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I am Legend
February 2nd, 2008, 12:49 AM
It seems as though zombies may in fact be real...............


Hierakonpolis is a site famous for its many "firsts," so many, in fact, it is not easy to keep track of them all. So we are grateful(?) to Max Brooks for bringing to our attention that the site can also claim the title to the earliest recorded zombie attack in history. In his magisterial tome, The Zombie Survival Guide (2003), he informs us that in 1892, a British dig at Hierakonpolis unearthed a nondescript tomb containing a partially decomposed body, whose brain had been infected with the virus (Solanum) that turns people into zombies. In addition, thousands of scratch marks adorned every surface of the tomb, as if the corpse had tried to claw its way out!


http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o223/mojo4sale/solanum-virus.jpg

http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/hierakonpolis/zombies.html

http://hitsusa.com/blog/296/solanum-virus/

http://tailrank.com/3690715/Zombie-Attack-at-Hierakonpolis

http://touregypt.net/teblog/egyptologynews/?p=3134


better get yourselves one of these:
http://www.noantri.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/11zombie.jpg
KillBill20
February 2nd, 2008, 01:06 AM
Now this is a headline! I want to see stuff like this on the main page, that'd be far more interesting in my book!

~Kyle
Killroy
February 2nd, 2008, 01:08 AM
Now this is a headline! I want to see stuff like this on the main page, that'd be far more interesting in my book!

~Kyle

I wouldn't hold your breath.
KillBill20
February 2nd, 2008, 01:10 AM
I wouldn't hold your breath.

Well why not? Everybody loves a good Zombie related headline now and then!

~Kyle
Killroy
February 2nd, 2008, 01:18 AM
Well why not? Everybody loves a good Zombie related headline now and then!

~Kyle

Well, for one, this particular story is a few months old. Second, it''s fake. And lastly, the people on our front page are more scary and horrendous than any zombie. :)
KillBill20
February 2nd, 2008, 01:20 AM
Being fake is what makes it funny :D

~Kyle
I am Legend
February 2nd, 2008, 01:22 AM
how dare you imply that the research of Max Brooks is anything less than genuine.

for shame, sir.
Killroy
February 2nd, 2008, 01:53 AM
how dare you imply that the research of Max Brooks is anything less than genuine.

for shame, sir.

You are right, as usual. I have probably killed future Americans by even hinting at this being a joke. I must try to remedy this situation. There's no time to lose!