[delete me]

I agree, I would not like a flaming zombie to attack me.

Any information on what is reanimating the zombies? I would assume a necromancer cult, but there was a mention of a rage virus

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[Res]

The 'Rage Virus' actually infects living organisms. They aren't necessarily 'dead', but their state of mind is so far from anything we've seen before that they can't be considered 'alive'.

It is a virus spread through blood contact or through any mucous membranes (Eyes, mouth, cuts, bum, ears). Within seconds of contraction, the virus stimulates the part of your brain that acts as an anger reciprocal and basically jacks it up on steroids. You instantly hate everything you see and go to kill it, using whatever methods (Usually barbaric and primitive) to do that. Weapons aren't used, but bare hands and teeth. Scratching, biting, hitting, clawing, whatever.

Also, victims are known to vomit blood (That is infected), and will spread the virus even more if the blood gets on you. These are the guys you really have to watch out for. No victim of the Rage Virus is slow, stupid, or easy to kill. Luckily, the only infestation that was comprised of a makeshift Rage Virus was eradicated within the day. If there ever was another zombie attack, these are the guys I WOULDN'T want to come after me.
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With Magic, I'm not so sure how it all works. I know for a fact that there's books out there about it (Necronomicon, anyone?), and people who claim they're able to reanimate the dead. I'm not worried about this, because if this were true, we'd have all been overrun years ago. There's no shortage of dead bodies, and certainly enough angsty teens that are wanting to try this one.

However, Magic reanimation requires a lot more energy. Unlike biological zombies, Enchanted zombies require energy to provide life. It's unknown if there's anyone out there that can generate that much energy by themselves without either killing themselves or just simply becoming too exhausted to ever do it again. You'd need some sort of human powerplant to summon enough energy to bring back enough zombies magically to pose a true threat.
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Middle Eastern Zombie Bacteria? Believe it or not. There have been accounts from not only US Soldiers and doctors, but Iraqi police and soldiers that during the night, if driving down a highway, insurgents aren't the only worry. Many have claimed to see roaming citizens and other soldiers that rush any vehicle they see. A US Humvee once brought one of these citizens to a medic in their convoy, but were attacked as he was allowed in the truck. Unlike a normal human, this zombie took 10 rounds from a standard issued M-16 rifle IN THE HEAD before it was eliminated. After its 'death', the doctors looked at it and found its T.O.D. to be roughly two days prior.

Parasites? Maybe so. There was a news article a few years back that claimed mosquitoes or some other insect in the Middle East carried a sort of 'encephalitis' bug. When bitten, the virus would spread through your body and cause your heart rate to go so high you would technically have an irreversable heart attack. After you died, the bug would go into your brain and assume control of your body, though the size and weight of the limbs would cause extremely decreased movement. After revived, the parasite would roam the streets and do what any other organism would do.

Hunt.
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That's just the few I know currently. Sad part is, the Rage Virus and Parasitic versions are the most real, as those are the ones that have been witnessed.

Next question?

[delete me]

this "'encephalitis' bug" you are talking about, wouldn't it also have to generate that enormous amount of energy to keep the body living after the heart attack?

[Kimojuno]

One Word: Acid.

Acid, like fire, can take quite a while to work.

It depends on the strand of the acid, and the virus really.

Furthermore, you could get leeches (or any fresh-eating animal), but they would end up most-likely turning anyway.

I suppose you could use a RPG, but that might be hard to find afterwards, so I suggest if you're going to have one get it early. Truthfully? I would probably end up doing something like what happened in the end of Stephen King's The Mist.

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[Res]

this "'encephalitis' bug" you are talking about, wouldn't it also have to generate that enormous amount of energy to keep the body living after the heart attack?

I'm not sure on the energy consumption by this. There are theories that state it is merely using the body as a puppet and using the brain for the controls.

Can't be sure, though.

[Res]

NEW DEVELOPMENT/DISCOVERY

Instead of heading to an oil rig for safety, which may eventually run out of supplies, causing you to leave your waterborne haven to get food supplies or starve to death in the meantime...

Why not move to Greenland?
Notes from alternate website:

Actually, it's better to be in an arctic tundra, due to the fact that Zombies are quicker to freeze than anything.

The heat, water, and anything else doesn't slow them down, but frostbite works like a charm.
As for the zombies not being able to swim, that is true, but they also can't breathe, therefore can walk under water.

In this scenario, your ammunition can be used to hunt wildlife which would support you a tad better than relying on fish in the sea. The chances are improved greatly.

Think about that.

[©allum]

There's still the problem of getting to Greenland. It's a long way from anywhere, and getting to it by yourself even without the zombie holocaust would be pretty damn hard.

And Greenland isn't a very abundant place, that's why Mr. The Red called it Greenland.