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An ongoing summary of disturbing attacks with some common threads: Alleged perpetrators are often naked, shedding the blood of victims or animals, and a shocking number involve cannibalistic elements.
Jacksonville, Florida, 9/5/12: 42-year-old transient Cheri Dana grabbed a butcher knife, yelled, “God is here, I’m going to repent,” and attacked someone inside an addiction treatment center for teens. She then stabbed a table before stripping down, attacking two cars and chasing students getting off a school bus before police subdue her with a taser.
Farmington, Arkansas, 7/19/12: 43-year-old Christopher Webb is arrested when officers responding to a 911 call hear screaming from inside the victim’s home. Webb, the principal of Farmington High School, is discovered, bloody and nude, armed with a knife, and allegedly choking a woman in a bathroom. A dog with its throat slit is in the bathtub.
Tempe, Arizona, 7/19/12: 18-year-old Noah McQueen barricades himself in the bathroom of a coffee shop and strips, trying to fight the bugs he’s convinced are eating him alive. Police find him — and the bathroom — covered in blood.
Genoa, Italy, 7/18/12: A 26-year-old Russian man attacks his ex-girlfriend, nearly biting off her lips and leaving major bite marks on other parts of her body.
Tempe, Arizona, 7/17/12: Police say Arizona State University student Michael Hurtado allegedly crashes his truck, gets “fully naked,” hops in someone else’s U-Haul truck, and starts making out with the steering wheel.
Fair Oaks (Sacramento), California, 7/15/22: 32-year-old Moses Trotter is arrested, naked and covered in blood, and accused of the brutal murder of an elderly woman in her home.
Oakland Park, Florida, 7/15/12: A naked 17-year-old boy is found rolling around in the street, screaming about “bad drugs”.
Tracy, California, 7/7/12: 25-year-old Andrew Carreiro is arrested, naked and covered in blood, after allegedly killing a 62-year-old motel cleaning woman in grisly fashion.
St. Augustine, Florida, 7/7/12: 22-year-old Jeremiah Haughee is discovered on the roof of a home, naked. When confronted by the homeowner, he allegedly jumps down, denting the hood of a truck and bites the homeowner, removing a chunk of flesh from his stomach.
Calgary, Alberta, 6/26/12: Police subdue a naked, bloody man smashing his face against a fence in a alley. A police spokesman says, “Officers describe him having superhuman strength and a high threshold for pain.”
Lilburn, Georgia, 6/14/12: 21-year-old Karl Laventure emerges from the woods onto a golf course, “half-naked and confused”. Golfers report to police that Laventure posseses “super-human strength.” He rushes police, threatening to eat them. It takes a dose of pepper spray to the face and five shots with a taser to subdue him.
Wenzhou City, China, 6/30/12: An intoxicated bus driver identified only as Dong allegedly jumps on a woman and begins biting her face. Passers-by are unable to pull him off the woman until police arrive and handcuff him.
Palmetto, Florida, 6/20/12: 26-year-old Charles Baker allegedly bursts into his girlfriend’s home, strips, throws furniture around, and bites a man who tries to restrain him in the bicep. Police tase Baker four times before he is subdued.
Altoona, Pennsylvania, 6/17/12: New mother Carla Murphy, 31, who’d given birth two days earlier, is discovered by nurses naked and confused, rolling around on the shower floor. She becomes so violent when roused that police are summoned. They manage to subdue her, but not before she bites one of the officers.
North Miami Beach, 6/2/12: 21-year-old homeless man Brandon De Leon is arrested by police after a fight in front of a restaurant. De Leon tries to bite a police officer, growls, repeatedly smashes his head against the patrol car and his cell wall, and yells, “I’m going to eat you.”
Carencro, Louisiana, 6/2/12: 43-year-old Carl Jacquneaux attacks the husband of his ex-wife and allegedly bites off a piece of the man’s face.
