There is a book called the 'zombie survival guide'.supposedly there is a virus that people can get that will turn them into zombies. there also is a section of stories that are about true zombie attacks. if anyone knows if this information or any attacks are real or true please tell!!!
2007-01-14 08:01:31 · 4 answers · asked by xo24 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Nope. I to have a copy of the "Zombie Survival Guide" and although I'm a big fan of the zombie horror genre, everything in this book is complete fiction. All of the "facts" presented in this book are taken from popularly accepted characteristics from zombie movies, particular Romero's.
As for the possibility of real zombies, I'm keeping an open mind. Long-dead corpses may not come back to life anytime soon. But considering the sheer number of drugs and illnesses that have truly bizarre effects on the human body and mind, and with more of these illnesses and drugs being created/discovered on a regular basis, it isn't so hard to believe that something may exist that could cause a person to go into an irreversible zombie-like state of homicidal behavior. If rabies, a disease contractable through a bite or contact with bodily fluids, can cause animals to be rabid killers, then what's to say an infectious disease couldn't do the same to a human?
2007-01-14 19:23:58 · answer #1 · answered by nathanntupper 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read part of this book called Faces in the Smoke about this dude that went to visit some different "primitive" groups around the world--people who were traditional, Fourth-World (undeveloped countries) and he looked into zombies.
I also read We're Not in Kansas Anymore (great book, read it) and she said zombies were made from drugs that put people to "sleep" and then they woke up and were really suggestible and they'd do what their "masters" told them.
BTW, Solanum probably refers to the Solanaceae plant family, which includes tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, and deadly nightshade (belladonna.) A recipe in any sleeping draught, for sure!
2007-01-14 09:23:46 · answer #2 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love that book. Technically, it's a "humor" book (check the back) and the historical examples at the back are all make-believe, but I'm commiting it to memory just in case. ;)
2007-01-14 08:20:24 · answer #3 · answered by Aeryn Whitley 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t57075.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zombie_Survival_Guide
here is a pic of the acutal plant http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SORO
2007-01-14 09:57:20 · answer #4 · answered by angel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