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Zombie Survival Monthly

“For the News your Dieing to Hear”

JAMESRASCAL’S ARTICLE ON

LIGHTING

James Rascal has kindly written us reviews on

two different rechargeable ashlights. Within his

reviews their relative usefulness are compared

and contrasted.

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LONG LASTING FLASHLIGHTSAll survivors should make sure to

pack a at least one, if not multiple,

ashlight(s) in their bug-out-bag.

Lights are essential for night time

travel, raiding abandoned apartmentsand other potentially dark buildings

and for signaling to other survivors.

However, these blessings come at a

price. A large problem you will en-

counter is the irrefutable requirement

for batteries. Flashlights can only run

for so long on a single set.

Two solutions to this dilemma are:

1.) Rechargeable and;

2.) Self generating ashlights.

There are many different brands andmodels to choose from, so JamesRas-

cal has reviewed two different torches

below.

Post Z-Day, ashlights can be easily

found in garages (gas-stations), military

surplus stores and residential housing.

Make sure the batteries are charged and

that the ashlight good working quality

before you take it though.

“Flashlights can only run for s

on a single set.”

JAMES RASCAL SHINES LIGHT ON THE POWER PAUCITY

The Dynamo Illumina-

tor Flashlight

Two torches James has re-

viewed are:

1.) The iTouchless DLX For-

ever Flashlight.

This costs $17.00 on Amazon,

one minute of shaking can

provide 100 minutes of power.An LED shows when the light

is charging and it is both water -

proof and shockproof.

This torch is good for indoor

lighting in dark places, howev-

er, if you are trying to se across a eld it will do little more

than give away your position

2.) Was the Dynamo Illumi-

nator Windup Flashlight.

This handy light can provide

an hour of power for one

minute of winding. Unlike

he previous one, this can

light up a small eld whenfully charged.

And it cost the price at

$12.99.

The light boasts unbreak -

able LED’s, an easy winding

system and no batteries to

replace.

Keep in mind however, that

iTouchless DLX Forever

Flashlight.

all ashlights have

aws. These should be

found prior to Z-Day.



SURVIVAL WEAPON—SPR 100 SINGLE The SPR 100 Single Shot,

often shortened to the SPR

100, is a single barreled break

action shotgun.

It can hold one twelve gauge,

twenty gauge or point four-ten bore shell at a time.

The shotgun comes with

generic bead sites to assist

aiming.

The gun is commonly used for

hunting small game and clay

pigeon shooting.

The gun was produced by the

famous company Remington

and can be purchased for $120

apparently…

As a weapon against the undeadthe fact that it only has one

shell at a time leaves you at a li-

ability when facing multiple un-

dead opponents. Your best bet is

to nd high inaccessible ground

and re down on the zombies.

Or to have a partner with a melee weapon back

you up whilst you reload.

Article taken from Weapons and gear.

Survival Tech - AlarmsElectronic alarm systems have been around for years to aid in

minimizing robbery and deter-

ring crime.

However, all they are is a

deterrent. Alarms are not only

built to let you know there is

someone in your house. There

primary function is to scare

off possible trespassers before

they decide to enter.

Of course, this is a very effec-

tive measure against human

aggressors. However, when the

board is changed to that of an undead world an alarm

will lose its purpose.

Firstly, the undead will not

be intimidated by a squeal-

ing sound if they know that

there is an uninfected hu-

man in the house.

Secondly, the alarm will

undoubtedly attract more

undesired attention and

could lead to the formation

of a zombie horde.

This in itself is not only

bad for you, butall other survivors

who are unlucky

enough to encoun-

ter the horde you

have created.

When Z-Day hits

and for a week or

so after expect to

hear lots of these

sounding off in

most urban areas. Article by Marsden

Gear Head Discussions- Monocular, Binoculars and Scopes

The following discussion was raised by ViolentKisses.

She is looking to purchase some visual aids. If anyone has any knowledge

of them then please join in the discussion. You can nd the thread under the

“Featured threads” list in the discussion board.