Joppatowne (Baltimore), Maryland, 6/1/12: 21-year-old Alexander Kinyua, a student at Morgan State University, admits to police that he ate the heart and part of the brain of a man who’d been missing for about a week. Part of the man’s dismembered body is found in the home the two men shared; Kinyua leads police to the rest of the remains at a nearby church.
Miami, Florida, 5/26/12: A naked Rudy Eugene is shot dead by police while eating the face of homeless man Ronald Poppo.
Indianapolis, Indiana, 5/20/12: A naked 27-year-old David Martin is subdued by four police officers and two passers-by after punching several people on a downtown street. Martin escapes the officers after being tackled and tased and is brought down again after a half-block chase on foot.
Klamath, California , 3/21/12: Jarrod Wyatt a 26-year-old mixed martial arts fighter was under the influence of psychedelic drugs when he allegedly removed his friend and sparring partner’s heart, tongue and most of his face. Wyatt also cooked Powell’s severed body parts in a wood stove because he thought Powell was still alive.”Satan was in that dude,” Wyatt allegedly told Del Norte County Police Sgt. Elwood Lee.
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Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse
There are all kinds of emergencies out there that we can prepare for. Take a zombie apocalypse for example. That’s right, I said z-o-m-b-i-e a-p-o-c-a-l-y-p-s-e. You may laugh now, but when it happens you’ll be happy you read this, and hey, maybe you’ll even learn a thing or two about how to prepare for a real emergency.
A Brief History of Zombies
We’ve all seen at least one movie about flesh-eating zombies taking over (my personal favorite is Resident Evil), but where do zombies come from and why do they love eating brains so much? The word zombie comes from Haitian and New Orleans voodoo origins. Although its meaning has changed slightly over the years, it refers to a human corpse mysteriously reanimated to serve the undead. Through ancient voodoo and folk-lore traditions, shows like the Walking Dead were born.
In movies, shows, and literature, zombies are often depicted as being created by an infectious virus, which is passed on via bites and contact with bodily fluids. Harvard psychiatrist Steven Schlozman wrote a (fictional) medical paper on the zombies presented in Night of the Living Dead and refers to the condition as Ataxic Neurodegenerative Satiety Deficiency Syndrome caused by an infectious agent. The Zombie Survival Guide identifies the cause of zombies as a virus called solanum. Other zombie origins shown in films include radiation from a destroyed NASA Venus probe (as in Night of the Living Dead), as well as mutations of existing conditions such as prions, mad-cow disease, measles and rabies.
The rise of zombies in pop culture has given credence to the idea that a zombie apocalypse could happen. In such a scenario zombies would take over entire countries, roaming city streets eating anything living that got in their way. The proliferation of this idea has led many people to wonder “How do I prepare for a zombie apocalypse?”
Well, we’re here to answer that question for you, and hopefully share a few tips about preparing for real emergencies too!
Better Safe than Sorry
So what do you need to do before zombies…or hurricanes or pandemics for example, actually happen? First of all, you should have an emergency kit in your house. This includes things like water, food, and other supplies to get you through the first couple of days before you can locate a zombie-free refugee camp (or in the event of a natural disaster, it will buy you some time until you are able to make your way to an evacuation shelter or utility lines are restored). Below are a few items you should include in your kit, for a full list visit the CDC Emergency page.
Water (1 gallon per person per day)
Food (stock up on non-perishable items that you eat regularly)
Medications (this includes prescription and non-prescription meds)
Tools and Supplies (utility knife, duct tape, battery powered radio, etc.)
Sanitation and Hygiene (household bleach, soap, towels, etc.)
Clothing and Bedding (a change of clothes for each family member and blankets)
Important documents (copies of your driver’s license, passport, and birth certificate to name a few)
First Aid supplies (although you’re a goner if a zombie bites you, you can use these supplies to treat basic cuts and lacerations that you might get during a tornado or hurricane)
Once you’ve made your emergency kit, you should sit down with your family and come up with an emergency plan. This includes where you would go and who you would call if zombies started appearing outside your door step. You can also implement this plan if there is a flood, earthquake, or other emergency.
