Quick, run to the nearest shopping mall and lock yourself in. This afternoon San Francisco was invaded by a brain-eating mob of zombies. Here’s photographic proof of their existence. The zombies were first sighted at the corner of Sansome and Market Street, then they proceed up Market Street, converting innocent bystanders into the undead as they slowly marched on. Then they turned up Powell Street at the cable car turnaround, bewildering the tourists as they were waiting in line. After claiming Union Square as their own, they then went back down toward Market where they proceeded to invade the flagship San Francisco Apple store, causing chaos at the Bandwidth Shindig! which was taking place upstairs. Their current whereabouts are unknown, but rumor has it that they were looking for a “think tank” to find more Brains!!!!
As expected this unusual zombie activity has been well documented on Flickr. For updates and more photos, check out eatbrains.com.
This wasn’t the first zombie attack. Last year zombies took over Canada starting in July 2005 with Montreal and then in September 2005 it was Vancouver (Vancouver Zombie Walk 2005), followed by Toronto (Toronto Zombiewalk 2005) in October 2005. After the Montreal invasion, the zombies moved down to the US and in July 2005 they invaded San Francisco. Last Christmas, even santas became zombies at Zombie Claus in Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor, Michigan.
In 2006, the zombies made their way to Australia, first to Brisbane in April (Brisbane ZombieWalk) and then Melbourne in May (Melbourne Zombie Shuffle). Most recently, the zombies returned to Vancouver (Zombie Walk 2006).
UPDATE 1: Here is video of the zombies invading the Apple Store during the Bandwidth Shindig.
UPDATE 2: GETV’s zombie video is now online.
UPDATE 3: The Zombies returned to San Francisco in May 2007.
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Hee! I was there. It was fun.
SF Zombie Mob 2006
Every year it gets better!
BRRRRAAAAAAAAIIIIIIINNNNNNSSS!
Oh man… I wish I could have been there. We have a zombie episode coming up soon and it would have been nice to get some b-roll. I hope there’s a zombie walk in Montreal or Toronto sometime soon!
The first photo is exactly as I feel when I leave the Mutal Washington branch office in the photo.
omg i was there
but i didnt kno what the hell was going on
but it made my birthday special
=]
thanx
lol.
ill b in it nxt year 4 sure
=]
The zombies interrupt an apple info session on audio recording equipment. Also, is apple’s HFS file system insecure? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2Myb68v33o
Zombies take over the world! This was earlier this year in Sydney
I recall this being done in Brisbane Australia last year. Perhaps I should organise one for Oslo
I was there–and it was freakin AWESOME!! Count me in for the next zombie round! =0)
Lmao! Man, things like this makes me wanna move to the west coast. I dont think we have any zombie walks in the east coast.
Man, we have a zombie march similar to this planned in St. John’s, Newfoundland!
Goes to show what little energy is required to do something that stands out. Awesome.
sorry to break it to you, but montreal was the original. :)
I’m the talk guy from that video that was bitching about their FS encryption. It’s not HFS. It’s filevault and it’s poorly implemented.
Mojo, where and when in St-John’s? I’M THERE!
My daughter took her kids. The oldest was zombified.
They had a great time.
I had heard about the “God Hates Zombies” sign.
Best to all of you.
Keep me informed of your events and I will post them on the site forum calendar, or you can join and post.
ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just to let all you San Fran people know:
The zombies in Minneapolis are being treated as TERRORISTS!
(you heard me right! bomb squads even! AHHRG! Booooooo….)
http://pulsetc.com/article.php?sid=2631
we absolutely need a zombie freakin SUMMIT here ASAP.
Find me at http://www.leavinit.stumbleupon.com
The fun is stopping in Minnepolis. Help bring it back.
hey, we did somthing similar in spain in summer 2004 check out the video a friend made :P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPldPvMdB70
Who runs the zombie events? I SO want in! Please e-mail me! I’d love to interview someone in charge on The Awful Show (http://awfulshow.com)!
This looks like fun, but I can’t help but think that this sort of activity is a privilege of people who haven’t seen war on their home soil.
I wonder how this would go over in Lebanon? Downtown Beirut?
What if we did “Terror Attack Mob” — dressed up much the same, bruises, blood, severedlimbs and chunks of concrete and cement dust? Would it be as well received as zombies?
> I wonder how this would go over in Lebanon? Downtown Beirut?
