Zombie apocalypse no match for hardy shoppers
THERE were more braindead people than usual shuffling through Casuarina Square yesterday.
Hundreds of Christmas shoppers were shocked as a horde of 50 or so bloodspattered, slow- moving zombies made their way through the shopping centre.
The Sunday Territorian wasn’t keen to get too close to participants in the Darwin Zombie Walk — mostly for fear of being bitten — but organiser Matt Haubrick told us the group was raising money for Corrugated Iron Youth Arts.
‘‘The zombie walks have been done all over the world,’’ Mr Haubrick said as a red, blood-like substance, possibly blood, dripped from his hands.
‘‘It’s really about having fun and every year we fundraise for a different group.’’
Mr Haubrick said people were not typically scared when they saw a large group of dead- eyed zombies approaching them.
‘‘I think people look at it more as a performance,’’ he said, and many of those infected by a desire to dress up yesterday were kids.
‘‘It’s a good opportunity for the kids to dress up and get a bit messy and not get in trouble for it,’’ Mr Haubrick said.
It’s understood police did not report a dramatic increase in the number of biting incidents yesterday.