Identify the types of emergencies that are possible in your area. Besides a zombie apocalypse, this may include floods, tornadoes, or earthquakes. If you are unsure contact your local Red Cross chapter for more information.
Pick a meeting place for your family to regroup in case zombies invade your home…or your town evacuates because of a hurricane. Pick one place right outside your home for sudden emergencies and one place outside of your neighborhood in case you are unable to return home right away.
Identify your emergency contacts. Make a list of local contacts like the police, fire department, and your local zombie response team. Also identify an out-of-state contact that you can call during an emergency to let the rest of your family know you are ok.
Plan your evacuation route. When zombies are hungry they won’t stop until they get food (i.e., brains), which means you need to get out of town fast! Plan where you would go and multiple routes you would take ahead of time so that the flesh eaters don’t have a chance! This is also helpful when natural disasters strike and you have to take shelter fast.
Never Fear – CDC is Ready
If zombies did start roaming the streets, CDC would conduct an investigation much like any other disease outbreak. CDC would provide technical assistance to cities, states, or international partners dealing with a zombie infestation. This assistance might include consultation, lab testing and analysis, patient management and care, tracking of contacts, and infection control (including isolation and quarantine). It’s likely that an investigation of this scenario would seek to accomplish several goals: determine the cause of the illness, the source of the infection/virus/toxin, learn how it is transmitted and how readily it is spread, how to break the cycle of transmission and thus prevent further cases, and how patients can best be treated. Not only would scientists be working to identify the cause and cure of the zombie outbreak, but CDC and other federal agencies would send medical teams and first responders to help those in affected areas (I will be volunteering the young nameless disease detectives for the field work).
To learn more about what CDC does to prepare for and respond to emergencies of all kinds, visit: http://emergency.cdc.gov/cdc/orgs_progs.asp
To learn more about how you can prepare for and stay safe during an emergency visit: http://emergency.cdc.gov/
Join the CDC Zombie Task Force! The CDC Foundation, a non-profit partner of CDC is offering Zombie Task Force t-shirts (click on the picture to find out more). Proceeds go to benefit disaster relief efforts and other important health programs. Get yours before they’re gone…
Preparedness 101 - Zombie Posters
It can be tough to get people thinking about emergency preparedness before disaster strikes. We've created these zombie posters to spark some attention and get people involved before it's too late. Download the pdf to print copies for your office or home.
Attached also is an image that can be use so that this information is uniform with other information on the page.
Novella
Looking for an entertaining way to introduce emergency preparedness? Check out our graphic novella which uses the idea of a zombie apocalypse to demonstrate the importance of preparedness. Included is a personal preparedness checklist so you can take action once you're done reading.Social Media/Online
Check out our Zombie Social Media page where you can find badges and widgets for your own site, links to our blog, content syndication, and zombie e-cards.
Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse
There are all kinds of emergencies out there that we can prepare for. Take a zombie apocalypse for example. That’s right, I said z-o-m-b-i-e a-p-o-c-a-l-y-p-s-e. You may laugh now, but when it happens you’ll be happy you read this, and hey, maybe you’ll even learn a thing or two about how to prepare for a real emergency.
A Brief History of Zombies
We’ve all seen at least one movie about flesh-eating zombies taking over (my personal favorite is Resident Evil), but where do zombies come from and why do they love eating brains so much? The word zombie comes from Haitian and New Orleans voodoo origins. Although its meaning has changed slightly over the years, it refers to a human corpse mysteriously reanimated to serve the undead. Through ancient voodoo and folk-lore traditions, shows like the Walking Dead were born.
In movies, shows, and literature, zombies are often depicted as being created by an infectious virus, which is passed on via bites and contact with bodily fluids. Harvard psychiatrist Steven Schlozman wrote a (fictional) medical paper on the zombies presented in Night of the Living Dead and refers to the condition as Ataxic Neurodegenerative Satiety Deficiency Syndrome caused by an infectious agent. The Zombie Survival Guide identifies the cause of zombies as a virus called solanum. Other zombie origins shown in films include radiation from a destroyed NASA Venus probe (as in Night of the Living Dead), as well as mutations of existing conditions such as prions, mad-cow disease, measles and rabies.
