1 00:00:01,514 --> 00:00:06,452 - ♪ 2 00:00:08,821 --> 00:00:12,825 - I very much believe that zombies could become a thing. 3 00:00:12,825 --> 00:00:14,360 - [zombie growling] 4 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:16,762 - There have been cases of people eating other people. 5 00:00:16,762 --> 00:00:18,063 - [zombie growling] 6 00:00:18,063 --> 00:00:19,532 - The American people love to be terrified. 7 00:00:19,532 --> 00:00:22,001 Look at all the zombie films that we make. 8 00:00:22,001 --> 00:00:23,936 - CHUCK: The Walking Dead, Dawn of the Dead, 9 00:00:23,936 --> 00:00:25,271 Night of the Living Dead, 10 00:00:25,271 --> 00:00:28,107 Land of the Dead, 28 Days Later... 11 00:00:28,107 --> 00:00:29,642 I just couldn't get enough. 12 00:00:29,642 --> 00:00:32,244 - Who doesn't like a good brain eater? 13 00:00:32,244 --> 00:00:34,313 - I'm a huge fan of zombie movies. 14 00:00:34,313 --> 00:00:35,915 Slow zombies are much more preferred. 15 00:00:35,915 --> 00:00:38,017 Fast zombies scare me. 16 00:00:38,017 --> 00:00:39,518 - DR. CHASE: I won't lie, that terrifies me, 17 00:00:39,518 --> 00:00:42,221 the idea of seeing this monster running, like, at, 18 00:00:42,221 --> 00:00:44,390 like warp speed towards me just like Usain Bolt. 19 00:00:46,292 --> 00:00:48,427 - MALE NARRATOR: But are zombies real? 20 00:00:48,427 --> 00:00:51,263 And could they really take over the world? 21 00:00:51,263 --> 00:00:53,299 - One bite and that's all it takes. 22 00:00:53,299 --> 00:00:56,001 You become one of them. 23 00:00:56,001 --> 00:00:59,271 - NARRATOR: According to the legendary prophet Nostradamus, 24 00:00:59,271 --> 00:01:02,208 the answer is yes. 25 00:01:02,208 --> 00:01:05,578 And it's gonna happen any day now. 26 00:01:05,578 --> 00:01:07,880 - Nostradamus says two-thirds of the people in the world 27 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:09,715 will be removed by it. 28 00:01:09,715 --> 00:01:13,552 - You went from normal society to no society 29 00:01:13,552 --> 00:01:16,522 to a lawless society almost overnight. 30 00:01:16,522 --> 00:01:20,292 It'll be very fast. It'll basically be unstoppable. 31 00:01:20,292 --> 00:01:22,394 - NARRATOR: Are you prepared? 32 00:01:22,394 --> 00:01:24,096 - WILDFIRE SMILE: What do I need to stock up on? 33 00:01:24,096 --> 00:01:25,631 Canned goods. 34 00:01:25,631 --> 00:01:27,266 - A bug-out bag is gonna have all kinda 35 00:01:27,266 --> 00:01:28,534 different things in it: 36 00:01:28,534 --> 00:01:30,870 the water bladder, a couple tools and knives. 37 00:01:30,870 --> 00:01:32,104 - NARRATOR: Lock and load. 38 00:01:32,104 --> 00:01:33,506 - Today we're gonna be showing you 39 00:01:33,506 --> 00:01:35,341 how to zombie-proof your car. 40 00:01:35,341 --> 00:01:37,977 - MAN: This is 20 feet underground. 41 00:01:37,977 --> 00:01:41,113 - My advice to the people who are not prepared is good luck. 42 00:01:41,113 --> 00:01:44,950 - NARRATOR: We'll show you what you need to prep for and survive 43 00:01:44,950 --> 00:01:48,988 the zombie apocalypse. 44 00:01:48,988 --> 00:01:50,389 - [zombie growling] 45 00:01:51,290 --> 00:01:57,429 - [theme music] 46 00:02:04,870 --> 00:02:07,406 - NARRATOR: The ancient mystic Nostradamus says 47 00:02:07,406 --> 00:02:11,644 the zombie apocalypse is on our doorstep. 48 00:02:13,312 --> 00:02:16,081 - [record screeching] - NARRATOR: Wait. What? 49 00:02:16,081 --> 00:02:17,883 - [rewinding] 50 00:02:17,883 --> 00:02:20,519 Zombies? 51 00:02:20,519 --> 00:02:23,622 And who is Nostradamus again? 52 00:02:23,622 --> 00:02:27,226 - Nostradamus was a French seer 53 00:02:27,226 --> 00:02:30,462 who lived in the 1500s. 54 00:02:30,462 --> 00:02:34,166 - BOBBY: Nostradamus published yearly almanacs, 55 00:02:34,166 --> 00:02:38,370 mostly for farmers, predicting really the best times to plant 56 00:02:38,370 --> 00:02:42,041 and to reap crops. 57 00:02:42,041 --> 00:02:45,110 But he would also include some elements of entertainment for 58 00:02:45,110 --> 00:02:48,447 his readers to make it more user friendly, shall we say. 59 00:02:50,082 --> 00:02:52,885 - JIMMY: The predictions were in part based on astrology. 60 00:02:52,885 --> 00:02:55,454 He had a prediction for each month of the year and sometimes 61 00:02:55,454 --> 00:02:57,056 a bonus prediction. 62 00:02:57,056 --> 00:03:00,759 And this was one of the features that made Nostradamus' almanacs 63 00:03:00,759 --> 00:03:02,561 very, very popular. 64 00:03:02,561 --> 00:03:05,698 He would write just four lines of poetry 65 00:03:05,698 --> 00:03:08,601 in what's known as a quatrain. 66 00:03:08,601 --> 00:03:11,136 He wanted to keep it short and pithy, 67 00:03:11,136 --> 00:03:14,573 kind of like a modern tweet on Twitter. 68 00:03:14,573 --> 00:03:18,711 And it would be very meaningful, vivid images 69 00:03:18,711 --> 00:03:21,547 of a future event. 70 00:03:21,547 --> 00:03:23,148 - NARRATOR: But Nostradamus 71 00:03:23,148 --> 00:03:25,584 didn't just predict the year ahead. 72 00:03:25,584 --> 00:03:28,554 He also saw deep into the future. 73 00:03:28,554 --> 00:03:33,392 - His almanacs have dated prophecies not just to the year, 74 00:03:33,392 --> 00:03:35,728 but to the specific month 75 00:03:35,728 --> 00:03:38,497 that the prophecy was supposed to happen. 76 00:03:38,497 --> 00:03:42,234 - NARRATOR: Centuries before they happened. 77 00:03:42,234 --> 00:03:44,536 - BOBBY: Wars, plagues, tyrannical leaders, 78 00:03:44,536 --> 00:03:46,538 accidents, natural disasters, 79 00:03:46,538 --> 00:03:50,109 things that he felt future generations should know about. 80 00:03:50,109 --> 00:03:53,412 - NARRATOR: Nostradamus predicted the rise of Hitler. 81 00:03:53,412 --> 00:03:55,147 - [Hitler shouting] - [crowd cheering] 82 00:03:55,147 --> 00:03:56,415 - NARRATOR: The atomic bombing. 83 00:03:56,415 --> 00:03:58,517 - [loud blast] 84 00:03:58,517 --> 00:04:00,619 - NARRATOR: The Kennedy assassination. 85 00:04:00,619 --> 00:04:02,454 - MALE REPORTER: Historic shots rang out... 86 00:04:02,454 --> 00:04:03,555 - NARRATOR: The moon landing. 87 00:04:03,555 --> 00:04:05,190 - The Eagle has landed. 88 00:04:05,190 --> 00:04:06,959 - NARRATOR: The death of Princess Di. 89 00:04:06,959 --> 00:04:10,062 - FEMALE REPORTER: Diana, Princess of Wales, is dead. 90 00:04:10,062 --> 00:04:11,430 - NARRATOR: 9/11. 91 00:04:11,430 --> 00:04:13,732 - WOMAN: Another one. Another plane just hit. 92 00:04:13,732 --> 00:04:17,569 - NARRATOR: And perhaps his most chilling prediction of all... 93 00:04:17,569 --> 00:04:19,304 - [zombie growling] 94 00:04:19,304 --> 00:04:24,043 - ♪ 95 00:04:26,478 --> 00:04:31,684 - "Few young people: half dead to give a start. 96 00:04:31,684 --> 00:04:35,521 "Dead through spite, he will cause the others to shine. 97 00:04:35,521 --> 00:04:37,389 And in an exalted place..." 98 00:04:37,389 --> 00:04:39,591 - NOSTRADAMUS: "...some great evils to occur. 99 00:04:39,591 --> 00:04:42,995 "Fathers and mothers dead of infinite sorrows. 100 00:04:42,995 --> 00:04:48,600 The Great One to be no more, all the world to end." 101 00:04:50,035 --> 00:04:52,671 - [zombie growling] 102 00:04:52,671 --> 00:04:54,273 - ALYSSA: "You young people..." 103 00:04:54,273 --> 00:04:56,375 It's almost like they're saying that that next generation is 104 00:04:56,375 --> 00:04:58,477 gonna be the start of the downfall. 105 00:04:58,477 --> 00:05:01,080 Like, it caught my eye immediately. 106 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:02,414 But at the same time too, 107 00:05:02,414 --> 00:05:04,917 it's interesting hearing him say "half dead." 108 00:05:04,917 --> 00:05:07,753 And then you associate it with zombies because they are, 109 00:05:07,753 --> 00:05:09,655 technically, dead, but they're still alive. 110 00:05:09,655 --> 00:05:11,590 They're still moving. 111 00:05:11,590 --> 00:05:13,826 - That sounds like a zombie apocalypse to me. 112 00:05:13,826 --> 00:05:14,827 - [bird squawking] 113 00:05:14,827 --> 00:05:16,395 - JIMMY: All through human history, 114 00:05:16,395 --> 00:05:17,596 there have been reports of the dead 115 00:05:17,596 --> 00:05:19,998 coming back in one way or another. 116 00:05:19,998 --> 00:05:21,533 - [zombie roaring] 117 00:05:21,533 --> 00:05:24,536 - JIMMY: Sometimes they come back in a frightening way, 118 00:05:24,536 --> 00:05:27,306 where a person hasn't just been raised from the dead, 119 00:05:27,306 --> 00:05:28,741 they've been brought back to life 120 00:05:28,741 --> 00:05:31,577 in a way where there's something wrong. 121 00:05:31,577 --> 00:05:33,912 They're not the same. 122 00:05:33,912 --> 00:05:37,750 - BOBBY: It spreads globally and kills most of the people. 123 00:05:37,750 --> 00:05:40,152 Nostradamus says two-thirds of the people in the world 124 00:05:40,152 --> 00:05:41,987 will be removed by it. 125 00:05:41,987 --> 00:05:43,355 - [warning buzzer] 126 00:05:43,355 --> 00:05:44,990 - NARRATOR: But that's not the only prediction Nostradamus 127 00:05:44,990 --> 00:05:47,693 drops supporting Z-Day. 128 00:05:47,693 --> 00:05:52,064 - "Mabus then will soon die, and there will come of people 129 00:05:52,064 --> 00:05:53,699 and beasts a horrible rout:" 130 00:05:53,699 --> 00:05:57,503 - NOSTRADAMUS: "Then suddenly one will see vengeance, hundred, 131 00:05:57,503 --> 00:06:03,075 hand, thirst, hunger when the comet will run." 132 00:06:03,075 --> 00:06:05,410 - BOBBY: "Maybus" here has been linked by some people 133 00:06:05,410 --> 00:06:07,546 to be the third antichrist. 134 00:06:07,546 --> 00:06:11,116 He will die and then will come "beasts horrible rout." 135 00:06:11,116 --> 00:06:14,353 All that says to me is that there's some kind of plague that 136 00:06:14,353 --> 00:06:16,688 can jump species along the lines 137 00:06:16,688 --> 00:06:20,392 of what we think of as a zombie apocalypse. 138 00:06:20,392 --> 00:06:22,294 The last line of that quatrain says, 139 00:06:22,294 --> 00:06:25,664 "hundred, hand, thirst, and hunger." 140 00:06:25,664 --> 00:06:27,266 Well, of course, what are zombies? 141 00:06:27,266 --> 00:06:29,968 They're hungry. Ravenously hungry. 142 00:06:29,968 --> 00:06:31,770 And then it makes reference to a comet 143 00:06:31,770 --> 00:06:34,706 is thought to be thousands of times more massive 144 00:06:34,706 --> 00:06:38,043 than any comet ever detected by far. 145 00:06:38,043 --> 00:06:40,712 - NARRATOR: And Nostradamus predicts that comet, 146 00:06:40,712 --> 00:06:46,752 and the zombies it foretells, will be here soon. 147 00:06:46,752 --> 00:06:49,688 - ROBERT: One of the reasons why zombies catch our attention is 148 00:06:49,688 --> 00:06:52,124 because they're a great example of science fiction 149 00:06:52,124 --> 00:06:55,761 being based on science fact. 150 00:06:55,761 --> 00:06:59,364 - And so the idea of zombies 151 00:06:59,364 --> 00:07:01,567 showing up in Nostradamus' works, 152 00:07:01,567 --> 00:07:03,135 which were predictions 153 00:07:03,135 --> 00:07:07,773 and influenced by contemporary beliefs, fits in perfectly. 154 00:07:07,773 --> 00:07:10,609 - I have been preparing for it, like, since I was 10, 155 00:07:10,609 --> 00:07:12,945 so bring it on, I guess. 156 00:07:16,482 --> 00:07:18,250 - NARRATOR: Okay, still don't trust the word 157 00:07:18,250 --> 00:07:20,586 of a 16th-century soothsayer 158 00:07:20,586 --> 00:07:24,623 that the zombie apocalypse is about to happen? 