Im  just wondering. How do you really turn into a zombie? Im blank .

[prezhorusin04]

Keep watching TV and accept the nightly news as the whole truth. McDonalds and Wal-Mart will help speed up the process...



















But seriously, it's a complicated matter which takes place in a chemical reaction. In equal parts alchemy, voo-doo, and science.....

A dose of C₁₁H₁₇N₃O₈ helps...

Ok.  But Viper, what chemical is C11H17N3O8?...

A dose of C₁₁H₁₇N₃O₈ helps...

Anhydrotetrodotoxin 4-epitetrodotoxin.

It's a neurotoxin that is believed to be the main active ingredient of Haitian zombie powder.

Hm. Unhelpful answer, in retrospect. My original post was a little tongue-in-cheek. sorry 

There is a school of thought that believes that the zombies reported in voodooin contemporary times are not actually dead, but have first been put into a state mimicking death by use of a neurotoxin (in this case "TTX", the chemical named above). They are buried, but after dark dug up again by the zombie master, who then keeps the "zombie" in a mindless state by use of hallucinogenic and psychotropic drugs.

A great movie, "The Serpent And The Rainbow" (loosely based on a book by Wade Davies) used this as its central theme. I don't have the references to hand (I'll dig them up...pun intended  later) but there are a few cases where this seems to have been borne out.

See also Monstropedia--Zombies


~ Viper ~

How do you really turn into a zombie

Could be like in the movies,  being devoured by one......or your brainnnsssss...LOL

McDonalds and Wal-Mart will help speed up the process

The McDonalds will do it every time


Hey is that the stuff from the puffer fish??

Hey is that the stuff from the puffer fish??

Yes, the very same. It is also found in a species of newt, toad and some flatworms, I understand.

I remember a movie called "Serpent and the Rainbow"  (1988) by Wes Craven
dealing with stuff like that

" I want to hear you scream!"

Yup, that's the film I was referring to.

Don't bury me...I'm not dead!

I saw it on its release at the cinema here in the UK; I seem to recall I was on a date. Great movie - didn't speak to my date for 98 minutes! 


~ Viper ~