Comments on: How a Zombie Outbreak Could Happen in Real Life https://www.isegoria.net/2012/06/how-a-zombie-outbreak-could-happen-in-real-life/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:29:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Cmot https://www.isegoria.net/2012/06/how-a-zombie-outbreak-could-happen-in-real-life/comment-page-1/#comment-523331 Cmot Tue, 12 Jun 2012 02:52:56 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=29279#comment-523331 Congratulations! Grabianowski has recycled the central story element from the Larry Niven story “Night on Mispeck Moor’ published in 1974.

]]> By: Todd https://www.isegoria.net/2012/06/how-a-zombie-outbreak-could-happen-in-real-life/comment-page-1/#comment-523171 Todd Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:53:58 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=29279#comment-523171 Cordyceps. The phenomena is well-documented. The only thing missing is one that attacks humans.

]]> By: Wobbly https://www.isegoria.net/2012/06/how-a-zombie-outbreak-could-happen-in-real-life/comment-page-1/#comment-522998 Wobbly Mon, 11 Jun 2012 12:34:04 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=29279#comment-522998 I can’t let the slight error go: mycorrhizal fungi are everywhere. You don’t need a forest. They are in all my pastures. You can kill them with Roundup or other weed killers, but they come back. They have giant networks that span your farm. It is one of the secrets of good pasture.

So the corpse can fall pretty much anywhere something is growing to turn into a zombie.

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