The horrific face-eating arrest in Miami and several other seemingly subhuman acts has many people wondering what's behind this flesh-munching wave of terror (I wonder...lol Zombies were NOT first on my list tho).
A zombie apocalypse, however, is not what we should be worried about, at least according to the federal government. (phew, we can cross that one off the list. Thanks Uncle Sam, we can all rest easy now)
Over the years the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a couple of tongue-in-cheek "zombie warnings," which really are just disaster-preparedness stunts. But on Thursday, the agency made it official: Zombies don't exist. (IT'S NOW OFFICIAL FOLKS: The Gov't has ENTIRELY too much time on their hands)
"CDC does not know of a virus or condition that would reanimate the dead (or one that would present zombie-like symptoms)," wrote agency spokesman David Daigle in an email to The Huffington Post.
Nevertheless, recent incidents in which humans reportedly ate human flesh have the Internet in a firestorm, with "zombie apocalypse" being Google's third most popular search term by Friday morning. (interesting...I didn't get the memo)
The zombie craze (get obsessed, with ZOMBIES) seemed to start with an attack in Miami on Saturday, when Rudy Eugene, 31, was killed by cops while in the process of eating almost the entirety of a homeless man's face off. The victim, Ronald Poppo, miraculously survived, but doctors are having a hard time figuring out how to put his face back together.  LOL Man eats face? Only logical conclusion: Zombies are taking over the world
ZOM-BIE: n. also ZOM-BIES pl. 1. An animated corpse that feeds on living human flesh. 2. A voodoo spell that raises the dead. 3. A Voodoo snake god. 4. One who moves or acts in a daze "like a zombie." [a word of West African origin] - Max Brooks, "The Zombie Survival Guide"
Then, on Tuesday, 21-year-old Alexander Kinyua of Maryland allegedly admitted to dismembering his roommate and then eating his heart and brain. (What the shit.  Only in Maryland and Florida.  State of crazy times two)
Cops in Canada are also searching for a low-budget porn actor who allegedly killed a young man with an ice pick, dismembered the body and then raped and ate flesh from the corpse. (obviously the work of zombies) Luka Rocco Magnotta is being hunted after he allegedly mailed some of the body parts to Ottawa. He's also accused of killing cats on video and posting the footage online (WTF, cats are not safe either???  Clearly zombies.  Apocalypse is upon us.  PANIC).
Gawker fingered a "mysterious rash" breakout at a high school in Hollywood and other parts of California -- which hazmat and disease control teams still can't explain -- as further proof that zombies are taking over. (evidence is piling up here...)
Zombie-like characteristics have been confirmed in the animal kingdom, just not in humans. A newfound fungus in a Brazilian rain forest -- called Ophiocordyceps camponoti-balzani (orphi wha? wha?) -- is known to infect an ant, take over its brain so as to move the body to a good location for growth, and then kill the insect.
Yet Daigle dismissed "fictional viruses" like Ataxic Neurodegenrative Satiety Deficiency Syndrome, noting that other triggers have been alleged to cause zombie-like symptoms.  (OH SHIT...early warning signs include: irrepressible urge to rip someone's face off...hmmm, sometimes happens to me...ZOMBIE in training???  God help us.)
"Films have included radiation as well as mutations of existing conditions such as prions, mad-cow disease, measles, and rabies," he said.
But recently, some have found truth stranger than fiction. (usually is)
"Action must be taken now before an outbreak!" an anonymous reader told The Huffington Post. "Zombies may be subdued by destroying the brain or removing the head. It is now your responsibility to prevent the apocalypse."
OH SHIT! Ok I'm convinced. With the evidence all pointing to zombieland I'll be the first to admit: I'M FREAKING OUT. Don't just do something STAND THERE!  APOCALYPSE NOW!  ZOMBIES TAKING ARE OVER!  Ok, if you believe you are in the presence of a face eating zombie, be sure to do the following: 
1. DON'T PANIC
2. ACT NATURAL
3. SHIELD YOUR FACE FROM DANGER WITH PAPER BAG (poke holes for breathing ability)
4. Stop, drop and roll (this confuses the shit outta them)
Got it?  Zombie may be new facebook status soon...don't know if I like this...Rob Zombie doesn't either...see below, Living Dead Girls