159 00:07:24,623 --> 00:07:28,994 Well, he's not the only one who thinks so. 160 00:07:28,994 --> 00:07:32,297 Even our government has a plan for surviving our Z-Day. 161 00:07:34,199 --> 00:07:37,936 - DAVE: In 2010, AMC launched The Walking Dead. 162 00:07:37,936 --> 00:07:41,840 And at the end of the first season, they blew the CDC up. 163 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:44,610 So we were talking about how can we engage people. 164 00:07:44,610 --> 00:07:45,844 How do we really engage people 165 00:07:45,844 --> 00:07:49,181 on preparing an all-hazards preparedness kit? 166 00:07:49,181 --> 00:07:50,449 And somebody mentioned 167 00:07:50,449 --> 00:07:52,251 how interested people were in zombies. 168 00:07:52,251 --> 00:07:54,786 - So the CDC posted a zombie guide and it kinda got everybody 169 00:07:54,786 --> 00:07:57,356 wondering is there gonna be a zombie apocalypse. 170 00:07:57,356 --> 00:07:59,358 - Why the hell is there a zombie apocalypse preparation 171 00:07:59,358 --> 00:08:00,659 on the CDC website? 172 00:08:00,659 --> 00:08:01,793 I can't make this shit up, bro. 173 00:08:01,793 --> 00:08:04,129 This is the CDC website right here. 174 00:08:04,129 --> 00:08:07,032 - NARRATOR: The Center for Disease Control is the country's 175 00:08:07,032 --> 00:08:11,436 top protector when it comes to America's health, safety, 176 00:08:11,436 --> 00:08:14,206 and security threats. 177 00:08:14,206 --> 00:08:17,943 For the past 75 years, it's worked tirelessly 178 00:08:17,943 --> 00:08:20,579 to keep the country safe from such pandemics 179 00:08:20,579 --> 00:08:26,218 as TB, polio, AIDS, ebola, and COVID. 180 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:32,891 Now they've added the zombie apocalypse to their list. 181 00:08:32,891 --> 00:08:35,527 Their illustrated zombie preparation guide 182 00:08:35,527 --> 00:08:37,663 is full of helpful tips. 183 00:08:37,663 --> 00:08:39,331 Everything you'll need to be ready 184 00:08:39,331 --> 00:08:42,668 for the walking dead's rise. 185 00:08:42,668 --> 00:08:43,969 - DAVE: It all seems very simple. 186 00:08:43,969 --> 00:08:45,837 It all seems very common sense. 187 00:08:45,837 --> 00:08:48,273 And most people will claim, well, we've got that somewhere. 188 00:08:48,273 --> 00:08:50,242 But do you have it somewhere where you could find it 189 00:08:50,242 --> 00:08:52,978 if you had to find it? Do you have enough food? 190 00:08:52,978 --> 00:08:54,680 - This shit even comes with a damn checklist of everything 191 00:08:54,680 --> 00:08:56,348 you'll during the zombie apocalypse. 192 00:08:56,348 --> 00:08:57,549 And in case you don't know, 193 00:08:57,549 --> 00:08:58,750 bro, the CDC is run by the government. 194 00:08:58,750 --> 00:09:00,218 So why does the government feel 195 00:09:00,218 --> 00:09:02,321 that we need to prepare for a zombie apocalypse? 196 00:09:02,321 --> 00:09:03,822 - DAVE: We're not gonna make it through that 197 00:09:03,822 --> 00:09:05,223 unless we're prepared, 198 00:09:05,223 --> 00:09:07,693 unless we've taken the steps and had the plan, 199 00:09:07,693 --> 00:09:10,562 make a kit, and stay informed. 200 00:09:10,562 --> 00:09:14,766 - NARRATOR: First up, food and supplies. 201 00:09:14,766 --> 00:09:16,134 - In the modern world, 202 00:09:16,134 --> 00:09:18,604 we've implemented enormous numbers of conveniences. 203 00:09:18,604 --> 00:09:20,372 For many people, the zombie apocalypse 204 00:09:20,372 --> 00:09:22,474 rolling into the town, you would see that that 205 00:09:22,474 --> 00:09:24,042 softness would come back to bite many. 206 00:09:24,042 --> 00:09:25,644 You can't just jump on your phone, 207 00:09:25,644 --> 00:09:26,979 hop on to an app, and say, 208 00:09:26,979 --> 00:09:29,014 bring this to my front door for me. 209 00:09:29,014 --> 00:09:30,949 You would have to go out and find it. 210 00:09:30,949 --> 00:09:32,317 What happens when you can't 211 00:09:32,317 --> 00:09:33,986 just run to the grocery store when you're hungry? 212 00:09:33,986 --> 00:09:35,721 What happens when you get a cut 213 00:09:35,721 --> 00:09:37,823 and you don't have a Band-Aid to put on it? 214 00:09:39,625 --> 00:09:41,893 - NARRATOR: When the zombie apocalypse comes, 215 00:09:41,893 --> 00:09:46,465 you'll wanna find a place for your one-stop shopping. 216 00:09:46,465 --> 00:09:49,234 - AMY: TruPrep is an emergency preparedness retail store. 217 00:09:49,234 --> 00:09:51,069 A lot of emergency preparedness items. 218 00:09:51,069 --> 00:09:53,305 So people love to come in and just get their hands on things 219 00:09:53,305 --> 00:09:55,374 and kinda see what we have. 220 00:09:55,374 --> 00:09:59,277 Prepping in its simplest form is really just self-sufficiency. 221 00:09:59,277 --> 00:10:02,014 I'm relying on myself to take care of me. 222 00:10:02,014 --> 00:10:04,583 So it's a big reason why I personally prep. 223 00:10:04,583 --> 00:10:06,785 - MITCH: A true prepper to me is somebody that they basically 224 00:10:06,785 --> 00:10:09,321 have gone out and they have planned and strategized 225 00:10:09,321 --> 00:10:11,790 everything they've done, all their purchasing. 226 00:10:11,790 --> 00:10:13,692 And if, you know, you're worried about society 227 00:10:13,692 --> 00:10:15,193 failing or falling apart, 228 00:10:15,193 --> 00:10:18,764 having a power source, a generator, having food sources, 229 00:10:18,764 --> 00:10:21,700 having water sources, it all makes perfect sense. 230 00:10:21,700 --> 00:10:23,335 - NARRATOR: What about toilet paper? 231 00:10:23,335 --> 00:10:26,171 - That's the last thing I'm worried about if it goes sour. 232 00:10:26,171 --> 00:10:27,572 I mean, there's a hundred other ways 233 00:10:27,572 --> 00:10:28,974 to take care of your business 234 00:10:28,974 --> 00:10:30,976 than to have to go run and get the Charmin, right? 235 00:10:30,976 --> 00:10:32,044 Okay. 236 00:10:35,580 --> 00:10:37,549 - NARRATOR: Any good prepper knows that the first thing 237 00:10:37,549 --> 00:10:41,219 you need to have on hand is a bug-out bag. 238 00:10:41,219 --> 00:10:44,556 - CHUCK: A bug-out bag is exactly what it sounds like. 239 00:10:44,556 --> 00:10:47,159 It's a bag that you use 240 00:10:47,159 --> 00:10:51,496 to bug out with... 241 00:10:51,496 --> 00:10:56,935 so that when the zombies come, you can grab it and you can go 242 00:10:56,935 --> 00:11:00,772 in the woods and just hang out there for 72 hours. 243 00:11:02,140 --> 00:11:03,809 - So a bug-out bag is gonna have 244 00:11:03,809 --> 00:11:05,711 all kinda different things in it. 245 00:11:05,711 --> 00:11:07,813 Organization is huge in a bug-out bag as well, 246 00:11:07,813 --> 00:11:09,081 so you don't wanna just grab a bag 247 00:11:09,081 --> 00:11:10,582 and just start throwing stuff in there. 248 00:11:10,582 --> 00:11:15,020 You really want to be able to find out where everything is. 249 00:11:15,020 --> 00:11:18,723 - NARRATOR: Fresh water and a supply of food are must-haves. 250 00:11:18,723 --> 00:11:22,594 - JOSHUA: There's the, uh, rule of three's: three days no water, 251 00:11:22,594 --> 00:11:24,129 three weeks no food. 252 00:11:24,129 --> 00:11:26,264 That's when you're in trouble. 253 00:11:26,264 --> 00:11:28,266 - This particular bag has a bunch of, um, 254 00:11:28,266 --> 00:11:31,736 just individual water pouches, which is pretty cool. 255 00:11:31,736 --> 00:11:34,139 Um, it has a water bladder in here as well, 256 00:11:34,139 --> 00:11:36,508 so that can be filled up with water. 257 00:11:36,508 --> 00:11:38,443 These are emergency rations. 258 00:11:38,443 --> 00:11:40,278 This is gonna be a high fat content, high calorie, 259 00:11:40,278 --> 00:11:42,114 and it's gonna really give you the energy 260 00:11:42,114 --> 00:11:45,350 to get from point A to point B. 261 00:11:45,350 --> 00:11:46,985 - NARRATOR: And don't forget other essentials 262 00:11:46,985 --> 00:11:51,256 like a first aid kit, sneakers, and an ax. 263 00:11:51,256 --> 00:11:55,994 - CHUCK: An ax will help you make a fire, make shelter. 264 00:11:55,994 --> 00:11:59,364 You don't have to use a lot of energy to wield it, 265 00:11:59,364 --> 00:12:02,033 which is paramount when it comes to surviving 266 00:12:02,033 --> 00:12:04,069 the zombie apocalypse. 267 00:12:04,069 --> 00:12:05,570 - ASHLYNN: As far as medical supplies, 268 00:12:05,570 --> 00:12:07,405 I think it would be really important to also have 269 00:12:07,405 --> 00:12:11,276 a big stockpile of antibiotics, um, bandaging, 270 00:12:11,276 --> 00:12:13,345 anything that can disinfect a wound, 271 00:12:13,345 --> 00:12:15,814 so if that means even hitting the liquor store and getting 272 00:12:15,814 --> 00:12:17,783 the highest-proof alcohol you can. 273 00:12:17,783 --> 00:12:19,584 But as long as you have something to disinfect 274 00:12:19,584 --> 00:12:22,053 and a saw handy in case 275 00:12:22,053 --> 00:12:25,690 you get bit on one of your arms or legs, 276 00:12:25,690 --> 00:12:29,161 uh, you should be set. 277 00:12:29,161 --> 00:12:31,196 - Whenever you're creating a bug-out bag, 278 00:12:31,196 --> 00:12:33,832 I think it's a great idea to get your items together first 279 00:12:33,832 --> 00:12:35,000 and then find your bag. 280 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:36,434 If you find a bag that's too big, 281 00:12:36,434 --> 00:12:38,870 you might feel compelled to really just fill it up, 282 00:12:38,870 --> 00:12:40,939 and it's gonna start getting heavy. 283 00:12:40,939 --> 00:12:43,308 - NARRATOR: If you do need to stock up on rations, 284 00:12:43,308 --> 00:12:47,412 you might think about getting freeze-dried food. 285 00:12:47,412 --> 00:12:49,581 Lots and lots of it. 286 00:12:49,581 --> 00:12:51,716 - Freeze-dried food doesn't need refrigeration. 287 00:12:51,716 --> 00:12:53,185 So if you have anything, uh, 288 00:12:53,185 --> 00:12:56,888 an actual meal will last you 25 years. 289 00:12:56,888 --> 00:12:59,224 So if you want the beef stew one day, 290 00:12:59,224 --> 00:13:00,992 it's gonna be right there on your shelf. 291 00:13:00,992 --> 00:13:02,194 The beef stew is really good. 292 00:13:02,194 --> 00:13:03,762 Chili mac and the beef stroganoff. 293 00:13:03,762 --> 00:13:05,764 I like the granola because you don't have to heat the water. 294 00:13:05,764 --> 00:13:07,866 - MITCH: You don't wanna have to put yourself on a ramen and 295 00:13:07,866 --> 00:13:09,201 peanut butter diet. 296 00:13:09,201 --> 00:13:11,169 That, to me, is a little extreme, right? 297 00:13:12,237 --> 00:13:14,005 - NARRATOR: If you're staying put to survive the zombie 298 00:13:14,005 --> 00:13:19,511 onslaught, be sure to stock up on shelf-stable foods-- 299 00:13:19,511 --> 00:13:23,782 or as they're more commonly known, canned goods. 300 00:13:23,782 --> 00:13:28,353 Pro tip: if your cans are in good condition, meaning no rust, 301 00:13:28,353 --> 00:13:33,258 dents, or swelling, they can last almost forever. 302 00:13:33,258 --> 00:13:35,794 Then there are those who prefer, shall we say, 303 00:13:35,794 --> 00:13:39,331 a 7-11 diet for the apocalypse. 304 00:13:39,331 --> 00:13:42,534 - ASHLYNN: I think for my zombie stockpile food and drink 305 00:13:42,534 --> 00:13:45,570 collection, I definitely want a bunch of caffeine. 306 00:13:45,570 --> 00:13:50,175 Um, lots of beef jerky and protein, keep the energy up. 307 00:13:50,175 --> 00:13:53,912 And, uh, maybe some Cheetos and Doritos to make myself feel good 308 00:13:53,912 --> 00:13:55,513 every once in a while. 309 00:13:55,513 --> 00:13:57,249 But you definitely wanna keep your energy up. 310 00:13:57,249 --> 00:13:59,351 Anything that'll just keep you going. 311 00:14:01,453 --> 00:14:03,521 - NARRATOR: But what if you do if you're locked down at home 312 00:14:03,521 --> 00:14:07,092 and all the grocery stores are overrun? 