Zombie in the Attic

Man spent days unnoticed hiding in Pennsylvania family's attic

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. - Police in Pennsylvania say a family there didn't realize they'd had an unexpected Christmas guest until a man who had been in their attic for days emerged wearing their clothes.

Stanley Carter surrendered Friday after police took a dog to search the home in Plains Township, a suburb of Wilkes-Barre about 160 kilometres north of Philadelphia.

He was charged with several counts of burglary, theft, receiving stolen property and criminal trespass.

Police say the 21-year-old Carter had been staying with his friends, who are the family's neighbours in a duplex.

He apparently accessed the shared attic through a trap door in a bedroom ceiling.

Carter went missing on Dec. 19 and his friends filed a missing person report a few days before Christmas.

Meanwhile, homeowner Stacy Ferrance said she had heard noises but thought they were caused by her three children. She notified police on Christmas Day when cash, a laptop computer and an iPod disappeared, then called police again the next day when she found footprints in her bedroom closet, where the attic trap door is located.

"When he came down from the attic, he was wearing my daughter's pants and my sweatshirt and sneakers," Ferrance said. "From what I gather, he was helping himself to my home, eating my food and stealing my clothes."

Carter kept a list of everything he took, said Plains Township police Officer Michael Smith.

"When we were going through the inventory of what he did take, we found a note labelled 'Stanley's Christmas List' of all the items he had removed from the residence and donated to himself," Smith said.

Carter was in jail Sunday at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility with a preliminary hearing set for Jan. 5. He did not yet have a lawyer to speak for him.
© The Canadian Press, 2008
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SleepWalking Zombies

British budget hotel chain Travelodge reported a seven-fold increase in sleepwalking from the previous year and noted that 95% of the somnambulists had been naked men. When the company released the results of its annual sleepwalker audit in October, it reissued guidelines on how hotel staff should handle wandering snoozers, including keeping a supply of towels behind the reception desk to protect their dignity.

Obviously a hotel with a lot of Zombies staying in it. Naturally they would sleep in the nude.

The Zombie Vote

Change Oregonians Believe In:
The voters of Sodaville (pop. 290) elected Thomas Brady Harrington, 33,
mayor in November, notwithstanding his criminal rap sheet showing
robbery, eluding a police officer, felon in possession of a gun and
other crimes (with his electoral success perhaps due to voters'
confusing him with his father, a respected town elder). [Albany (Ore.)
Democrat-Herald, 11-19-08]

And the
voters of Silverton (pop. 7,400) elected as mayor Stu Rasmussen, 60, an
openly transgendered, longtime resident who previously served as mayor
while a man but who now sports breasts and dresses exclusively as a
woman (especially miniskirts and cleavage-enhancing tops). Actually,
Rasmussen still describes himself as a man and lives with his longtime
girlfriend, but explained his switch as just his particular "mid-life
crisis." [Los Angeles Times, 11-20-08]

2 Towns full of Zombies perhaps? That would explain the voting patterns

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The Zombie Juror

A woman being interviewed for
jury duty on a murder case in Bronx (N.Y.) Supreme Court in October
asked to be excused for the reason that she was once murdered, herself,
by her husband (but had somehow been revived by a doctor). (She was
dismissed from the jury, but on other grounds.) [New York Post, 10-8-08]

A woman who was once murdered? Still around?  A Zombie for sure!

Plaxico {Zombie} Burress

NEW YORK -- New York Giants star receiver Plaxico Burress
was charged with two felony counts of criminal possession of a weapon
in the second degree Monday and released on a $100,000 bond.

Burress,
who accidentally shot himself Friday night in the right thigh at a
Manhattan nightclub, did not enter a plea on the class C felony
charges, though his attorney said Burress planned to plead not guilty.

Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Felicia Mennin ordered Burress to return March 31


Ah yes, the professional athlete Zombie is out there. I mean if that is not a Zombie move, what is?