“I am planning on making my big gear buy in about 2 weeks and I’m looking for a nice compact or semi compact monocular. The reviews are all over the map on the couple models of monocular im considering and I’m wondering if the people who got adefective product are just more vocal or what cause others seem to love it.”

If you are interested in asking the ZSDW for advice when

purchasing an item simply start a new thread and the ZSDW

users will be glad to help you pick the best to suit your needs.



History of the Undead By Nicole MasonSince our beginning, death and the fear of it has stalked us. Like all aspects of the human life, we have made stories about

death, in an attempt, perhaps, to control and set limits on it. But what of the stories found in every culture about the crea-

tures that exist between life and death? From where did these stories come? Are they the inevitable result of our fear of

death, a shared memory, or something else? Perhaps the stories themselves can reveal the answer. I have tried to group the

regions by similarities, Asia and Europe have similarities as do Africa and the Caribbean.

MesopotamiaAlthough often considered as one group, Babylonian, Assyrian, Akkadian and Sumerian were individual cultures that

literally built on each other. Most importantly, their culture contains one of the oldest tales of a man’s search for immor-

tality. At over 4000 years old “The Epic of Gilagmesh” is one of the oldest epics ever recorded. Although zombies are not

specically mentioned, there is reference of the world of the dead and of the gods. Many myths of the Mesopotamians are

missing, so I cannot say for certain about their zombie belief, but the complexity and detail that is known of their religious

practices does not make it outside the realm of possibility.

AsiaGeong Si (Guthrie, William B. Encyclopedia Mythica) also called Jiang Sr or Kuang Shi. For thousands of

years these dead beings without minds have populated Chinese myth. Ancestor worship is a major component

of Chinese religion, and it seems that the Geong Si is a facet of this. A Geong Si can occur when a person is

buried away from the ancestral village or when a family does not perform the proper funeral or burial rights.

Guthrie denes them as being closest in appearance to the Haitian zombie, and that spells can be used to make

one. Other texts seem to agree that the Geong Si as an aspect of ancestor worship, a tale of warning to keep the

old ways.

EuropeThe myths of Europe have their own undead, beings that rise from graves and feast on humans and terrorize

villages. At least that’s the classic idea. What is often called a “vampire” is the most prevalent form of undead.

There is one myth, the Craquehhe (monstropedia.org and Wikipedia.org) of France, and its classic zombie man-

nerisms that can be found in Europe, but seem to be the exception not the rule.

Interestingly, two of the classic ways to destroy a zombie were rst sighted as the means of destroying the vam-

piric undead: re and decapitation.

Strangely, it seems there was an increase in fears of undead in the 18th and 19th centuries. One theory about

why this is comes from studies about the change in funeral practices in the 19th century as a result of disease

and the industrial revolution. Medical science had not caught up with invention in the 19th century, it was not

uncommon for a person in a deep coma caused by a variety of diseases to be declared dead and quickly buried

without embalming. The difcult was when the person awoke and found themselves buried! A line running from

the cofn above ground to a series of bells was put in place to be activated by the interred if the should awaken.

Another popular contraption was the Bateson’s belfry, a bell in a stand placed near the head of the person that

could be rung if they proved not to be dead. People were even rumored to have been buried with shovels or crowbars just incase the doctor had been mistaken. It has been theorized that these contraptions along with the

hysteria of being buried alive, and with the “new age” spiritualism of the Victorian age, may well have added to

the zombie and undead myths of Europe.

AfricaSome view Africa as the origin of the zombie mythos. Although the “classics” zombie is not often mentioned in

African myth, one can note the roots of the zombie story in African myth and folklore.

The ancient Egyptians believed in curses and the resurrected and reanimated dead, such belief permeated their

spiritual lives. Later, Hollywood used their beliefs in creating tales of cursed tombs and walking vengeful mum-



mies. In truth the myths of the ancient Egyptians were far more complex. The living and dead shared an inter-

twined existence and one has merely to look at the veneration of the dead in scripture and monument to note

this. Myths of visiting entombed dead and spells to resurrect them are found everywhere in ancient Egypt.