313 00:14:07,092 --> 00:14:10,996 Easy--go farm to table with a home garden. 314 00:14:10,996 --> 00:14:14,399 Just be sure to plant seasonal crops, 315 00:14:14,399 --> 00:14:17,102 like fruit and vegetables for the warm months 316 00:14:17,102 --> 00:14:20,572 and root vegetables for the colder ones. 317 00:14:20,572 --> 00:14:22,107 So you're set for food. 318 00:14:22,107 --> 00:14:25,010 But how are you gonna stay hydrated 319 00:14:25,010 --> 00:14:30,682 when the water company's overrun by the walking dead? 320 00:14:30,682 --> 00:14:34,319 Just ask Wildfire Smile, a prepper with social media 321 00:14:34,319 --> 00:14:36,721 video views in the millions. 322 00:14:37,789 --> 00:14:39,791 - WILDFIRE SMILE: FEMA says that you should have about one gallon 323 00:14:39,791 --> 00:14:42,027 of water per person in your household. 324 00:14:42,027 --> 00:14:44,195 You can buy containers that hold water. 325 00:14:44,195 --> 00:14:48,900 I got this five pack of fold-down gallons for water. 326 00:14:48,900 --> 00:14:52,070 Just fill those up with tap water and store in a dark place 327 00:14:52,070 --> 00:14:53,738 out of direct sunlight. 328 00:14:53,738 --> 00:14:56,875 As soon as the power goes off, fill up your bathtub all the way 329 00:14:56,875 --> 00:14:58,376 with water. 330 00:14:58,376 --> 00:15:00,612 Now, it doesn't have a lid, so it can be contaminated. 331 00:15:00,612 --> 00:15:03,281 But you can still use it and you can still drink it 332 00:15:03,281 --> 00:15:04,683 if you have the proper tools. 333 00:15:04,683 --> 00:15:07,419 This is a Sawyer mini water filtration system. 334 00:15:07,419 --> 00:15:10,488 It's rated for up to a 100,000 gallons of water, 335 00:15:10,488 --> 00:15:14,259 so you can reuse this and reuse this for a long time. 336 00:15:14,259 --> 00:15:16,561 - AMY: Water filtration is absolutely by far the most 337 00:15:16,561 --> 00:15:20,165 important thing that you should have in emergency preparedness, 338 00:15:20,165 --> 00:15:22,367 because we can live about three days without water. 339 00:15:22,367 --> 00:15:24,169 Your source could be from rain barrels, 340 00:15:24,169 --> 00:15:26,638 your neighborhood swimming pool, a mud puddle, 341 00:15:26,638 --> 00:15:28,239 or anything like that. 342 00:15:28,239 --> 00:15:31,643 But you need a source and you need a way to filter that water. 343 00:15:31,643 --> 00:15:32,911 I kinda think of filtering 344 00:15:32,911 --> 00:15:34,346 as taking out the big chunks, right? 345 00:15:34,346 --> 00:15:36,348 So the things that you don't want to chew on. 346 00:15:40,352 --> 00:15:42,087 - NARRATOR: When the zombies take over, 347 00:15:42,087 --> 00:15:43,455 you're probably not gonna have time 348 00:15:43,455 --> 00:15:46,991 to make it to the hardware store. 349 00:15:46,991 --> 00:15:49,561 So here's how to make a DIY water filter 350 00:15:49,561 --> 00:15:52,964 with supplies lying around your house. 351 00:15:52,964 --> 00:15:55,400 Grab a plastic 2-liter bottle. 352 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:59,571 Stuff the base and top it off with a layer of sand. 353 00:15:59,571 --> 00:16:03,208 Fill two-thirds with charcoal and rocks. 354 00:16:03,208 --> 00:16:05,343 Then pour in your impure water. 355 00:16:07,312 --> 00:16:10,849 The top layers filter out the large particulate matter. 356 00:16:10,849 --> 00:16:14,219 Then the charcoal gives it a finer second filtering. 357 00:16:16,454 --> 00:16:17,722 Finally, drink. 358 00:16:19,491 --> 00:16:21,493 Okay, so when the death and destruction 359 00:16:21,493 --> 00:16:24,162 from the zombie apocalypse begins, 360 00:16:24,162 --> 00:16:26,798 at least you'll have food and water covered. 361 00:16:26,798 --> 00:16:30,602 But if you really wanna prep for the army of the undead, 362 00:16:30,602 --> 00:16:34,339 you first need to know how to avoid becoming one. 363 00:16:38,309 --> 00:16:40,578 - NARRATOR: The old soothsayer Nostradamus says 364 00:16:40,578 --> 00:16:45,984 the zombie apocalypse is imminent--like, soon. 365 00:16:45,984 --> 00:16:47,886 To prepare for this nightmare, 366 00:16:47,886 --> 00:16:49,821 you need to know as much as possible 367 00:16:49,821 --> 00:16:52,223 about what you're dealing with, 368 00:16:52,223 --> 00:16:55,326 starting with where the zombie outbreak may stem from. 369 00:16:55,326 --> 00:17:00,732 - ♪ 370 00:17:00,732 --> 00:17:02,567 - DR. CARLSON: There are absolutely things out there 371 00:17:02,567 --> 00:17:04,068 that could alter your brain activity 372 00:17:04,068 --> 00:17:05,703 or could alter your thought pattern, 373 00:17:05,703 --> 00:17:07,639 you know, from a virus. 374 00:17:07,639 --> 00:17:10,675 So where would a zombie apocalypse virus come from? 375 00:17:10,675 --> 00:17:15,613 - ♪ 376 00:17:15,613 --> 00:17:20,351 - Hypothetically if a zombie apocalypse were to occur, 377 00:17:20,351 --> 00:17:25,890 it could occur if rabies or something like rabies developed 378 00:17:25,890 --> 00:17:29,828 into a more transmissible form. 379 00:17:29,828 --> 00:17:31,729 - DR. CARLSON: The rabies virus alters your mind 380 00:17:31,729 --> 00:17:34,099 into that kind of rage. 381 00:17:34,099 --> 00:17:35,934 You know, you're not really quite yourself. 382 00:17:35,934 --> 00:17:37,969 You know, you're more aggressive. 383 00:17:37,969 --> 00:17:40,805 It's not too far away to say that nature will find a way. 384 00:17:40,805 --> 00:17:42,207 - [dogs barking] 385 00:17:42,207 --> 00:17:45,477 - Now, think about what rabies does to a dog. 386 00:17:45,477 --> 00:17:47,879 It makes it hard for them to think clearly. 387 00:17:47,879 --> 00:17:49,581 It makes them more aggressive. 388 00:17:49,581 --> 00:17:51,816 They start biting. They start scratching. 389 00:17:51,816 --> 00:17:54,486 They start foaming at the mouth. 390 00:17:54,486 --> 00:17:56,221 - NARRATOR: And just like rabies, 391 00:17:56,221 --> 00:17:58,256 this zombie scourge would attack 392 00:17:58,256 --> 00:18:02,460 the most vulnerable point of our body--our brain. 393 00:18:04,429 --> 00:18:07,232 - ROBERT: Zombies seem to have lost their personality. 394 00:18:07,232 --> 00:18:08,666 So this would suggest the changes 395 00:18:08,666 --> 00:18:11,069 within the frontal cortex of the brain-- 396 00:18:11,069 --> 00:18:12,570 this is these regions here-- 397 00:18:12,570 --> 00:18:15,840 our cognition, our personality. 398 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:18,376 - DR. CHASE: It's kind of like we stripped out every aspect of 399 00:18:18,376 --> 00:18:20,545 communication, every aspect of personality, 400 00:18:20,545 --> 00:18:23,248 but we left behind things like aggression. 401 00:18:23,248 --> 00:18:27,652 We left behind things like capacity for violence. 402 00:18:27,652 --> 00:18:31,556 - NARRATOR: Bottom line: be aware of your environment. 403 00:18:31,556 --> 00:18:35,660 If your neighbor starts acting more like Cujo than Ken, 404 00:18:35,660 --> 00:18:38,663 you know the zombie apocalypse has begun. 405 00:18:41,132 --> 00:18:44,469 But viruses aren't Mother Nature's only way 406 00:18:44,469 --> 00:18:48,106 of turning things into The Walking Dead. 407 00:18:48,106 --> 00:18:50,575 Real-life parasites can do it as well. 408 00:18:50,575 --> 00:18:54,112 - ♪ 409 00:18:54,112 --> 00:18:57,348 - There are a number of forms of zombie-like behavior that we can 410 00:18:57,348 --> 00:18:59,484 observe in the natural world. 411 00:18:59,484 --> 00:19:01,252 We see changes in rat behavior 412 00:19:01,252 --> 00:19:05,690 when they're infected with toxoplasmosis. 413 00:19:05,690 --> 00:19:08,259 - NARRATOR: Toxicaraplasma gondii, 414 00:19:08,259 --> 00:19:10,495 better known as the zombie parasite, 415 00:19:10,495 --> 00:19:13,598 is rooted in the intestines of cats. 416 00:19:13,598 --> 00:19:18,403 There, it begins reproducing and creating offspring parasites. 417 00:19:18,403 --> 00:19:19,704 But these little buggers 418 00:19:19,704 --> 00:19:23,207 don't stay inside their cat host for long. 419 00:19:23,207 --> 00:19:26,110 The feline unleashes the parasite on the world 420 00:19:26,110 --> 00:19:28,179 through its feces and urine, 421 00:19:28,179 --> 00:19:32,083 which in turn infects rodents in the area. 422 00:19:32,083 --> 00:19:35,587 And here's the insidious part: the parasite then acts like 423 00:19:35,587 --> 00:19:39,157 a Trojan horse inside its new rodent host, 424 00:19:39,157 --> 00:19:42,594 altering the code inside its brain. 425 00:19:42,594 --> 00:19:46,364 Now not only are they no longer afraid of cats, 426 00:19:46,364 --> 00:19:50,335 they're actually drawn to them. 427 00:19:50,335 --> 00:19:52,537 - The rats, instead of being adverse 428 00:19:52,537 --> 00:19:54,072 to the smell of cat urine, 429 00:19:54,072 --> 00:19:57,542 now find it something that they want to investigate. 430 00:19:57,542 --> 00:19:59,777 So you've got a change in the behavior of the rat 431 00:19:59,777 --> 00:20:03,214 due to this infection that makes the rat more likely 432 00:20:03,214 --> 00:20:05,316 to be caught by the cat, and therefore, 433 00:20:05,316 --> 00:20:08,252 to then continue the cycle of infection 434 00:20:08,252 --> 00:20:10,021 with the species. 435 00:20:10,021 --> 00:20:13,391 - NARRATOR: Now imagine a human zombie outbreak 436 00:20:13,391 --> 00:20:16,494 following the same science. 437 00:20:16,494 --> 00:20:20,031 In other words, keep on the lookout for dramatic shifts 438 00:20:20,031 --> 00:20:22,200 in your loved ones' behavior. 439 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:23,468 It could be the first sign 440 00:20:23,468 --> 00:20:27,405 they've been infected by a zombie parasite. 441 00:20:27,405 --> 00:20:31,943 But perhaps the most shocking form of real-life zombies 442 00:20:31,943 --> 00:20:34,078 happens in the insect world. 443 00:20:34,078 --> 00:20:37,248 - ♪ 444 00:20:37,248 --> 00:20:40,084 - This is a fungus that might start the zombie apocalypse. 445 00:20:40,084 --> 00:20:41,919 Well, at least for ants. But if it did infect people, 446 00:20:41,919 --> 00:20:44,689 this is probably what would happen to us. 447 00:20:44,689 --> 00:20:46,291 - DR. CARLSON: In nature we have something called 448 00:20:46,291 --> 00:20:47,659 the Cordyceps fungus, 449 00:20:47,659 --> 00:20:51,696 a fungus in South America that affects only ants. 450 00:20:51,696 --> 00:20:54,232 Basically what it does is the spores from a fungus will fall 451 00:20:54,232 --> 00:20:56,768 from a tree onto an ant. 452 00:20:56,768 --> 00:20:59,103 The fungus buries into the ant's brain, uh, 453 00:20:59,103 --> 00:21:00,605 alters something in the ant's mind, 454 00:21:00,605 --> 00:21:04,475 forces the ant to climb to the tallest branch it can. 455 00:21:04,475 --> 00:21:06,711 And then from that point, the ant dies, 456 00:21:06,711 --> 00:21:09,547 and the fungus actually erupts from it and spreads the spores 457 00:21:09,547 --> 00:21:11,282 down to other ants. 458 00:21:11,282 --> 00:21:13,117 And that's how a Cordyceps fungus 459 00:21:13,117 --> 00:21:15,119 actually propagates itself. 460 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:18,523 So right there, you actually have a living example 461 00:21:18,523 --> 00:21:21,459 of what we can consider a zombie. 462 00:21:21,459 --> 00:21:23,795 Something that is mind altering, taking over the mind, 463 00:21:23,795 --> 00:21:25,596 or forcing the body to do something. 464 00:21:27,765 --> 00:21:29,634 Or, if you're in Florida, you have Florida Man doing 465 00:21:29,634 --> 00:21:31,235 all sorts of weird things. 466 00:21:31,235 --> 00:21:35,406 - ♪ 467 00:21:35,406 --> 00:21:39,077 - NARRATOR: May 26, 2012. Miami, Florida. 