Big Mac Zombie

FOND DU LAC, Wisconsin - Don Gorske says he has eaten 23,000 of McDonald's Big Mac burgers in 36 years. The Wisconsin man said he hit the 23,000 milestone last month, continuing a culinary obsession that began May 17, 1972, and is fed by his obsessive-compulsive disorder. "I enjoy them every day," said Gorske, 54. "I need two to fill me up." Gorske has kept every burger receipt in a box. He says he was always fascinated with numbers, and watching McDonald's track its number of customers motivated him to track his own consumption. Despite a diet some would call unhealthy, Gorske says he keeps himself in good shape. He says he's 6-foot-2 (1.89 meters) and weighs 185 pounds (84 kilograms), and walks as many as 16 kilometers a day. He used to order fries every day in the 1980s but began to cut back in the '90s, now eating them about once a month. He eats two Big Macs, which each have two beef patties, cheese and a special Mac sauce, along with two parfaits a day. Gorske has written a book about his experience. "Sometimes people call me a freak but it doesn't bother me. I just say respect people as they are," he told The Associated Press. "I just want to make sure people understand I'm not going to change." He can instantly recall the eight days in which he failed to satisfy his craving. One was in 1988, the day his mother died, to respect a request she made. "I made a promise to her and I always keep my promises," he said. "I also promised her I wouldn't cut my hair and in 20 years I haven't." He twice failed to grab a Big Mac because of his job. A prison worker, he said a number of work emergencies kept him on the clock past midnight so he recorded those days as missed days. Three other times he was traveling and couldn't find a McDonald's. He also went Big Mac-less on the U.S. holiday of Thanksgiving in 2000, and during a 1982 snowstorm that prevented a local McDonald's franchise from opening. "That's when I started a habit where I kept them in the freezer," he said. He keeps one or two burgers on hand but increases his inventory to four to five during the winter.

Don't Drink and Run

 A 21-year-old man was accused of
driving drunk and leading police on a chase that finally ended with him
running over himself. The man was treated for minor injuries at a Santa
Fe hospital and booked in to the Sandoval County detention center on
charges of aggravated driving while intoxicated, fleeing a police
officer, careless driving and two other outstanding traffic warrants.

A tip to the state's DrunkBuster hot line Sunday afternoon alerted authorities to a possibly drunken driver.

State
Police Officer Grace Romero spotted the man's pickup truck swerving
across both lanes of a highway, driving slowly and then fast. He
refused to stop.

After narrowly missing other vehicles, police
said the suspect drove through a ditch and a barbed-wire fence before
stopping. He tried to put the truck into park, but it ended up in
reverse.

Police said the man fell from his open door and both of his legs were run over by the front driver's side tire.

Zombie's should never Drink!

Don't eat and drive

- Drivers have heard it's dangerous to drive while using a cellphone.

But now police are warning about the hazards of grabbing breakfast behind the wheel.

Ontario Provincial Police responded Friday to a single-vehicle crash and found a young woman covered in milk and cereal.

Police say the 21-year-old woman was trying to eat cereal with a bowl
and spoon while driving in icy conditions on Highway 7 in Wellington
County when she lost control and crashed into guide posts.

Louise Light is charged with careless driving.

Police say the woman was not hurt, but she was embarrassed.

Another Zombie heard from

Jumping the Colorado Gorge

ENVER - A daredevil hopes to propel himself across a southern Colorado canyon using a jet pack powered by hydrogen peroxide.

Eric Scott tells the Rocky Mountain News he's never travelled as far as he wants to Monday - 457 metres.

The Royal Gorge is more than 335 metres deep.

A bridge spanning it was the site of a deadly stunt in 2003 when a parachute jumper miscalculated and fell.

Scott works for Denver-based Jet P.I. The company developed a jet
pack for stunts and promotions that is based on one developed in the
1960s for the military.

The original one could fly for only about 20 seconds.

The new one can go for more than 30 seconds at faster than 113 kilometres an hour.

If this guy ain't a zombie now, he soon will be.

The Zombies are coming

They are already here. The weird things that people do that make them the Zombie. Their storys will appear here. enjoy