Exploding Bags of ‘Zombie Blood’ Lead to Lawsuit

Written by Russell Goldman, ABC News, July 10, 2012

Zombie blood is supposed to be gross, but not this gross.

A company that sells the novelty beverage “Zombie Blood,” green fluid sold in an IV style package, is suing the firms that manufacture and package the drink, claiming errors made the product stink and the bags explode.

Harcos Labs, which sells Zombie Blood and the similarly packaged red beverage aptly known as “Blood,” accuses the companies Primal essence, Power Brands Consultants, American Bottling, and Silliker, which tests products, of using the wrong ingredients, resulting in the product’s foul smell and spoilage.

“A number of initial production runs of the ‘Blood’ and ‘Zombie Blood’ met with a phenomenal success, they virtually flew off the shelves at such retailers as Hot Topic and sold out quickly,” Harcos said in its suit against the other firms.

” However, in late August 2010, Harcos first learned of the complaints of the Zombie Blood product tasting ‘like yogurt.’ In late September 2010, Harcos first learned of the complaints of the Blood product having expanding and exploding pouches and foul smell,” according to the document.

Harcos accuses Power Brands of improperly adding a protein to the beverage mixture during production.

“Said protein caused growth of microbial organisms and caused the products to, in layman’s terms, spoil. This resulted in failure of the Blood and Zombie Blood products in the marketplace and damages to Harcos,” according to the suit.

“As the lawsuit says the products were exploding,”  said Vladi Khiterer lawyer for Harcos. “I know there were some rumors that these exploding products turned some people into zombies, but my client fully denies those charges.”

Harcos is suing for unspecified damages.

Calls to companies named the suit, which was filed July 3 in Orange County, Calif., Court, were not immediately returned.

Motor City As ‘Z World’? Entrepreneur Floats Idea Of 200-Acre Zombie Theme Park

Written by Suzanne Kann, TheCarConnection.com, July 5, 2012


Word of warning: This story is not a joke, although some may find it laughable. Anyone who’s familiar with the long-time economic slide affecting Detroit knows that the Motor City has steadily lost a lot more than jobs in the past 50-some years. It’s also lost 60 percent of its population. Vast parcels of land sit vacant, strewn with garbage and decimated hulks of factories, decaying houses, and overgrown parks.

Detroit population

Z World Detroit - abandoned houses

It’s the perfect setting for a zombie invasion.

Z World Detroit

In fact, as reported in the Daily Mail (via CBS Detroit) entrepreneur Mark Siwak has come up with the ghoulish idea to create a 200-acre zombie theme park on one of those appropriately sized tracts of land and call it ‘Z World Detroit.’ This is one of the more unique proposals before Mayor Dave Bing’s Detroit Works Project.

The idea, claims Siwak, involves customers paying money to take part in a 24-hour live-action terror experience, complete with the opportunity to be scared witless and have their brains “consumed” by flesh-eating zombies (who are actually professional actors).

Z World Detroit

Here’s the synopsis of this live-action theater: Participants arrive and park in the designated parking lot. They undergo a briefing in the staging area adjacent the Z headquarters where they learn the rules and the scenario for their overnight adventure. In brief, they search for shelter among the destroyed buildings, try to gather supplies, and attempt to survive the night without being eaten by the roving pack of zombies unleashed to find them.

Z World Detroit - abandoned factory

Hide among the ruins of a vacant church or hunker down in one of the abandoned factories and warehouses? Scavenge what you can from the debris and detritus left behind? What’s not to like about this unique theme park?

Z World Detroit

Game over if you’re attacked and devoured? Nope, you continue on as one of the “undead.” Think what a great story you’ll have to tell your friends.

No word yet about whether there’ll be any vehicles in this carved-out and patrolled by security section of the Motor City. But if there are any, they’re likely not going to last long (fuel being a non-existent commodity in long-abandoned areas). Maybe a ‘Z World Detroit’ promotional tie-in could be the 2013 Hyundai Elantra Walking Dead model?

Scroll down and check out the video for more information on ‘Z World Detroit.” Or go to the website to learn more. Think this idea is totally brainless or does it have the chance to see the light of day (along with the “survivors” of the overnight experience)? Let us know in the comments section below.
One more point: There is a precedent here. ‘Z World’ will supposedly follow in the footsteps of the Atlanta Zombie Apocalypse. Guess if it’s good enough for Atlanta, why not let visitors to the Motor City get in on the action?