468 00:21:39,077 --> 00:21:44,315 Below this overpass, 31-year-old Rudy Eugene rips his clothes off 469 00:21:44,315 --> 00:21:49,987 and starts gnawing on a homeless man's face in broad daylight. 470 00:21:49,987 --> 00:21:52,223 - So I think everyone's heard of the guy in Florida 471 00:21:52,223 --> 00:21:53,858 who ate somebody's face off. 472 00:21:53,858 --> 00:21:57,895 I'd say that's definitely zombie-like behavior. 473 00:21:57,895 --> 00:22:01,332 - ROBERT: To see someone attempt cannibalism on someone 474 00:22:01,332 --> 00:22:04,335 in such an extreme and violent way, 475 00:22:04,335 --> 00:22:07,739 one would really want to have a better understanding of what was 476 00:22:07,739 --> 00:22:10,208 actually happening to that person at that time 477 00:22:10,208 --> 00:22:12,543 that could've caused such behavior. 478 00:22:12,543 --> 00:22:14,545 - NARRATOR: Police say Eugene may have been taking 479 00:22:14,545 --> 00:22:18,382 a synthetic drug called bath salts. 480 00:22:18,382 --> 00:22:21,152 This mind-altering narcotic can cause violent, 481 00:22:21,152 --> 00:22:25,890 uncontrolled outbursts-- not unlike what we see in... 482 00:22:25,890 --> 00:22:27,158 well, you know. 483 00:22:28,459 --> 00:22:29,761 - [zombies growling] 484 00:22:29,761 --> 00:22:31,095 - DR. CARLSON: That would've been the zombie. 485 00:22:31,095 --> 00:22:32,263 - [zombie hissing] 486 00:22:32,263 --> 00:22:33,731 - That's what we would've seen happening. 487 00:22:33,731 --> 00:22:35,333 - NARRATOR: A zombie apocalypse 488 00:22:35,333 --> 00:22:39,771 triggered by our own illicit drugs. 489 00:22:39,771 --> 00:22:41,606 - Zombies aren't actually just 490 00:22:41,606 --> 00:22:44,642 what we would consider science fiction. 491 00:22:44,642 --> 00:22:47,044 In the ancient Greek times, when someone was buried, 492 00:22:47,044 --> 00:22:49,714 the Greeks used to put stones on top of their dead 493 00:22:49,714 --> 00:22:52,116 in order to stop them from rising from the dead. 494 00:22:54,051 --> 00:22:57,655 - DR. KEOHANE: We have cases throughout Ireland and other 495 00:22:57,655 --> 00:23:00,191 countries where people were buried 496 00:23:00,191 --> 00:23:02,927 and then seemingly came back. 497 00:23:02,927 --> 00:23:05,830 Even in New England, there were traditions 498 00:23:05,830 --> 00:23:08,499 on how to prevent against people to rise as vampires, 499 00:23:08,499 --> 00:23:09,867 which we can kind of, again, 500 00:23:09,867 --> 00:23:12,703 see as a zombie, the idea of the undead walking. 501 00:23:12,703 --> 00:23:15,907 By the end of the 1800s, right around the time Bram Stroker is 502 00:23:15,907 --> 00:23:17,642 going to come out with his Dracula, 503 00:23:17,642 --> 00:23:21,445 there is a big fear of these zombies coming back 504 00:23:21,445 --> 00:23:23,181 and rising from the dead. 505 00:23:25,283 --> 00:23:30,021 - In Haiti, those same signs can be read as signs that 506 00:23:30,021 --> 00:23:32,089 this person is a zombie. 507 00:23:32,089 --> 00:23:36,460 This is not a national joke or a hoax or anything like that. 508 00:23:36,460 --> 00:23:39,263 Many people in Haiti really believe in zombies. 509 00:23:41,232 --> 00:23:42,533 - ASHLYNN: The Haitian zombie 510 00:23:42,533 --> 00:23:45,336 is more rooted in folklore and religion. 511 00:23:45,336 --> 00:23:48,673 And this kind of consists of 512 00:23:48,673 --> 00:23:51,609 taking a corpse that's recently passed 513 00:23:51,609 --> 00:23:54,345 and then harnessing that person's soul before it moves 514 00:23:54,345 --> 00:23:56,347 into the afterlife for your own gain. 515 00:23:56,347 --> 00:24:01,419 So this is very literally a mindless person who is under 516 00:24:01,419 --> 00:24:04,622 the control of your whim. 517 00:24:04,622 --> 00:24:07,725 Basically the purpose of a Haitian zombie is to do 518 00:24:07,725 --> 00:24:09,594 the will of the owner. 519 00:24:09,594 --> 00:24:13,297 They're there as a servant to their master. 520 00:24:13,297 --> 00:24:16,767 - NARRATOR: Some Haitian zombie cases can be explained away, 521 00:24:16,767 --> 00:24:18,269 but not all of them. 522 00:24:20,037 --> 00:24:24,675 - JIM: There are cases where someone has been declared 523 00:24:24,675 --> 00:24:28,012 clinically dead and has been buried, 524 00:24:28,012 --> 00:24:30,781 and then has shown up years later 525 00:24:30,781 --> 00:24:35,019 and really been the same person and really been alive. 526 00:24:35,019 --> 00:24:39,423 A famous case of this is a man named Clairvius Narceese. 527 00:24:39,423 --> 00:24:43,294 In the 1960s, Mr. Narceese was, uh, 528 00:24:43,294 --> 00:24:45,429 declared dead by two physicians. 529 00:24:45,429 --> 00:24:50,668 And then, years later, he runs into his sister and says, 530 00:24:50,668 --> 00:24:54,872 "I was taken out of my grave by a Bokor 531 00:24:54,872 --> 00:24:58,075 and I was turned into a zombie." 532 00:24:58,075 --> 00:25:00,711 - NARRATOR: The key to this modern-day zombie-ism is a kind 533 00:25:00,711 --> 00:25:04,148 of poison made by the puffer fish. 534 00:25:04,148 --> 00:25:08,819 - ♪ 535 00:25:08,819 --> 00:25:13,391 - We have seen that used by Bokors or dark priests in, uh, 536 00:25:13,391 --> 00:25:18,062 voodoo, when they would basically give this poison 537 00:25:18,062 --> 00:25:22,500 to an individual and their breathing would slow way down, 538 00:25:22,500 --> 00:25:24,835 to the point that they were almost dead. 539 00:25:24,835 --> 00:25:28,739 - JIMMY: It will leave you paralyzed, but conscious, 540 00:25:28,739 --> 00:25:31,108 which is one of the things that various people 541 00:25:31,108 --> 00:25:34,912 who experienced zombification have reported-- 542 00:25:34,912 --> 00:25:38,215 that during the period they were supposedly dead, 543 00:25:38,215 --> 00:25:42,987 they actually were conscious the whole time. 544 00:25:42,987 --> 00:25:45,423 - DR. CARLSON: So if somebody in a sinister lab decided, like, 545 00:25:45,423 --> 00:25:48,326 I'm gonna take this and alter it with these genetics, 546 00:25:48,326 --> 00:25:49,794 and then make it do this, 547 00:25:49,794 --> 00:25:51,929 like we saw in the movie Twelve Monkeys, 548 00:25:51,929 --> 00:25:54,599 just see it just completely devolve 549 00:25:54,599 --> 00:25:57,335 and spread super fast. 550 00:25:57,335 --> 00:25:59,770 - I think one of the number-one things that a lot of us are 551 00:25:59,770 --> 00:26:02,907 gonna jump to is that our government is experimenting. 552 00:26:02,907 --> 00:26:07,812 - ♪ 553 00:26:07,812 --> 00:26:10,348 - DR. KEOHANE: Throughout the last 170 years, 554 00:26:10,348 --> 00:26:14,885 we have various experiments on civilians or on soldiers that 555 00:26:14,885 --> 00:26:16,721 we would no longer allow today, 556 00:26:16,721 --> 00:26:19,357 but that throughout our history have. 557 00:26:19,357 --> 00:26:21,359 - DR. CARLSON: I think it's absolutely possible that there 558 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:22,660 could be experimentation going on 559 00:26:22,660 --> 00:26:24,929 because we've seen it in the past. 560 00:26:24,929 --> 00:26:27,498 - NARRATOR: There have been many documented cases of doctors 561 00:26:27,498 --> 00:26:29,266 and even the US government 562 00:26:29,266 --> 00:26:33,771 using innocent people as human guinea pigs. 563 00:26:33,771 --> 00:26:36,941 - We have the gynecological experiments by a doctor 564 00:26:36,941 --> 00:26:39,577 on enslaved women in the 1800s. 565 00:26:39,577 --> 00:26:44,648 We have the Tuskegee Experiment on Black men with syphilis 566 00:26:44,648 --> 00:26:48,152 in the 1930s to 1970s. 567 00:26:48,152 --> 00:26:53,891 And one of the most maybe well known 568 00:26:53,891 --> 00:26:55,693 is the US government experiments 569 00:26:55,693 --> 00:26:59,230 from the 1950s to the 1970s. 570 00:26:59,230 --> 00:27:00,965 - NARRATOR: During that Cold War era, 571 00:27:00,965 --> 00:27:04,301 the CIA began testing a new manmade drug they hoped would 572 00:27:04,301 --> 00:27:06,370 lead to mind control. 573 00:27:06,370 --> 00:27:09,607 It was called LSD. 574 00:27:09,607 --> 00:27:10,975 - DR. KEOHANE: It was attempted 575 00:27:10,975 --> 00:27:13,677 by a portion of the US government 576 00:27:13,677 --> 00:27:16,781 to see what LSD did to the human brain 577 00:27:16,781 --> 00:27:20,317 and if it could be used as a weapon. 578 00:27:21,886 --> 00:27:23,621 - NARRATOR: These once-classified studies 579 00:27:23,621 --> 00:27:26,123 were shut down decades ago. 580 00:27:26,123 --> 00:27:31,262 Still, could the government be testing new drugs today? 581 00:27:31,262 --> 00:27:35,800 The kind that turn people into man-eating beasts? 582 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:37,401 - ROBERT: I certainly wouldn't want to be accusing 583 00:27:37,401 --> 00:27:40,171 the government of dosing somebody with something 584 00:27:40,171 --> 00:27:42,573 that caused them to act like a zombie. 585 00:27:42,573 --> 00:27:44,942 - DR. KEOHANE: The question of whether the US government can 586 00:27:44,942 --> 00:27:48,713 still be carrying out unethical experiments on people... 587 00:27:48,713 --> 00:27:51,282 most likely the answer is yes. 588 00:27:51,282 --> 00:27:55,252 We won't find out for decades that all of this happened. 589 00:27:55,252 --> 00:27:58,489 - NARRATOR: So what if a zombie drug really is being 590 00:27:58,489 --> 00:28:01,225 manufactured and tested today? 591 00:28:01,225 --> 00:28:04,562 Could someone unleash such a biological weapon on the world 592 00:28:04,562 --> 00:28:06,997 and trigger a zombie apocalypse? 593 00:28:06,997 --> 00:28:10,434 - ♪ 594 00:28:10,434 --> 00:28:11,635 - If somebody really wanted to 595 00:28:11,635 --> 00:28:13,270 that had the ability and the capability 596 00:28:13,270 --> 00:28:15,272 to introduce a foreign substance, or a toxin, 597 00:28:15,272 --> 00:28:18,142 or poison into a water supply, overall it's definitely possible 598 00:28:18,142 --> 00:28:20,444 that something like that can be introduced. 599 00:28:20,444 --> 00:28:25,049 - CHUCK: I suppose this could be used as a biological weapon 600 00:28:25,049 --> 00:28:27,818 by different factions. 601 00:28:27,818 --> 00:28:31,288 But it's crazy to try to speculate on just what 602 00:28:31,288 --> 00:28:35,726 it actually could be or who could actually be behind it. 603 00:28:35,726 --> 00:28:39,130 - NARRATOR: So you know how the zombie apocalypse will start. 604 00:28:39,130 --> 00:28:42,233 Now you've gotta prepare yourself for the spread. 605 00:28:42,233 --> 00:28:48,239 - ♪ 606 00:28:48,239 --> 00:28:52,042 - ROBERT: If a pandemic-type zombie event were to occur, 607 00:28:52,042 --> 00:28:54,712 you would expect there to be a, uh, patient zero, 608 00:28:54,712 --> 00:28:58,449 a first person to be infected. 609 00:28:58,449 --> 00:29:01,886 - And it then spread from one person to another, 610 00:29:01,886 --> 00:29:05,422 either by physical contact or in an airborne. 611 00:29:08,125 --> 00:29:10,794 - NARRATOR: Once the zombie plague enters your bloodstream, 612 00:29:10,794 --> 00:29:13,430 it takes root, festering. 613 00:29:13,430 --> 00:29:14,999 - DR. CARLSON: So let's just say you've got 614 00:29:14,999 --> 00:29:16,500 12 days of transmissibility. 615 00:29:16,500 --> 00:29:19,170 After three days in incubation period, that's 15 days. 616 00:29:19,170 --> 00:29:21,572 That means that when you contract it, 617 00:29:21,572 --> 00:29:26,544 that is 15 days to spread that virus to anybody 618 00:29:26,544 --> 00:29:28,913 who's in contact with you. 619 00:29:28,913 --> 00:29:30,247 - ALYSSA: You may not know it's here, 620 00:29:30,247 --> 00:29:32,683 but then all of a sudden, everything comes to fruition 621 00:29:32,683 --> 00:29:34,218 and you start to see it take effect. 