It is absolutely a privilege. I hope you’re not implying that we shouldn’t do it. The whole world can’t stop because our leaders are doing evil shit.
Here are a few other things that would not go over well in war torn countries:
Survival research labratories
Gay pride parade
Breast Cancer Walk
Snakes on a plane fan site
I was upset I wasn’t able to join, the woes of leaving your stuff in a city far enough to miss great events such as these, next year and onward!
Hey, I got some fun video of the Zombies, too.
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=711D9B5CA8A45C25
I also have tons of photos, but you’ll find those on Flickr via the link above.
That was, BY FAR, the silliest and most entertaining weekend activity I’ve experienced since moving to San Francisco.
I Think these Zombies are demonstrating a relevant description of what we are all gonna look like if these stupid wars just keep comin’ on.
Gyah! Deeply offended!
The Melbourne Zombie Shuffle was held in Melbourne, Australia, in May 2006, with great success and a lot of fake blood. The shuffle went through the Antipodes (Greek) festival, a bridal expo and a Falun Gong protest (mildly tastless organ-harvesting references abound). Some photos:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=melbourne%20zombie%20shuffle&w=all&s=int
Did anyone take the time to actually apply makeup? Were they in a hurry and only had time for fake blood? Zero effort. Fans- they get lazier each year.
One more video for you folks. It’s got a slightly different slant:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Yz5psmuiCK0
OMGOMG!!! Zombies with their bags and cameras and all STILL on them? Wow!
But looks like a really great event to be at. Hehehe, keep it up.
maaan!!!! who organizes this stuff???, and how do u join????
Terrible, esto es el fin del mundo…
Hey,
Awesome…wish I could have been there, used live in SF but no more.
I shot this short documentary a little awhile ago on a Zombie Kickball event in Portland, Maine. In the end we are looking for events such as yours for a longer documentary in the future, but right now you can see a first edit of the kickball doc online at youtube. Hope you enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmFCMc2jly4
whats going on you people are you playing with our heads or are you for real because this is nothing to joke about.
For the person above who was asking about this happening in Toronto…the 4th (yep, fourth) annual Toronto Zombie Walk is coming in October.
Sunday October 22nd, 3pm, Nathan Phillips Square.
See official site: http://www.torontozombiewalk.com for maps , details etc…
Spread The Undead!!
These zombies don’t look convincing. Use blood that looks like blood or use real blood. Will be very disgusting and more convincing.
Oh, my god!
Is there going to be one in south texas, 2006.
I’ve been told this is happeing again in San Francsico this Saturday 2/10/07. This is part of the orginal posting
WHERE & WHEN
* Justin Herman Plaza nearest Embarcadero BART
* Meet up at noon on February 10th. (hang ‘em high).
* Rain date (February 17th)
* Will Critical Ghast elsewhere at 12:30.
Soes anyone know if there is any truth to this? I don’t see it listed in upcoming events!
SHIT !! SHIT FUCKING ZOMBIES !!!!
GIVE ME THE BAZUCA MOTHER FUCKER !!!
Awesome! Wish I was there.
some better call Leon Jill Valentin Chris and Claire Redfield!
is this going to happen again? I went to the one in portland and would love to do it in my home city sf.
This is cool i was there it shows some funny pics
That is so freaking cool i’m a resident evil fan!!
thrilla!
OMG!!!I’M IN DA FIRST PICTURE!!!
Zombies… zombies… everywhere! im typing this ion my laptop im in LA and in this one weirdo grave yard and zombies are all commin ta kill meh!!
lol zombies there slow like are grandmas rofl imm akid in school typing when not to but who can blame me! XD
Zombies ate my neighbors…anybody remember that video game? If you ask me, i can’t see why water would work against the living dead. If it would, then the city of San Francisco would be pretty safe, considering its location. It seems like a really neat event though, I wouldn’t mind dressing up as a zombie. I hear brains are excellent brain-food.
You have to be kidding!!! No wonder this country is in the condition it is. Why don’t you people go to Washington and eat the president and Congress and do us all a favor??
haha i was there yesterday shoppin in downtown…they kinda scared me at first but they were so cool :]
Woot that must have been cool event
hey if i was in that i would be a good zombie because i can make my face look like a dead kid
Ain’t real zombies.
(Zombies=pale skin)
Meant “Decomposing” skin…
I luv the great effect on the zombie makeup but i luv vampires than zombies vampires still Rock & Rule.