Zombie Record Breakers

Trouble might be brewing in the usually peaceful world of the undead: today’s press includes two different reports claiming a new world record for the most zombies assembled together.

In the UK, the Telegraph claims the record for Nottingham’s GameCity Zombiefest. 1,227 people dressed as zombies gathered in the Old Market Square and danced or shuffled to Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’.

But over the other side of the pond WoodTV reports that some 2000 people attended a charity Zombie Walk in Rosa Parks Circle in Grand Rapids.

Although the Rosa Park Circle figure is higher, the Nottingham event was formally counted by officials from Guinness World Records so is likely to become the official record.

One thing everyone agrees on is that the previous record was set last year when over 1000 zombies gathered in Monroeville Mall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. If they’re traditional Romero zombies then many of them are probably still there…

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