622 00:29:34,218 --> 00:29:39,089 Within a matter of weeks, it's on other sides of the country. 623 00:29:39,089 --> 00:29:40,624 - DR. CARLSON: Let's take Los Angeles, for instance. 624 00:29:40,624 --> 00:29:42,159 Let's say it started there. 625 00:29:42,159 --> 00:29:46,330 I think it will spread extremely fast because everybody getting 626 00:29:46,330 --> 00:29:49,166 on planes from LAX going to different parts of the world. 627 00:29:49,166 --> 00:29:51,235 Now that's spread across the ocean. 628 00:29:51,235 --> 00:29:53,537 You know, you're not gonna be able to contain that. 629 00:29:53,537 --> 00:29:57,074 So within two weeks, you've got massive transmissions 630 00:29:57,074 --> 00:29:58,609 on a global scale. 631 00:29:58,609 --> 00:30:00,945 It's out of control. 632 00:30:00,945 --> 00:30:02,713 - They start biting. They start scratching. 633 00:30:02,713 --> 00:30:04,982 They start foaming at the mouth. 634 00:30:04,982 --> 00:30:08,085 - ALYSSA: Insomnia and delirium. Their eyes look sunken. 635 00:30:08,085 --> 00:30:10,654 Like, close to a skeleton, that zombie appearance. 636 00:30:13,090 --> 00:30:15,626 - NARRATOR: It's too late to stop it. 637 00:30:15,626 --> 00:30:19,630 The zombie apocalypse is taking over the planet. 638 00:30:19,630 --> 00:30:23,000 If you wanna survive, you're gonna need to hunker down 639 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,469 and fortify the home front. 640 00:30:25,469 --> 00:30:27,338 We've got tips on how. 641 00:30:29,940 --> 00:30:31,242 - [zombie growling] 642 00:30:31,242 --> 00:30:33,544 - NARRATOR: It's the zombie's monstrous bite, 643 00:30:33,544 --> 00:30:37,881 tearing at its victim's flesh with an unrelenting fervor, 644 00:30:37,881 --> 00:30:41,151 that terrifies us the most. 645 00:30:41,151 --> 00:30:44,321 - The reason that zombies attack in such a frenzied manner 646 00:30:44,321 --> 00:30:48,192 is probably a mix of their craving for living flesh, 647 00:30:48,192 --> 00:30:50,961 but also their rabid state. 648 00:30:50,961 --> 00:30:53,597 So they are completely irrational, 649 00:30:53,597 --> 00:30:55,933 completely rage-filled beings. 650 00:30:55,933 --> 00:30:58,302 They're attacking and eating. 651 00:30:58,302 --> 00:31:00,571 - Zombies, in a sense, are a pack of wolves, 652 00:31:00,571 --> 00:31:03,107 where they know that they have to support each other in order 653 00:31:03,107 --> 00:31:05,309 for all of them to survive. 654 00:31:05,309 --> 00:31:08,345 - CHUCK: Zombies would be incredibly dangerous. 655 00:31:08,345 --> 00:31:11,882 They are able to proliferate their numbers 656 00:31:11,882 --> 00:31:13,684 relatively quickly. 657 00:31:13,684 --> 00:31:16,687 One bite is all it takes. 658 00:31:16,687 --> 00:31:18,956 - I would saw my leg off in an instant if I got bit. 659 00:31:18,956 --> 00:31:21,025 I'd have to. 660 00:31:21,025 --> 00:31:22,126 - NARRATOR: If you want to avoid 661 00:31:22,126 --> 00:31:24,728 the undead's bacteria-laden bite, 662 00:31:24,728 --> 00:31:26,463 you're gonna need the right gear. 663 00:31:28,532 --> 00:31:31,101 - A lot of people make the mistake of thinking that they 664 00:31:31,101 --> 00:31:34,805 need to look cool to survive the zombie apocalypse. 665 00:31:34,805 --> 00:31:40,344 But the more armor you wear, the more weighed down you are. 666 00:31:40,344 --> 00:31:44,381 But the heavier the armor, the harder it's gonna be to move. 667 00:31:44,381 --> 00:31:47,418 So I would suggest you wear bracers, 668 00:31:47,418 --> 00:31:48,886 because you could keep a zombie back 669 00:31:48,886 --> 00:31:50,754 just by putting your arm up. 670 00:31:50,754 --> 00:31:52,890 - NARRATOR: Of course, some experts say there's an even 671 00:31:52,890 --> 00:31:57,127 simpler solution to avoid being bitten. 672 00:31:57,127 --> 00:31:59,196 - ASHLYNN: The best way to defend yourself against a zombie 673 00:31:59,196 --> 00:32:01,665 is to stay quiet and stay away from them. 674 00:32:01,665 --> 00:32:05,035 That sounds so cliché and the easiest thing to do. 675 00:32:05,035 --> 00:32:08,706 But I'd say staying away is your best defense. 676 00:32:08,706 --> 00:32:10,541 - [zombie growling] 677 00:32:10,541 --> 00:32:11,975 - NARRATOR: If you want to survive the hordes 678 00:32:11,975 --> 00:32:14,211 of mindless brain eaters, 679 00:32:14,211 --> 00:32:17,781 your best bet is to simply hunker down. 680 00:32:17,781 --> 00:32:23,253 - ♪ 681 00:32:23,253 --> 00:32:25,589 - NARRATOR: So for the next item on your prepping list, 682 00:32:25,589 --> 00:32:28,225 you'll need shelter. 683 00:32:28,225 --> 00:32:32,162 - The best plan is to stay put in your house. 684 00:32:32,162 --> 00:32:34,231 If you know your house, if you know your neighborhood, 685 00:32:34,231 --> 00:32:36,100 if you've made the prior plans to it, 686 00:32:36,100 --> 00:32:39,136 you know that area better than anybody else. 687 00:32:39,136 --> 00:32:40,637 You can plan your escape routes. 688 00:32:40,637 --> 00:32:43,207 You can barricade certain exits so there's only way in 689 00:32:43,207 --> 00:32:45,743 and only one way out that you know. 690 00:32:45,743 --> 00:32:48,145 - Your ideal location is always gonna be your home. 691 00:32:48,145 --> 00:32:49,613 I truly believe that. 692 00:32:49,613 --> 00:32:51,849 If you can take your home and just have it ready, 693 00:32:51,849 --> 00:32:53,917 that is by far the best place. 694 00:32:53,917 --> 00:32:57,454 You can do things to your home to make it your safe place, 695 00:32:57,454 --> 00:32:59,423 your own little fortress, because, I mean, 696 00:32:59,423 --> 00:33:02,960 if you imagine the entire city just picking up and heading out, 697 00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:04,094 it's just complete chaos. 698 00:33:04,094 --> 00:33:06,263 I mean, where are they going? 699 00:33:06,263 --> 00:33:08,832 - If you are prepared for 72 hours, 700 00:33:08,832 --> 00:33:14,338 that gives you three days to sit at home and watch everybody else 701 00:33:14,338 --> 00:33:19,309 fight for resources and die. 702 00:33:19,309 --> 00:33:24,481 Less population, the less zombies are gonna be around. 703 00:33:24,481 --> 00:33:27,217 - I'm just trying to hold my place for the time being. 704 00:33:27,217 --> 00:33:30,053 And I'm trying to forecast where things are gonna go. 705 00:33:30,053 --> 00:33:31,488 Are they gonna take a turn for the worst? 706 00:33:31,488 --> 00:33:34,224 Are we gonna see riots and chaos? 707 00:33:34,224 --> 00:33:36,293 - NARRATOR: Some doomsdayers aren't gonna hang out 708 00:33:36,293 --> 00:33:39,630 in home sweet home when the zombies come. 709 00:33:39,630 --> 00:33:43,400 They have, shall we say, alternative accommodations. 710 00:33:45,903 --> 00:33:50,774 - Preppers have been buying these old Cold War bunkers. 711 00:33:50,774 --> 00:33:53,710 And they've been fixing 'em up. 712 00:33:53,710 --> 00:33:55,779 - It's almost like a little mini home, right? 713 00:33:55,779 --> 00:33:58,015 So you're eating, you're drinking, you're sleeping, 714 00:33:58,015 --> 00:33:59,283 you're going to the bathroom. 715 00:33:59,283 --> 00:34:00,551 Hopefully you're showering. 716 00:34:00,551 --> 00:34:02,386 And you're keeping yourself entertained. 717 00:34:02,386 --> 00:34:04,321 A bunker's just kind of like a little miniature house 718 00:34:04,321 --> 00:34:07,724 underground that you can survive in. 719 00:34:07,724 --> 00:34:10,861 - Do I have a plan for the zombie apocalypse? 720 00:34:10,861 --> 00:34:12,362 I definitely would do bunker. 721 00:34:12,362 --> 00:34:14,898 That way nobody knows where you are. 722 00:34:14,898 --> 00:34:17,100 If it's underground, I don't think a zombie's gonna think, 723 00:34:17,100 --> 00:34:18,402 oh, let me dig right here. 724 00:34:18,402 --> 00:34:19,636 And oh, what do you know? 725 00:34:19,636 --> 00:34:21,605 Doors. Like--[laughs] 726 00:34:21,605 --> 00:34:23,574 - NARRATOR: Just don't bring any guests. 727 00:34:23,574 --> 00:34:25,909 - You'll be hard pressed, uh, to find someone who's gonna really 728 00:34:25,909 --> 00:34:28,011 kind of let you know what's going on because it defeats 729 00:34:28,011 --> 00:34:29,580 the purpose, right? 730 00:34:29,580 --> 00:34:30,948 There's gonna be bunkers out there 731 00:34:30,948 --> 00:34:32,549 you're never gonna know about. 732 00:34:32,549 --> 00:34:34,418 You could walk past one walking your dog straight on top of one, 733 00:34:34,418 --> 00:34:36,620 you're never gonna know. 734 00:34:36,620 --> 00:34:39,923 - NARRATOR: Some folks take their bunkers to the extreme, 735 00:34:39,923 --> 00:34:42,292 ready for the worst case scenario. 736 00:34:42,292 --> 00:34:44,962 - [zombie roaring] 737 00:34:44,962 --> 00:34:49,199 - Guys, I'm Ron Hubbard from Atlas Survival Shelters. 738 00:34:49,199 --> 00:34:53,070 This is what I do. I go install bunkers. 739 00:34:53,070 --> 00:34:55,506 There's a special lock right here 740 00:34:55,506 --> 00:34:58,342 that you have to reach your hand into. 741 00:34:58,342 --> 00:35:00,410 Pull this kind of lock out right here. 742 00:35:02,946 --> 00:35:07,885 Then the hatch will pretty much open up on its own. 743 00:35:07,885 --> 00:35:11,655 - [hatch creaks open] 744 00:35:11,655 --> 00:35:14,291 - Uh, we're actually going down in a shelter. 745 00:35:14,291 --> 00:35:15,492 You can have a staircase 746 00:35:15,492 --> 00:35:16,894 if you don't want the ship's ladder. 747 00:35:16,894 --> 00:35:19,363 But I have no problem with the ship's ladder. 748 00:35:19,363 --> 00:35:21,565 This is 20 feet underground. 749 00:35:28,205 --> 00:35:30,507 So when you walk into your shelter, 750 00:35:30,507 --> 00:35:32,476 this is what you'd find out for a month. 751 00:35:32,476 --> 00:35:35,612 Have your clothes underneath here. 752 00:35:35,612 --> 00:35:38,982 All your food... 753 00:35:38,982 --> 00:35:41,385 is stored underneath the floors. 754 00:35:41,385 --> 00:35:45,422 You have your bathtub, sink, vanity. 755 00:35:45,422 --> 00:35:47,424 Bathroom back there. 756 00:35:47,424 --> 00:35:49,993 Now, if for any reason 757 00:35:49,993 --> 00:35:54,531 your shelter was invaded 758 00:35:54,531 --> 00:35:57,534 or you had to get out of here quick, 759 00:35:57,534 --> 00:36:00,470 you can make your clandestine escape 760 00:36:00,470 --> 00:36:01,905 through the escape tunnel. 761 00:36:03,807 --> 00:36:05,642 - NARRATOR: While some are reclaiming old bunkers 762 00:36:05,642 --> 00:36:08,045 that have stood the test of time, 763 00:36:08,045 --> 00:36:09,713 others are building state-of-the-art 764 00:36:09,713 --> 00:36:14,484 luxury facilities for the new millennium. 765 00:36:14,484 --> 00:36:17,020 - It's a little rich for my blood to have my own bunker. 766 00:36:17,020 --> 00:36:18,155 That might be a little extreme 767 00:36:18,155 --> 00:36:19,823 for somebody on a limited budget. 768 00:36:19,823 --> 00:36:22,392 But there are people out there that go full tilt. 769 00:36:23,594 --> 00:36:26,296 - NARRATOR: Back in the day, bunkers were seen as a way 770 00:36:26,296 --> 00:36:30,000 to ensure survival from an all-out nuclear war. 771 00:36:33,203 --> 00:36:35,172 - In my generation, what we always thought 772 00:36:35,172 --> 00:36:36,640 was we were gonna go to bed, 773 00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:38,508 there was gonna be a nuclear war, and that was it. 774 00:36:38,508 --> 00:36:40,043 We would never wake up. 775 00:36:40,043 --> 00:36:44,214 And so that was the life we knew. 776 00:36:44,214 --> 00:36:48,118 - NARRATOR: It's zombies, not commies, that terrify us today. 