‘I Met a Zombie’
Posted by Andrew on October 13th, 2009
There’s no shortage of explanations for the demise of the newspaper industry. Could one more be the complete lack of face to face confrontation with paranormal creatures like zombies?
We at Weird Things lament the days when a brassy gal like Inez Wallace would leap feet first into adventure and track down an actual zombie and find out the supernatural and scientific explanations.
Check out these excerpts from her May 3rd, 1942 column in the Milwaukee Sentinel:
Although I rode a short distance each day into the mountains, I had practically given up hope of ever seeing a Zombie.
Then, one sultry afternoon, I was riding slowly toward Haiti’s capital when I saw HIM. Or, perhaps, I should say IT.
He was standing at a spot where a cane and a cocoa plantation met – just standing.
What did this creature look like you ask?
His face was neither the bronze of the Jamaican Negro nor the ebony black of the Haitian I had come to know in these mountains. The color was a sickly gray – like fresh Russian caviar and his skin, drawn tight over his bones, resemble old parchment.
There could only be one conclusion!
The thing before me was a ZOMBIE!
Read on for all the exhilarating details: The Milwaukee Sentinel – Google News Archive Search
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October 14th, 2009 at 3:13 am
For some reason this makes me want to read a Doc Savage novel. Mmmmmm. Pulpy.
October 14th, 2009 at 3:24 am
We've got even more Doc Savage type stuff coming. Possibly our own
expedition….
October 14th, 2009 at 8:13 am
For some reason this makes me want to read a Doc Savage novel. Mmmmmm. Pulpy.
October 14th, 2009 at 8:24 am
We've got even more Doc Savage type stuff coming. Possibly our own
expedition….