ZOMBIE WALKS
For those of you who aren’t initiated into the world of the zombie fan life. A zombie walk is where a large group of people gather together and walk the streets of a city on a predestined route dressed as zombies. Although you may assume that these events would carry the same perils as Halloween, in many ways you would be wrong.
First off, the majority of people who take part in a zombie walk are zombie enthusiasts which means they know all about zombies and how to kill them and how to spot them and what to do should the apocalypse begin. So, they have no need to worry for their own safety either from zombies or from the authorities shooting at them believing they are the undead. And as soon as news of the apocalypse reaches their ears, they will go into hiding just like this book advises.
Secondly, zombie walks only entail a few thousand people whereas on Halloween the whole city will be dressed up. This means that the advent of the apocalypse will be easy to spot and those affected for real will also be easy targets. A zombie walk takes a predetermined route so anyone straying from this will be prime targets for brain destruction.
Finally, there is no way that anyone would mistake a zombie walk for a real zombie outbreak as 90% of the zombies in a zombie walk will have mobile phones, cameras, video cameras or other such recording devices to hand, ready to capture their jolly day out and upload to YouTube and Facebook as they go along. And as we all know, zombies don’t have Facebook profiles and if they did their status would say ‘Luv my m8s. U know who u r. Anyone up for a rampage:):)’
ZOMBIE AID
Currently one of the industry leaders in organising zombie walks is a company called Zombie-Aid and although the name may make you assume that the organisation has been set up to supply aid to zombies, it hasn’t. Much like Band-aid wasn’t set up to give to bands (even though Bob Geldof didn’t do too badly out of it). The walks are set up to raise money for cancer and children’s charities and if you’re going to emulate a member of the flesh-munching, rotting, living dead you might as well do it for a good cause other than just for a trip to your local ASDA.