777 00:36:48,118 --> 00:36:51,922 But not all zombies are alike. 778 00:36:51,922 --> 00:36:55,158 They come with a terrifying assortment of behaviors 779 00:36:55,158 --> 00:36:57,127 and attack modes. 780 00:36:57,127 --> 00:36:59,429 If you wanna survive them, 781 00:36:59,429 --> 00:37:01,732 you gotta know your enemy first. 782 00:37:04,968 --> 00:37:12,976 - ♪ 783 00:37:12,976 --> 00:37:16,146 - ALYSSA: I think what terrifies me the most about zombies 784 00:37:16,146 --> 00:37:18,482 is what kind of zombies will we get. 785 00:37:18,482 --> 00:37:20,183 No zombie is ever truly the same. 786 00:37:20,183 --> 00:37:22,052 There's always different types. 787 00:37:22,052 --> 00:37:26,490 - ♪ 788 00:37:26,490 --> 00:37:29,459 - CHUCK: There are a ton of different kinds of zombies. 789 00:37:29,459 --> 00:37:33,163 A zombie threat depends on its speed and how many numbers 790 00:37:33,163 --> 00:37:34,865 there are around you. 791 00:37:34,865 --> 00:37:37,434 If there are a lot of zombies, even if they're slow, 792 00:37:37,434 --> 00:37:40,504 it's gonna be very difficult to move around them. 793 00:37:40,504 --> 00:37:42,939 If it's one zombie, but he's fast, 794 00:37:42,939 --> 00:37:46,710 it's gonna be very difficult to get away. 795 00:37:46,710 --> 00:37:50,681 - So if we got, like, the really fast zombies, 796 00:37:50,681 --> 00:37:53,116 I know that there's no way I'm gonna make it. 797 00:37:53,116 --> 00:37:56,553 [laughs] Like, versus, like, the slower ones, you know? 798 00:37:56,553 --> 00:37:58,622 It'll take them seven years to finally get to you. 799 00:37:58,622 --> 00:38:02,759 - ♪ 800 00:38:02,759 --> 00:38:04,461 - Slow zombies are much more preferred. 801 00:38:04,461 --> 00:38:06,263 Fast zombies scare me. 802 00:38:06,263 --> 00:38:08,098 - DR. CHASE: All right, you're afraid you're not fast enough? 803 00:38:08,098 --> 00:38:09,399 One zombie can run. 804 00:38:09,399 --> 00:38:10,734 You're afraid that you're not smart enough? 805 00:38:10,734 --> 00:38:12,002 These zombies know how to communicate 806 00:38:12,002 --> 00:38:14,571 and can work together in a pack-like manner. 807 00:38:14,571 --> 00:38:15,972 You don't think that you're strong enough? 808 00:38:15,972 --> 00:38:18,575 Well, these zombies can punch through doors. 809 00:38:18,575 --> 00:38:21,511 That just sets the stage for panic and anxiety to start to 810 00:38:21,511 --> 00:38:23,513 become overwhelming. 811 00:38:23,513 --> 00:38:26,249 - NARRATOR: Fast or slow, all zombies share one 812 00:38:26,249 --> 00:38:29,052 characteristic... 813 00:38:29,052 --> 00:38:31,288 - ASHLYNN: [laughs] I think probably the most noticeable 814 00:38:31,288 --> 00:38:32,956 trait of a zombie is going to be 815 00:38:32,956 --> 00:38:35,692 that they're trying to eat your face off. 816 00:38:37,794 --> 00:38:39,563 - NARRATOR: If you want to survive the different types 817 00:38:39,563 --> 00:38:42,532 of walking dead headed your way... 818 00:38:42,532 --> 00:38:44,434 you gotta know your enemy. 819 00:38:45,335 --> 00:38:46,603 - ROBERT: A common question is 820 00:38:46,603 --> 00:38:48,839 what would a zombie brain would look like. 821 00:38:48,839 --> 00:38:52,576 We can break this into three different types of zombies. 822 00:38:52,576 --> 00:38:55,145 So let's take the first type of zombie, this is the slow, 823 00:38:55,145 --> 00:38:56,880 shuffling-type zombie. 824 00:39:00,484 --> 00:39:01,752 - The shuffler. 825 00:39:01,752 --> 00:39:04,121 And this is the one that kinda slowly walks. 826 00:39:04,121 --> 00:39:08,358 They maybe--urrrrr--grunt a little bit as they're moving. 827 00:39:08,358 --> 00:39:11,361 They're not quick. They're not excited. 828 00:39:11,361 --> 00:39:16,166 They're just slowly trying to get the flesh. 829 00:39:16,166 --> 00:39:20,003 - ROBERT: They have an effect of the zombie virus or agent 830 00:39:20,003 --> 00:39:22,405 on their movement centers of their brain. 831 00:39:22,405 --> 00:39:28,345 But these zombies also seem to be a very primitive animal-type 832 00:39:28,345 --> 00:39:30,514 phenotype of personality. 833 00:39:30,514 --> 00:39:32,048 That is, they don't communicate 834 00:39:32,048 --> 00:39:34,151 in the same way that a normal human does. 835 00:39:34,151 --> 00:39:35,418 They don't vocalize. 836 00:39:35,418 --> 00:39:38,255 They may make noises, grunts, et cetera. 837 00:39:38,255 --> 00:39:40,490 So this would suggest that we have got changes within, 838 00:39:40,490 --> 00:39:42,492 say, the frontal cortex of the brain-- 839 00:39:42,492 --> 00:39:44,227 this is these regions here-- 840 00:39:44,227 --> 00:39:49,232 that give our emotion, our cognition, our personality. 841 00:39:49,232 --> 00:39:51,234 - ALYSSA: Those shuffler zombies, 842 00:39:51,234 --> 00:39:53,270 they aren't the brightest 843 00:39:53,270 --> 00:39:56,940 when it comes out of all the zombies. 844 00:39:56,940 --> 00:40:00,443 - NARRATOR: Our advice for surviving shuffling zombies? 845 00:40:00,443 --> 00:40:04,214 Remain aware of your surroundings at all times 846 00:40:04,214 --> 00:40:06,917 so they don't sneak up on you. 847 00:40:06,917 --> 00:40:09,052 - ROBERT: A second type of zombie that's depicted 848 00:40:09,052 --> 00:40:12,589 in popular fiction could be considered the rage zombie. 849 00:40:16,660 --> 00:40:18,662 - I think probably the scariest zombie 850 00:40:18,662 --> 00:40:21,898 in my opinion is the rage zombie. 851 00:40:21,898 --> 00:40:25,402 When we think of zombies, we want them to be these slow 852 00:40:25,402 --> 00:40:28,872 and stupid creatures that we can outrun. 853 00:40:28,872 --> 00:40:31,875 But as soon as you give them the capability of running faster 854 00:40:31,875 --> 00:40:35,278 than a human, ya done. It's--it's over. 855 00:40:35,278 --> 00:40:37,547 Human card revoked. 856 00:40:37,547 --> 00:40:39,049 - DR. CHASE: I won't lie, that terrifies me, 857 00:40:39,049 --> 00:40:41,685 the idea of seeing this monster running, like, at, like, 858 00:40:41,685 --> 00:40:44,054 warp speed towards me just like Usain Bolt. 859 00:40:44,054 --> 00:40:45,155 - [starting gun] 860 00:40:45,155 --> 00:40:47,624 - NARRATOR: Elite sprinters, like Usain Bolt, 861 00:40:47,624 --> 00:40:51,561 can run in bursts of nearly 28 miles per hour. 862 00:40:51,561 --> 00:40:54,764 But the average human runs just 8 miles per hour. 863 00:40:56,266 --> 00:40:59,803 That means you'd have to run nearly 3 1/2 times faster than 864 00:40:59,803 --> 00:41:03,440 a rage zombie to get away, 865 00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:06,209 even if your life depended on it. 866 00:41:06,209 --> 00:41:08,044 Think you could do it? 867 00:41:08,044 --> 00:41:11,348 - These zombies, typically faster, typically more angry. 868 00:41:11,348 --> 00:41:14,451 So what we would expect to see with this type of zombie 869 00:41:14,451 --> 00:41:16,620 would be a change in the way 870 00:41:16,620 --> 00:41:20,290 the brain is perceiving the normal environment 871 00:41:20,290 --> 00:41:23,293 such that it's fearful, it's angry, 872 00:41:23,293 --> 00:41:24,928 it has rage. 873 00:41:24,928 --> 00:41:28,164 We know that there are certain regions that are associated with 874 00:41:28,164 --> 00:41:30,800 fear, anger, and rage. 875 00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:33,370 We see it in the so-called fight or flight response. 876 00:41:33,370 --> 00:41:36,439 These are brain regions that make us decide whether or not 877 00:41:36,439 --> 00:41:38,074 we will stand our ground and fight 878 00:41:38,074 --> 00:41:39,876 or whether or not we're going to run away. 879 00:41:39,876 --> 00:41:42,913 So these rage zombies one could perceive quite easily as being 880 00:41:42,913 --> 00:41:47,484 this heightened fear response, but it's amplified. 881 00:41:47,484 --> 00:41:50,887 - The rage zombies are extreme and scary. 882 00:41:50,887 --> 00:41:54,057 We hope that we see a shuffler. 883 00:41:54,057 --> 00:41:55,892 Always do cardio. That's one of the rules, 884 00:41:55,892 --> 00:41:57,427 because you never know if you're gonna 885 00:41:57,427 --> 00:41:59,896 encounter that type of zombie. 886 00:41:59,896 --> 00:42:01,698 I would tell my mom, like, 887 00:42:01,698 --> 00:42:03,867 if this were to happen in real life, 888 00:42:03,867 --> 00:42:06,436 like, I wouldn't even let them have the chance to kill me. 889 00:42:06,436 --> 00:42:10,874 Like--like, at this point, like, I would just do it myself. 890 00:42:10,874 --> 00:42:12,175 - NARRATOR: But speed and anger 891 00:42:12,175 --> 00:42:16,513 aren't the rage zombie's only deadly traits. 892 00:42:16,513 --> 00:42:19,883 - Some zombies are wet noodles, where they can just barely move 893 00:42:19,883 --> 00:42:22,953 their limbs and they're just slowly making their way across 894 00:42:22,953 --> 00:42:25,488 the street or going towards their prey. 895 00:42:25,488 --> 00:42:27,390 But then you have those rage zombies 896 00:42:27,390 --> 00:42:29,926 where they do have super strength. 897 00:42:29,926 --> 00:42:33,663 They can try and fight to grab you and eat you. 898 00:42:33,663 --> 00:42:36,599 - NARRATOR: But what some see as rage... 899 00:42:36,599 --> 00:42:39,169 others see as simply the zombie's unstoppable 900 00:42:39,169 --> 00:42:44,307 determination to hunt down their prey at all costs. 901 00:42:44,307 --> 00:42:47,577 - If anything, they're going to have less strength than a human, 902 00:42:47,577 --> 00:42:51,247 um, just the insatiable need for flesh. 903 00:42:51,247 --> 00:42:53,917 - NARRATOR: If you want to survive rage zombies, 904 00:42:53,917 --> 00:42:58,488 be sure to look for the telltale signs of speed, fury, 905 00:42:58,488 --> 00:43:00,724 and laser determination 906 00:43:00,724 --> 00:43:04,995 so you don't suddenly find yourself trapped. 907 00:43:04,995 --> 00:43:06,663 - ROBERT: Then we've got a final type of zombie, 908 00:43:06,663 --> 00:43:08,832 which is a more rare form. 909 00:43:08,832 --> 00:43:13,803 And this is one that is more associated with brain-eating-- 910 00:43:13,803 --> 00:43:17,040 the craving of eating brains. 911 00:43:17,040 --> 00:43:23,113 - ♪ 912 00:43:23,113 --> 00:43:26,950 - When it comes to the brain eater zombies, 913 00:43:26,950 --> 00:43:29,085 we know it's stereotypically-- yes, of course, 914 00:43:29,085 --> 00:43:31,788 their main focus is, oh, we need to go for the brain. 915 00:43:31,788 --> 00:43:34,891 With other zombies, they don't care what they are eating. 916 00:43:34,891 --> 00:43:36,860 Like, they'll eat your limbs. 917 00:43:36,860 --> 00:43:38,028 They'll eat your guts, like, 918 00:43:38,028 --> 00:43:39,696 they'll go for anything they have. 919 00:43:39,696 --> 00:43:44,267 But the brain eater's main source is the brain. 920 00:43:44,267 --> 00:43:46,636 - As a horror fan, one of my favorite zombies is 921 00:43:46,636 --> 00:43:48,471 the brain-eating zombie. 922 00:43:48,471 --> 00:43:51,474 Crawling out of the grave and going after brains, 923 00:43:51,474 --> 00:43:53,777 it's kind of the classic thing 924 00:43:53,777 --> 00:43:55,745 that we think of when we think zombies. 925 00:43:55,745 --> 00:43:58,148 We're thinking brains, brains. 926 00:43:58,148 --> 00:44:01,451 But I think what terrifies us so much about zombies is that 927 00:44:01,451 --> 00:44:06,222 we are their target-- not dogs, not cats, not horses. 928 00:44:06,222 --> 00:44:08,892 - NARRATOR: At first glance, you might not be able to distinguish 929 00:44:08,892 --> 00:44:12,962 a brain eater from his zombie brethren. 