The rise of zombies in pop culture has given credence to the idea that a zombie apocalypse could happen. In such a scenario zombies would take over entire countries, roaming city streets eating anything living that got in their way. The proliferation of this idea has led many people to wonder “How do I prepare for a zombie apocalypse?”
Well, we’re here to answer that question for you, and hopefully share a few tips about preparing for real emergencies too!
Better Safe than Sorry
So what do you need to do before zombies…or hurricanes or pandemics for example, actually happen? First of all, you should have an emergency kit in your house. This includes things like water, food, and other supplies to get you through the first couple of days before you can locate a zombie-free refugee camp (or in the event of a natural disaster, it will buy you some time until you are able to make your way to an evacuation shelter or utility lines are restored). Below are a few items you should include in your kit, for a full list visit the CDC Emergency page.
Water (1 gallon per person per day)
Food (stock up on non-perishable items that you eat regularly)
Medications (this includes prescription and non-prescription meds)
Tools and Supplies (utility knife, duct tape, battery powered radio, etc.)
Sanitation and Hygiene (household bleach, soap, towels, etc.)
Clothing and Bedding (a change of clothes for each family member and blankets)
Important documents (copies of your driver’s license, passport, and birth certificate to name a few)
First Aid supplies (although you’re a goner if a zombie bites you, you can use these supplies to treat basic cuts and lacerations that you might get during a tornado or hurricane)
Once you’ve made your emergency kit, you should sit down with your family and come up with an emergency plan. This includes where you would go and who you would call if zombies started appearing outside your door step. You can also implement this plan if there is a flood, earthquake, or other emergency.
Identify the types of emergencies that are possible in your area. Besides a zombie apocalypse, this may include floods, tornadoes, or earthquakes. If you are unsure contact your local Red Cross chapter for more information.
Pick a meeting place for your family to regroup in case zombies invade your home…or your town evacuates because of a hurricane. Pick one place right outside your home for sudden emergencies and one place outside of your neighborhood in case you are unable to return home right away.
Identify your emergency contacts. Make a list of local contacts like the police, fire department, and your local zombie response team. Also identify an out-of-state contact that you can call during an emergency to let the rest of your family know you are ok.
Plan your evacuation route. When zombies are hungry they won’t stop until they get food (i.e., brains), which means you need to get out of town fast! Plan where you would go and multiple routes you would take ahead of time so that the flesh eaters don’t have a chance! This is also helpful when natural disasters strike and you have to take shelter fast.
Never Fear – CDC is Ready
If zombies did start roaming the streets, CDC would conduct an investigation much like any other disease outbreak. CDC would provide technical assistance to cities, states, or international partners dealing with a zombie infestation. This assistance might include consultation, lab testing and analysis, patient management and care, tracking of contacts, and infection control (including isolation and quarantine). It’s likely that an investigation of this scenario would seek to accomplish several goals: determine the cause of the illness, the source of the infection/virus/toxin, learn how it is transmitted and how readily it is spread, how to break the cycle of transmission and thus prevent further cases, and how patients can best be treated. Not only would scientists be working to identify the cause and cure of the zombie outbreak, but CDC and other federal agencies would send medical teams and first responders to help those in affected areas (I will be volunteering the young nameless disease detectives for the field work).
To learn more about what CDC does to prepare for and respond to emergencies of all kinds, visit: http://emergency.cdc.gov/cdc/orgs_progs.asp
To learn more about how you can prepare for and stay safe during an emergency visit: http://emergency.cdc.gov/
Join the CDC Zombie Task Force! The CDC Foundation, a non-profit partner of CDC is offering Zombie Task Force t-shirts (click on the picture to find out more). Proceeds go to benefit disaster relief efforts and other important health programs. Get yours before they’re gone…