Although there are some tales of zombie like beings in African myth outside of Egpyt, in Western and Southern

Africa it is the Tikoloshe that seems to be the most common undead. It is said to be created by a wizard from the

head of a corpse. It is said that

“Every African knows what a Tokoloshe is. Some call it Tikoloshe. It looks like a very nasty looking teddy-

bear in appearance, in that its head is like that of a teddy-bear, but it has got a thick, sharp, bony ridge on top of

its head. Tokoloshes have a hole in their head. They are also immensely strong. The ridge goes from above itsforehead to the back of its head, and with this ridge it can knock down an ox by butting it with its head. -Zulu

shaman Credo Mutwa”

-monstropedia.org

When or where such a myth could have originated cannot easily guessed at, but it is signicant to note that the

importance of a wizard or magical person creating something from a corpse carries over into the hybrid reli-

gions that emerged when African populations were enslaved in the new world.

Caribbean and Central/South AmericaMuch of our modern perspective on zombies is based on the Caribbean mythology, which itself is a hybrid

of Native American, African and Christian myth and religion. Originally this undead being was a servant to a“magical” practitioner, but creative license from mass entertainment changed this creature to a mindless uncon-

trolled beast. The most signicant difference between popular zombie myth and traditional Caribbean myth is

that it was entirely possible for a zombie to be fully returned to life by the practitioner returning the zombie’s

soul, and there by also setting it free. I won’t go into the drug versus magic discussion here regarding how a

zombie is “made” but some of the links I provide do have further reading on this subject.

A zombie’s weakness of re and decapitation exist in some myths in the Caribbean and south America, but in

others they are as easy to kill as an ordinary person.

It is also important to note the prevalence of a cult of the dead manifesting in the Day of the Dead festivals

around the 1st of November. Personally, I could nd little information about zombies in Aztec, Mayan, or

Olmec mythology, but research by scholars on the subject show that El Dia de Muertos does have it’s roots in

these cultures. Stories of the dead returning on this day abound, and it may well tie into some of the currently

held beliefs on zombies. Throughout Central and South America ghost stories abound, but it is rare to nd a

creature anything like the creature of the Caribbean and Haiti.

Biblography/Further reading:Wikipedia.org

Mostropedia.org

Encyclopedia mythica http://www.pantheon.org/

Walker, Barbara. Women’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets. Harper Collins NY, NY 1983

Walker, Barbara. The Women’s Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects. Harper Collins

New York, NY 1988Graves, Robert Larousse Dictionary of Mythology New York 1997

Jones, Alison Larousse Dictionary of World Folklore Larousse New York, NY 1996

Encyclopedia of World Religions

Oxford Companion to World Mythology

Encyclopedia Britannica

Funk and Wagnall’s Encyclopedia

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/history_of_medicine.htm

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Last Man’s Stand

It’s now the Seventh day. The rst week is over. The creatures that have been terrorizing the small island of

the coast of America show no sign of giving way. They’re numbers are too great, and the Army cannot contin-

ue the ght against them. They are the undead. ‘Zombies’. Nobody has any idea where they have come from,

or why. Hundreds are being killed every day. The General, Joe Turner, is woken by Sergeant Gills, who bringseven graver news. The zombies have breached the defences in the blockade keeping them in the East of the

city. Joe grabs his gun and runs to the defences, where the zombies are pouring through over the breach. The

soldiers guarding it are no more, but as Joe and Gills watch, they rise again, and join the zombie army. Call-

ing for reinforcements, Joe res into the crowd of moaning and tripping bodies. Machine Guns are up behind

him, felling more, but as one falls, twenty crowd for its place. They are unstoppable. Joe calls for a retreat, and

the army falls back. Suddenly, another sergeant runs up to him, and gives him the best news he has heard. The

evacuation of the civilians was ready, and Joes tells him that they will give him as much time as possible to get

everyone away. Then the battle continues. A re explodes into life...

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