Zombies
A zombie is classified as a dead person that has been brought back from the dead, either through voodoo or medical intervention. They can walk although their movements are usually slow and stuttered. Zombies may also have some other vital aspects to keep them mobile but a higher reasoning or thought process is not one of them. They are generally brain dead although some zombies may have some memories of the life they led previous to becoming a zombie.
In the middle ages, it was widely believed that once a person had died, there bodies could come back to haunt the living. Back then, zombies usually returned because they had unfinished business that they needed to tend to. Usually, this was to avenge their murderer. These zombies were usually very similar to a corpse in their looks and they often stayed around graveyards, especially at night.
Those that believe in voodoo believe that a bokor, a voodoo priest can perform magic, including black magic and that this magic can be used to bring back a person from the dead, resulting in a zombie. The origin of zombies can also be taken to Haiti back in 1937 when it’s thought that people may have been brought back from the dead using intense medicine that restored some life-like activity. Because the practice of voodoo is often kept very secretive, it’s difficult to determine how many bokors actually practice bringing back people from the dead. However, many of the people who live in Haiti believe in the drug, which is called Tetrodotoxin, and believe that zombies can be just about anywhere.
Zombies generally appear to have severe physical injuries and disabilities. This is usually because they sustained a major injury that was either wholly or partially, a reason for their death. When they are brought back to life, the injuries still remain. Most people don’t think that zombies exist, except for in horror movies, in which they are very common. However, that doesn’t mean that people aren’t fascinated by the thought that there may be zombies walking among us. This is why they appear in so many movies, people dress up as zombies on Halloween and why there are zombie walks throughout the entire world. Zombie walks involve groups of people that have dressed up and worn makeup to make them appear as a zombie and they gather together to act like zombies. They usually walk around quite slowly and their destination is generally a graveyard.