Yeah I knew that.
I read somewhere that a cultural anthropologist claims that there is a kernel of truth in the zombie myth. It is supposedly based on a local natural drug that is a neurotoxin. The “Haitian Wizard” knows just how much to administer to his victim to put him/her in a “death-like” coma. The victim has a funeral, is buried and is supposedly conscious of the proceedings. The “Wizard” digs him up, administers the antidote and psychologically enslaves the victim.
Well that’s this anthropologist’s story!
I wonder if anyone has done a movie on it?
It would make a better movie then the standard zombie fare.
The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988). Creepiest scene was when the Voodoo guy puts a big spider in the coffin with the ‘corpse’.
My kids love “The Walking Dead”. They were a bit too little when I tried to show them “The Night of the Living Dead” and they were too scared. I’ll try it again.
I recall reading about a wasp that can sting a spider, and the spider will spin a nest for the wasp - based on the wasp’s design that it injected into the spider! Then of course I had to search for other examples of zombies in nature.
Rabies of course - where the bacteria(?) or whatever inside your body can’t survive water or something, so makes the host not able to drink water.
I keep reminding my kids whenever we watch The Walking Dead - “Hey - you never know. One mutation of that wasp sting.....”