930 00:44:12,962 --> 00:44:15,865 So our advice? Wear a helmet. 931 00:44:18,535 --> 00:44:22,839 But of all of the things zombies can easily eat, why brains? 932 00:44:25,175 --> 00:44:27,310 - ROBERT: There's a very powerful craving mechanism 933 00:44:27,310 --> 00:44:29,979 within our brains. It's a reward system. 934 00:44:29,979 --> 00:44:33,116 It's essential for how we function physiologically. 935 00:44:33,116 --> 00:44:37,520 A zombie that is craving brains, there's some sort of hijacking 936 00:44:37,520 --> 00:44:41,791 of the social barriers and norms of not killing someone, 937 00:44:41,791 --> 00:44:43,993 basically, and eating their brain. 938 00:44:47,964 --> 00:44:50,266 - NARRATOR: So if zombies are taking over the world, 939 00:44:50,266 --> 00:44:53,136 why don't they just eat each other instead? 940 00:44:55,738 --> 00:44:57,040 - They know they're dead. 941 00:44:57,040 --> 00:44:59,375 They know that that being looks exactly like them. 942 00:44:59,375 --> 00:45:03,046 They know there's no beating heart, there's no brainwaves, 943 00:45:03,046 --> 00:45:06,015 versus when you see somebody running, 944 00:45:06,015 --> 00:45:09,953 or you hear a heartbeat, or you see them breathing, you realize, 945 00:45:09,953 --> 00:45:12,222 wait, this is a live thing. 946 00:45:12,222 --> 00:45:15,058 Fresh versus something that's decomposing. 947 00:45:15,058 --> 00:45:16,860 So I think they can taste. 948 00:45:16,860 --> 00:45:19,262 They can taste the difference. 949 00:45:19,262 --> 00:45:21,197 - ASHLYNN: Zombies want living flesh. 950 00:45:21,197 --> 00:45:23,333 They don't want to eat undead flesh. 951 00:45:23,333 --> 00:45:25,435 And also, I think that would be a really easy way 952 00:45:25,435 --> 00:45:27,704 to eradicate themselves. 953 00:45:27,704 --> 00:45:32,242 They are trying to spread this condition and eat and consume. 954 00:45:32,242 --> 00:45:34,043 They're not gonna consume each other. 955 00:45:35,311 --> 00:45:37,080 - NARRATOR: Okay, taking notes on how to survive 956 00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:39,549 the zombie apocalypse? Let's review. 957 00:45:41,518 --> 00:45:44,254 Know your enemy. 958 00:45:44,254 --> 00:45:46,856 Keep on the move. 959 00:45:46,856 --> 00:45:49,793 And don't let them eat you. 960 00:45:49,793 --> 00:45:51,261 Easy enough, right? 961 00:45:53,163 --> 00:45:55,932 But when it comes to outlasting the undead, 962 00:45:55,932 --> 00:45:58,935 there's one more trait to keep in mind. 963 00:45:58,935 --> 00:46:01,571 - [zombie roaring] 964 00:46:01,571 --> 00:46:04,641 - NARRATOR: As the outbreak continues to spread, 965 00:46:04,641 --> 00:46:07,477 more and more people around the world start exhibiting 966 00:46:07,477 --> 00:46:09,412 terrifying behavior. 967 00:46:11,281 --> 00:46:15,218 They lose control of their motor skills. 968 00:46:15,218 --> 00:46:18,321 Explode in chilling outbursts of violence. 969 00:46:18,321 --> 00:46:23,293 - ♪ 970 00:46:23,293 --> 00:46:24,827 - NARRATOR: But did you know they also have 971 00:46:24,827 --> 00:46:26,029 their own language? 972 00:46:26,029 --> 00:46:28,198 - [zombie growling] 973 00:46:28,198 --> 00:46:30,066 - NARRATOR: If you wanna survive, 974 00:46:30,066 --> 00:46:33,536 you better understand what they're saying. 975 00:46:33,536 --> 00:46:36,706 - ALYSSA: The difference between a zombie grunt, a zombie scream, 976 00:46:36,706 --> 00:46:38,441 and a zombie roar? 977 00:46:38,441 --> 00:46:41,377 I think it's the intent behind each one. 978 00:46:41,377 --> 00:46:42,512 - [zombie grunting] 979 00:46:42,512 --> 00:46:45,215 - A zombie grunt will sound like--[low grunt] 980 00:46:45,215 --> 00:46:47,817 Or a zombie screech would be like-- 981 00:46:47,817 --> 00:46:49,185 [high-pitched screech] 982 00:46:49,185 --> 00:46:51,588 Or even just like a zombie roar-- 983 00:46:51,588 --> 00:46:52,722 [roars] 984 00:46:52,722 --> 00:46:54,524 - [zombie roaring] 985 00:46:54,524 --> 00:46:59,329 - So when we hear zombie grunts, that tells me the zombie has not 986 00:46:59,329 --> 00:47:01,831 got its eyes on the target yet. 987 00:47:01,831 --> 00:47:02,932 - ALYSSA: They don't know you're there. 988 00:47:02,932 --> 00:47:04,133 They're just reacting the way 989 00:47:04,133 --> 00:47:06,302 they usually react throughout the day. 990 00:47:06,302 --> 00:47:08,338 - NARRATOR: But when they find you-- 991 00:47:08,338 --> 00:47:11,007 - A zombie roar definitely is to scare. 992 00:47:11,007 --> 00:47:12,141 - [zombie roaring] 993 00:47:12,141 --> 00:47:13,610 - ALYSSA: Instill fear into you. 994 00:47:13,610 --> 00:47:17,347 - When we start hearing screams and raging from a zombie, 995 00:47:17,347 --> 00:47:20,483 that's indicative of them finding prey 996 00:47:20,483 --> 00:47:21,951 and they're chasing it. 997 00:47:23,086 --> 00:47:25,188 As soon as they start-- [roars] 998 00:47:25,188 --> 00:47:27,724 that's a--that's when they've seen what they want. 999 00:47:27,724 --> 00:47:29,325 - [zombie roaring] 1000 00:47:29,325 --> 00:47:32,395 - ALYSSA: If you hear it as a human in the zombie apocalypse, 1001 00:47:32,395 --> 00:47:35,031 you're gonna immediately process, oh, they found me. 1002 00:47:35,031 --> 00:47:36,566 They found me right on the spot. They're coming for me. 1003 00:47:40,970 --> 00:47:43,239 - NARRATOR: As the feasting hordes multiply, 1004 00:47:43,239 --> 00:47:45,208 the zombie apocalypse transforms 1005 00:47:45,208 --> 00:47:50,146 our once-bustling cities into ghost towns. 1006 00:47:50,146 --> 00:47:52,181 - DR. CARLSON: Once people started seeing the effects 1007 00:47:52,181 --> 00:47:55,151 and once people started becoming, uh, symptomatic, 1008 00:47:55,151 --> 00:47:56,586 that's when you're gonna have the public health community 1009 00:47:56,586 --> 00:47:59,422 and the medical community start scrambling for a cure-- 1010 00:47:59,422 --> 00:48:00,857 scrambling, trying to figure this thing out, 1011 00:48:00,857 --> 00:48:04,394 trying to develop ways to stop it. 1012 00:48:04,394 --> 00:48:07,096 - NARRATOR: By then, we'll need agencies 1013 00:48:07,096 --> 00:48:10,767 like the Centers for Disease Control to step in-- 1014 00:48:10,767 --> 00:48:13,703 if it's not already too late. 1015 00:48:13,703 --> 00:48:15,104 - DAVE: We would deploy a team. 1016 00:48:15,104 --> 00:48:17,507 We'd develop hypotheses on how to fight this. 1017 00:48:17,507 --> 00:48:19,475 And we would handle it much the same way we would handle 1018 00:48:19,475 --> 00:48:21,210 any other outbreak. 1019 00:48:21,210 --> 00:48:23,046 You would see restricting of flights. 1020 00:48:23,046 --> 00:48:25,615 You would see precautions taken at airports. 1021 00:48:25,615 --> 00:48:27,116 Many of the same reactions 1022 00:48:27,116 --> 00:48:29,619 that we would take for any kind of pandemic threat. 1023 00:48:31,020 --> 00:48:32,655 - NARRATOR: Even a fast and clear response 1024 00:48:32,655 --> 00:48:34,824 might not be enough. 1025 00:48:34,824 --> 00:48:39,162 If the zombie outbreak is like other pandemics we've seen, 1026 00:48:39,162 --> 00:48:42,932 it won't back down. 1027 00:48:42,932 --> 00:48:44,500 - So how problematic would a real, 1028 00:48:44,500 --> 00:48:47,804 large-scale zombie apocalypse today be? 1029 00:48:47,804 --> 00:48:51,407 It really comes down to can we fund the research that's needed? 1030 00:48:51,407 --> 00:48:55,545 And how do we create a vaccine or a treatment for it? 1031 00:48:55,545 --> 00:48:56,979 - NARRATOR: Vaccines and other drugs 1032 00:48:56,979 --> 00:48:59,582 may slow the zombie spread. 1033 00:48:59,582 --> 00:49:01,551 But they won't stop it. 1034 00:49:01,551 --> 00:49:06,556 It will do whatever it must to survive and thrive. 1035 00:49:08,825 --> 00:49:10,760 - DR. CARLSON: The virus is like the perfect predator. 1036 00:49:10,760 --> 00:49:16,199 They basically make themselves propagate through hosts. 1037 00:49:16,199 --> 00:49:18,101 And if they have to mutate, guess what? 1038 00:49:18,101 --> 00:49:20,069 They mutate. 1039 00:49:20,069 --> 00:49:22,338 - NARRATOR: And as the zombie-ism spreads like 1040 00:49:22,338 --> 00:49:26,542 wildfire, so does the chaos. 1041 00:49:26,542 --> 00:49:28,945 - DR. CHASE: Zombies start to become like packs of wolves. 1042 00:49:28,945 --> 00:49:31,581 A zombie is pure threat. 1043 00:49:31,581 --> 00:49:33,983 - DR. CARLSON: Within probably about a month and a half, 1044 00:49:33,983 --> 00:49:37,153 you've got infrastructure breaking down. 1045 00:49:37,153 --> 00:49:40,123 Police, fire, medical, 1046 00:49:40,123 --> 00:49:43,359 even logistics supply chains breaking down. 1047 00:49:43,359 --> 00:49:45,561 Probably about a week later is when the military would have to 1048 00:49:45,561 --> 00:49:47,930 come in and set martial law and actually provide 1049 00:49:47,930 --> 00:49:49,265 military quarantines. 1050 00:49:49,265 --> 00:49:53,603 You went from normal society to no society 1051 00:49:53,603 --> 00:49:56,572 to a lawless society almost overnight. 1052 00:49:56,572 --> 00:49:59,242 It would be very fast, and it would basically be unstoppable. 1053 00:50:01,744 --> 00:50:04,680 - NARRATOR: When the army of the living dead rise up, 1054 00:50:04,680 --> 00:50:09,385 you'll need to call on some primitive survival skills. 1055 00:50:09,385 --> 00:50:12,088 Nah, we're not talking about those skills. 1056 00:50:12,088 --> 00:50:15,324 We mean choosing the right weapon. 1057 00:50:20,129 --> 00:50:22,265 - NARRATOR: The zombie apocalypse is upon us. 1058 00:50:24,534 --> 00:50:26,369 So what do you do when you find yourself 1059 00:50:26,369 --> 00:50:29,105 face to face with one of these mutant creatures 1060 00:50:29,105 --> 00:50:31,007 and running's not an option? 1061 00:50:31,007 --> 00:50:38,347 - ♪ 1062 00:50:38,347 --> 00:50:42,585 - NARRATOR: The experts say arm yourself. 1063 00:50:42,585 --> 00:50:45,555 Chuck Meré and his friend, Charles Fultz, 1064 00:50:45,555 --> 00:50:49,592 are the creators of the hit site Zombie Go Boom. 1065 00:50:49,592 --> 00:50:51,828 - MAN: When the zombie apocalypse arrives, 1066 00:50:51,828 --> 00:50:53,429 will you survive? 1067 00:50:53,429 --> 00:50:55,064 Using real-life settings, 1068 00:50:55,064 --> 00:50:57,099 we put the weapons, everyday optics, 1069 00:50:57,099 --> 00:50:59,368 and theories to the test. 1070 00:50:59,368 --> 00:51:02,371 Learn the best ways to bash undead skulls 1071 00:51:02,371 --> 00:51:05,274 and stay alive in any situation. 1072 00:51:05,274 --> 00:51:10,580 Zombie Go Boom-- kick undead ass! 1073 00:51:10,580 --> 00:51:12,248 - [blast] 1074 00:51:14,083 --> 00:51:15,551 - NARRATOR: They've made it their life mission to 1075 00:51:15,551 --> 00:51:18,821 distinguish fact from fiction when it comes to taking out 1076 00:51:18,821 --> 00:51:20,656 real-life zombies. 1077 00:51:22,325 --> 00:51:23,993 - Hey, what's up, survivors? 1078 00:51:23,993 --> 00:51:25,795 Welcome to another mind-blowing episode from the bloodiest show 1079 00:51:25,795 --> 00:51:26,996 on YouTube, Zombie Go Boom. 1080 00:51:26,996 --> 00:51:28,364 I'm Chuck Meré. - I'm Charles Fultz. 1081 00:51:28,364 --> 00:51:30,566 - And today we have a mind-blowing one for you. 1082 00:51:30,566 --> 00:51:32,835 We're gonna be testing out the Brooklyn Smasher. 1083 00:51:32,835 --> 00:51:36,139 This 34-inch long mama-jamma can crush and smash you with 1084 00:51:36,139 --> 00:51:39,742 its 2 pound and 7 ounce weight. 1085 00:51:39,742 --> 00:51:41,711 Any idea as to how you're gonna do it? 1086 00:51:41,711 --> 00:51:44,480 - I'm just gonna run up and smash his face, Brooklyn style. 