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ISSUE 06
FEATURE / THE ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE
Quick tip
Did You Know?
The US government has
an actual plan in place to
protect people from eight
different kinds of zombie
scenarios. Yes. Really.
The document is called
CONOP 8888 and was
detailed in Foreign Policy
magazine a few months
ago. A spokeswoman
for Strategic Command
apparently acknowledged
that the document existed,
but explained it was only
a creative document for
training purposes. Uh huh.
Sure. Anyway, the types of
zombie outbreaks they’ve
planned for include:
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NO.
NO.
GO FOR THE EYES /
Or don’t; it really won’t
matter. “Destroy the brain
or remove the head” is the
only way to get the job
done. Zombies sense living
flesh through a combination
of smell, sight and sensory
glands that develop on the
periphery of the frontal
lobe. In fairness, a frontal
lobotomy might do the
trick as well, but good luck
wheeling a zombie into the
operating theatre.
PATHEOGENIC ZOMBIES
(disease infected)
WEAPONISED ZOMBIES
(lab engineered)
EVIL MAGIC ZOMBIES
(we think someone got a bit
carried away here)
SYMBIANT-INDUCED
ZOMBIES (parasites ala
The Last of Us)
RADIATION ZOMBIES
(nuclear fallout)
SPACE ZOMBIES (uh… OK)
VEGETARIAN ZOMBIES
(the eradication
of all plant life)
CHICKEN ZOMBIES
(actually a real thing)
Quick tip
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NO.
BACK TO BASICS /
Sooner or later, once the
zombie apocalypse hits,
the infrastructure that
supports human life will
crumble, and eventually
scavenging will cease to
be useful. Learn how to
grow your own food, build
your own home, generate
energy (we’re talking about
candles and water-pumps
here; don’t expect to spend
the apocalypse behind a
TV) and even make your
own clothes.
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