Times are a changin....

By now I'm sure everyone has heard of the incident in florida with the naked man chewing on another guys face.  If not then you probably heard of the New Jersey man that cut out his own intestines and threw them at a police officer. Weather or not you believe zombies could exist or not, you have to agree these are not normal times. I personally think we haven't seen anything yet and it will only get worse. The situation in Florida is unique for several reasons. The guy was not just chewing on the other guys face, he was actually swallowing pieces of flesh. Also he was shot 6 times and he continued his facial feast without pause. I don't care what you're on or how much adrenaline is pumping, if you get shot once you're going to stop doing what you're doing and at least have a look around. The oddest thing I think is how fast they blamed this on "cocaine psychosis" and then again to bath salts. Truth is they have no clue or they are covering something up. Toxicology takes weeks and sometimes months to get results.  Perhaps you already knew about this and it's not surprise to you, but did you know there were 10 other strange events that happened in Florida this month alone?

5/16: McArthur High School HazMat Situation: Students, Teachers Decontaminated After Breaking Out In Rash 

5/19: No confirmation on chemical at Fort Lauderdale International Airport 

5/21: Police: Man bites woman in Westchester

5/23: I-285 reopens after hazmat incident 

5/23: Man Bites Cousin's Nose Off 

5/24: Second Broward school reports mystery rash 

5/25: Hazmat Called After Kids Exposed To Pesticide On Bus: Hazmat, EMS Respond To Lake County, FL School 

5/25: 'Disoriented' passenger subdued on flight in Miami 

5/26: Naked Man Allegedly Eating Victim's Face Shot And Killed By Miami Police 

5/26: Florida Doctor Spits Blood at Highway Patrolmen After DUI Arrest 

5/27: Georgia contractor bites Lowe's employees, resists arrest 

These are just in Florida, I could go on and on about the other strange happening around the US.  Are they all related to impending zombie apocalypse?...Perhaps, but one things for certain, times are changing.  If you haven't started your preparations already, then you may be too late.