A Real-Life Zombie Attack!
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Posted 2012-05-27 12:00
by Karl Denninger
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A Real-Life Zombie Attack!
 

I often joke about the potential for a Zombieland-style apocalypse in the context of preparedness, triggered by the loss of government ability to hand out "free cheese" and wholesale loss of civil order.

The visual that I'm shooting for, however, isn't really "Zombieland" so much as it's "lotsa thugs who want to steal your ****."

Maybe I was wrong...

According to police sources, a road ranger saw a naked man chewing on another man’s face and shouted on his loud speaker for him to back away.Meanwhile, a woman also saw the incident and flagged down a police officer who was in the area.

Uh, yeah.

Remember the rules from Zombieland, especially the first two: Cardio (to outrun them) and Double Tap (in case you can't.) smiley

Happy Memorial Day weekend!

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Steinbeck
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From the story "The officer, who has not been identified, approached and, seeing what was happening, also ordered the naked man to back away. When he continued the assault, the officer shot him, police sources said. The attacker failed to stop after being shot, forcing the officer to continue firing. Witnesses said they heard at least a half dozen shots."

Let's not forget the other Zombie rule -- Head Shots. Apparently, this cop was going for center mass.

Your scenario is more likely; but still, DAMN!
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The whole "didn't stop chewing on his face after being shot" is what disturbs me most.

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Cardio Cardio Cardio

It cannot be emphasized enough.

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Head Shots, Head Shots, Head Shots.

It cannot be emphasized enough.

It's effective even if the zombies are wearing body armor.

-Uwe-

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South Beach diet?

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No, its the Obama economy. Meat's too expensive, so this was his alternative....
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Aint that some ****!

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Note how the cop does a double-take in the video at your provided link.

More details here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/26....

I'd use the "apes with car keys" line:

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/victim-chim....

but he was naked, so I doubt he had any car keys on him.

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Quote:
South Beach diet?


Heh maybe - but I think the cop's were just trying to save face.

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Workerbee wrote..
South Beach diet?

Every fight is a food fight when you're a cannibal. Police shoot him for poaching? Instead of getting shot on a freeway he could have saved face and just brought the other person home for dinner. Of course it would have cost the other person an arm and a leg.

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It reminded me of the Timmy Treadwell incident. When the bush pilot buzzed the grizzly to shoo it from its victim, it just proceeded to eat faster.
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Hmm.. maybe the dead naked man was working for the Miami Herald on the great financial crises and the someone took offense and had him drugged.
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rafterman ftw!

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They say the attacker was possibly suffering from cocaine psychosis.
Perhaps rabies would be accurate.

With 7 billion people on the planet and fewer and fewer of them willing or able to grow food for themselves, is this the future?

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Q: What do they call it when this happens in Floriduh?
A: Saturday

I can't decide who's the guilty party here until I know which one was the white-Hispanic and which was Son of Obama. Is Sharpton en route?
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Hello Clarice

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Anybody here have a basement? Ha ha

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The FED will now report inflation is lower as people are no longer eating hamburger. My step kids have their Zombieland kits well stocked and if i can make it the 2 miles to their house ........

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My 17 y/o daughter called me on my way to work to say...."Daddy...KD said there was a Zombie attack!!!" Being a Zombie finatic....She was genuinely freaked out....lol

Classic!! Thanks!
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And so it begins.

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This is probably one of those instances where the cop show up and sees a guy who needs killing and who is going to argue it? As to head shooting the zombie, It would be a hard shot when the guy is gnawing on the other guys face.

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Be green. Be sustainable. smiley Relocate by tranquilizer dart and truck into Alaskan Wolf country please? That crap is over the top!

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This HAS to be an exaggeration. One naked dude eating the face off another naked dude at a
train stop...

Zombies indeed.

I hope he had a some fava beans within reach...smiley
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There are lots of 'I wonder why...' questions that I have about this story, but one of them is: I wonder why they were both naked?

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