| Quote: Originally Posted by raven1083 if zombies are not real then where does this creature originate? and where did they come up with such a name zombie or zombies? They typically have very limited intelligence, and hunger for the flesh of the living. Stories of zombies originated in the Afro-Caribbean spiritual belief system of Vodou, which told of the dead being raised as workers by a powerful sorcerer. Zombies are undead corpse which had been brought back from dead..the originally came from or another word for Voodoo snake god Damballah Wedo, of Niger-Congo origin.. Trivia: The world's largest zombie walk was held on October 29, 2006 in Monroeville Mall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the setting of Romero's original Dawn of the Dead film, the walk consisted of 894 attendees . |