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Chinese zombie attack? Drunk Chinese man tries to eat woman’s face during ‘cannibal’ assault

By Philip Caulfield, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, July 1, 2012

Bus driver responsible for the zombie-like attack took a long liquid lunch before jumping on the hood of a passing woman's car, biting her when she got out, reports say.

The summer's "cannibal craze" has reportedly spread to China.

A drunken bus driver in eastern China tried to chew off a woman's face during an attack on Tuesday afternoon, according to Chinese media.

A man identified as "Dong" ran into a road near a bus station at around 2 p.m. and jumped in front of a woman's car, the Shanghai Daily's website reported police saying.

The man then hopped on the hood and starting pounding on the woman's windshield, the report said.

When the woman, identified as "Du," got out of the car, the man tackled her and began chewing on her face.

Photos posted on Malaysia-Chronicle.com and other websites appeared to show the deranged bus driver straddling the helpless woman on the ground.

Witnesses said they tried to stop the attack, but Dong was going "crazy" and overpowered them.

Police eventually pulled the maniac off Du and cuffed him, the report said.

The woman was taken to a local hospital with tears to her lips and nose and would need plastic surgery to repair her face, according to the report.

Cops said the man drank heavily during lunch with pals before the attack.

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‘Zombie’ attack Texas-style: Man tripping on ‘synthetic pot’ goes wild, attacks family and neighbors, then eats family dog ALIVE

Written by Philip Caulfield, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, June 26, 2012

Michael Daniel smoked synthetic marijuana, known as 'spice' or 'K-2,' then started his atttacks, while running around on all fours and barking and growling like an animal.

A Texas man snapped and went “zombie,” while tripping on a designer drug. He ate his family dog while the pooch was still alive, police said.

Michael Daniel, 22, was smoking synthetic marijuana, known as "spice" or "K-2," at his home on Jun 14, when he suddenly started attacking his family members and neighbors, running around on all fours and barking and growling like an animal, local station KAIT television reported.

Witnesses said that Daniel then grabbed his family's dog, beat it, choked it and then bit off chunks of its flesh.

Police later found him on a front porch with blood smeared on his face and clothes. They took him to a hospital.

Police arrested him on Monday on felony animal cruelty charges.

The dog died from the attack, KAIT reported.

Maine officials receive "zombie apocalypse" training

Courtesy of www.MyFoxBoston.com Fox 25 News, June 23, 2012

Officials across the country prepare for various forms of attacks, but have you ever heard of anyone preparing for a "zombie" pandemic?

According to the Bangor Daily News, nearly 100 officials from several Maine counties recently ran exercises to prepare themselves for a zombie attack.

The mock emergency centered on an infectious outbreak that originated in Jamaica and spread through the world by bites from zombies.

While the premise may seem silly, the goal was to provide emergency personnel with the skills needed to respond do a worldwide outbreak of an infectious disease.

Similar training could be seen in other parts of the country. The Center for Disease Control recently came out with a book called "Zombie Novella" which they describe as a "fun new way of teaching the importance of emergency preparedness."

Another Florida ‘zombie’ attack? Naked man storms girlfriend’s house, bites chunk out of man’s arm

Written by Philip Caulfield, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, June 21, 2012

Drug-addled man takes off all of his clothes in his lover's home and then bites another man on the bicep. Police had to taser him twice to subdue him.

The "Summer of Zombies" continues.

A west Florida man was in a drug-fueled craze on Wednesday night when he stormed his girlfriend's home, stripped naked and then bit a chunk of flesh from another man's arm, police said.

Charles Baker, 26, was supposed to be visiting his children at his girlfriend's Palmetto home when the attack occurred at 10:15 p.m., the Bradenton Herald reported.

Police said Baker burst inside when his girlfriend opened the door, stripped naked and started screaming and cursing.

A man who was at the house, Jeffery Blake, 48, tried to restrain him, but Baker took a bite out of the man’s bicep.

Police eventually arrived and tasered Baker twice before arresting him.

He was taken to Manatee Memorial Hospital for evaluation and charged with aggravated battery.

Police said Baker was high on an unknown drug.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta recently went out of its way to assure the public that there is no ongoing zombie apocalypse. The tongue-in-cheek post to the organization’s website came on the heels of previous flesh-eating attacks.

Over Memorial Day weekend, Rudy Eugene, 31, attacked vagrant Ronald Poppo, 65, near a Miami highway and chewed off his nose and eyes.

Earlier this month, Baltimore college student Alex Kinyua, 21, used a knife to kill Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie, 37, and then ate parts of his heart and brain.