1087 00:51:47,150 --> 00:51:49,385 - CHUCK: I think a lot of people just wanna see... 1088 00:51:49,385 --> 00:51:52,321 what's more realistic, what would actually happen, 1089 00:51:52,321 --> 00:51:56,159 so that if, in the eventuality of the zombie apocalypse 1090 00:51:56,159 --> 00:51:57,727 coming to fruition, 1091 00:51:57,727 --> 00:52:02,965 they can actually expect the right things. 1092 00:52:02,965 --> 00:52:05,635 - CHARLES: Pretty satisfying. Got blood all over me. 1093 00:52:05,635 --> 00:52:08,671 - ♪ 1094 00:52:08,671 --> 00:52:12,174 - CHUCK: I started loving zombies whenever I picked up 1095 00:52:12,174 --> 00:52:15,845 the first volume of The Walking Dead. 1096 00:52:15,845 --> 00:52:18,848 And after that, it was just zombie movies for me. 1097 00:52:18,848 --> 00:52:22,351 I started with Dawn of the Dead, Night of the Living Dead, 1098 00:52:22,351 --> 00:52:27,123 Land of the Dead, 28 Days Later... 1099 00:52:27,123 --> 00:52:28,991 I just couldn't get enough. 1100 00:52:28,991 --> 00:52:31,494 A pencil can kill a zombie. 1101 00:52:31,494 --> 00:52:33,362 Zombie Go Boom is one part Mythbusters, 1102 00:52:33,362 --> 00:52:35,064 one part The Walking Dead. 1103 00:52:35,064 --> 00:52:39,001 We essentially create these ballistic gel head analogues in 1104 00:52:39,001 --> 00:52:43,573 order to find out which weapons and/or objects will actually 1105 00:52:43,573 --> 00:52:48,778 crack a skull and save you against a zombie. 1106 00:52:48,778 --> 00:52:50,146 Yeah! 1107 00:52:50,146 --> 00:52:51,914 - NARRATOR: Because when it comes to killing zombies... 1108 00:52:51,914 --> 00:52:55,351 - ♪ 1109 00:52:55,351 --> 00:52:57,587 - NARRATOR: ...everyone knows the cardinal rule. 1110 00:52:57,587 --> 00:53:01,023 - CHARLES: Wow, dude! - CHUCK: Oh, gosh. 1111 00:53:01,023 --> 00:53:03,793 - DR. CARLSON: You shoot it in the head, you destroy the brain. 1112 00:53:03,793 --> 00:53:06,862 You inflict massive blunt force trauma to the head, 1113 00:53:06,862 --> 00:53:08,798 because that's where the brain activity is. 1114 00:53:08,798 --> 00:53:18,040 - ♪ 1115 00:53:18,040 --> 00:53:21,277 - ALYSSA: What's making them want to eat or crave humans 1116 00:53:21,277 --> 00:53:24,013 and crave brains and crave organs 1117 00:53:24,013 --> 00:53:25,414 is coming from that brain. 1118 00:53:25,414 --> 00:53:26,816 That brain is telling them, wait, 1119 00:53:26,816 --> 00:53:28,584 there's food right in front of me. 1120 00:53:28,584 --> 00:53:33,289 So if we basically kill the brain, there's no function. 1121 00:53:33,289 --> 00:53:34,724 They're not gonna be moving anymore. 1122 00:53:34,724 --> 00:53:36,626 They're not gonna be alive anymore, 1123 00:53:36,626 --> 00:53:39,662 'cause that's the only thing living. 1124 00:53:39,662 --> 00:53:42,465 - It's kind of ironic, too, because that is the organ 1125 00:53:42,465 --> 00:53:44,667 they tend to crave the most. 1126 00:53:45,768 --> 00:53:48,337 But destroy the brain and you destroy the zombie. 1127 00:53:50,840 --> 00:53:54,410 - What you really want to do is find a weapon where it takes 1128 00:53:54,410 --> 00:53:58,314 very little effort to get through the zombie head. 1129 00:53:58,314 --> 00:53:59,949 - CHARLES: It's a one-hit kill! 1130 00:53:59,949 --> 00:54:03,486 - ♪ 1131 00:54:03,486 --> 00:54:06,422 - Let's try something else! 1132 00:54:06,422 --> 00:54:08,391 - NARRATOR: Chuck's first piece of advice-- 1133 00:54:08,391 --> 00:54:09,825 put down the chainsaw 1134 00:54:09,825 --> 00:54:14,964 and pick up something a little more...practical. 1135 00:54:14,964 --> 00:54:18,701 - CHUCK: The chainsaw is the most overrated weapon ever. 1136 00:54:18,701 --> 00:54:22,505 It'll get snagged on clothes and then stall out. 1137 00:54:22,505 --> 00:54:24,407 - There it goes, there it goes. 1138 00:54:24,407 --> 00:54:27,977 See, that's what happened the last time we tested it. 1139 00:54:27,977 --> 00:54:29,712 It's also incredibly heavy. 1140 00:54:29,712 --> 00:54:33,482 - You're gonna get very, very tired very quickly. 1141 00:54:33,482 --> 00:54:34,784 It takes gas, oil. 1142 00:54:34,784 --> 00:54:38,587 It takes quite a few, you know, pulls 1143 00:54:38,587 --> 00:54:41,957 to even get it to turn on. 1144 00:54:41,957 --> 00:54:43,059 - Terrible weapon. 1145 00:54:47,296 --> 00:54:50,466 - NARRATOR: Your best bet when fighting zombies is anything 1146 00:54:50,466 --> 00:54:55,438 you could hold tight, swing, and strike. 1147 00:54:55,438 --> 00:54:57,640 - This is definitely a one-hit kill. 1148 00:54:57,640 --> 00:55:01,010 And the weapon is actually pretty light for the amount 1149 00:55:01,010 --> 00:55:03,879 of ridiculous damage that it actually does. 1150 00:55:06,482 --> 00:55:07,983 - CHUCK: Picking a weapon that is comfortable 1151 00:55:07,983 --> 00:55:09,285 or picking a weapon 1152 00:55:09,285 --> 00:55:12,688 where you don't have to use a lot of energy to wield it 1153 00:55:12,688 --> 00:55:17,159 is paramount when it comes to surviving the zombie apocalypse. 1154 00:55:17,159 --> 00:55:22,198 - ♪ 1155 00:55:22,198 --> 00:55:23,566 - Goddamn it. 1156 00:55:25,101 --> 00:55:27,503 A war hammer would be perfect. 1157 00:55:27,503 --> 00:55:29,638 A regular hammer is fine. 1158 00:55:29,638 --> 00:55:31,907 A baseball bat is okay-- 1159 00:55:31,907 --> 00:55:35,811 you're just gonna have to hit the zombie a few times. 1160 00:55:35,811 --> 00:55:37,613 - All right! Let's inspect the damage. 1161 00:55:37,613 --> 00:55:39,682 That's a huge hole. Look at it here. 1162 00:55:39,682 --> 00:55:41,183 - CHUCK: Wow. - CHARLES: It's pretty. 1163 00:55:41,183 --> 00:55:44,587 - CHUCK: Yeah, and that's the parietal bone bits going into 1164 00:55:44,587 --> 00:55:46,522 the brain, so that's definitely a kill. 1165 00:55:50,392 --> 00:55:52,294 - NARRATOR: But not everyone can be Braveheart 1166 00:55:52,294 --> 00:55:55,164 when it comes to fending off zombies. 1167 00:55:55,164 --> 00:55:57,366 - I would not recommend fighting off zombies. 1168 00:55:57,366 --> 00:55:59,168 I'll leave that to the DoD guys 1169 00:55:59,168 --> 00:56:00,903 and the other experts on weapons. 1170 00:56:03,939 --> 00:56:05,975 - NARRATOR: Of course, there are more traditional weapons 1171 00:56:05,975 --> 00:56:08,477 to choose from. 1172 00:56:08,477 --> 00:56:10,312 - I would say most preppers that I know, 1173 00:56:10,312 --> 00:56:12,414 um, also have firearms, uh, you know, 1174 00:56:12,414 --> 00:56:14,917 plenty of ammo, and things like that too... 1175 00:56:14,917 --> 00:56:17,453 in case taking care of business is a good idea. 1176 00:56:17,453 --> 00:56:19,188 - You haven't owned a firearm, you consider it. 1177 00:56:19,188 --> 00:56:20,823 You know, you get some training. 1178 00:56:20,823 --> 00:56:22,792 A firearm's a tool just like anything else. 1179 00:56:22,792 --> 00:56:27,463 - ♪ 1180 00:56:27,463 --> 00:56:29,832 - [gunshots] 1181 00:56:32,635 --> 00:56:34,069 - WOMAN: The Matt Barnett-made 1182 00:56:34,069 --> 00:56:37,573 .44 Magnum round moves at about 1500 feet per second 1183 00:56:37,573 --> 00:56:40,409 and contains about a gram and a half of explosives. 1184 00:56:40,409 --> 00:56:42,444 Basically once this round hits a zombie, 1185 00:56:42,444 --> 00:56:45,848 it fragments into two pieces, with the lead on one side and 1186 00:56:45,848 --> 00:56:48,818 the copper jacket on the other, creating a huge fireball that 1187 00:56:48,818 --> 00:56:52,488 promises to make a zombie go boom. 1188 00:56:52,488 --> 00:56:54,023 - CHUCK: There's obviously firearms, 1189 00:56:54,023 --> 00:56:57,526 which are incredibly effective, except that you run out of 1190 00:56:57,526 --> 00:57:00,429 ammunition and they're also loud, 1191 00:57:00,429 --> 00:57:02,331 so you're calling a bunch zombies in 1192 00:57:02,331 --> 00:57:05,134 every time that you fire. 1193 00:57:05,134 --> 00:57:08,804 - NARRATOR: So you better have a dead eye when it comes 1194 00:57:08,804 --> 00:57:11,907 to killing the living dead. 1195 00:57:11,907 --> 00:57:14,410 - CHUCK: Holy crap! - CHARLES: Wow. 1196 00:57:14,410 --> 00:57:16,378 We thought this was just clean-- 1197 00:57:16,378 --> 00:57:18,781 a clean, like, explosion up the top. 1198 00:57:18,781 --> 00:57:20,950 But, like, I pushed down on it a minute ago and it's-- 1199 00:57:20,950 --> 00:57:22,151 - CHUCK: Oh, wow. 1200 00:57:22,151 --> 00:57:26,755 - CHARLES: --disgustingly broken into several pieces. 1201 00:57:26,755 --> 00:57:28,624 - You shoot a zombie in the head, it goes down. 1202 00:57:28,624 --> 00:57:30,092 If you don't, guess what? 1203 00:57:30,092 --> 00:57:31,961 It's gonna bite you as you walk past it. 1204 00:57:36,832 --> 00:57:39,468 - NARRATOR: So what do you do when the zombies 1205 00:57:39,468 --> 00:57:42,771 still keep coming 1206 00:57:42,771 --> 00:57:44,974 and overrun your home? 1207 00:57:44,974 --> 00:57:46,575 - DR. CARLSON: I'm not gonna let someone bite me. 1208 00:57:46,575 --> 00:57:48,043 I'm gonna get out of dodge. 1209 00:57:48,043 --> 00:57:49,812 - NARRATOR: You're gonna need to find a new safe haven. 1210 00:57:53,315 --> 00:57:57,152 - ♪ 1211 00:57:57,152 --> 00:57:59,855 - NARRATOR: A pestilence that turns people into zombies is 1212 00:57:59,855 --> 00:58:02,324 rapidly spreading across the planet. 1213 00:58:04,293 --> 00:58:06,428 - DR. CARLSON: By that point, your infrastructure services 1214 00:58:06,428 --> 00:58:07,563 are already breaking down. 1215 00:58:07,563 --> 00:58:10,332 You've already lost the rule of law. 1216 00:58:10,332 --> 00:58:12,001 - DR. CHASE: So you're not really thinking about, like, 1217 00:58:12,001 --> 00:58:14,370 all right, like, Netflix and chill anymore. 1218 00:58:14,370 --> 00:58:17,006 Now you're thinking a lot more of how do I not get eaten? 1219 00:58:18,807 --> 00:58:21,076 - NARRATOR: Easier said than done when it comes to surviving 1220 00:58:21,076 --> 00:58:22,978 the zombie apocalypse, 1221 00:58:22,978 --> 00:58:25,514 because contrary to popular belief, 1222 00:58:25,514 --> 00:58:28,784 zombies don't lay down when the sun sets. 1223 00:58:28,784 --> 00:58:36,058 - ♪ 1224 00:58:36,058 --> 00:58:37,993 - ALYSSA: They'll never sleep. They just rest. 1225 00:58:37,993 --> 00:58:40,095 Let me just stand here for... 1226 00:58:40,095 --> 00:58:43,165 lord knows how many hours or days until all of a sudden, 1227 00:58:43,165 --> 00:58:44,700 a human comes by. 1228 00:58:45,901 --> 00:58:48,137 Zombies are gonna be active 24/7. 1229 00:58:48,137 --> 00:58:50,372 There's no downtime. You always have to be on edge. 1230 00:58:50,372 --> 00:58:52,841 You always have to be alert. 1231 00:58:52,841 --> 00:58:54,543 - ASHLYNN: I think they're just going to find flesh whether 1232 00:58:54,543 --> 00:58:56,345 the sun is out or not. 1233 00:58:56,345 --> 00:59:00,716 - NARRATOR: So you gotta be on your guard day and night. 1234 00:59:00,716 --> 00:59:02,484 - Most people are gonna be better off initially 1235 00:59:02,484 --> 00:59:03,786 in their home. 1236 00:59:03,786 --> 00:59:05,587 But if their home becomes a risk, 1237 00:59:05,587 --> 00:59:07,423 we're gonna have to take that into consideration. 1238 00:59:07,423 --> 00:59:09,858 If you had 30 people try to storm your house in a day, 1239 00:59:09,858 --> 00:59:12,061 it might be time to go bye bye for a while, right? 1240 00:59:14,630 --> 00:59:15,931 - We're going to be running 1241 00:59:15,931 --> 00:59:17,433 from these hordes of mindless zombies. 1242 00:59:17,433 --> 00:59:20,736 We're going to be having to hide out in malls and find weapons in 1243 00:59:20,736 --> 00:59:23,706 sporting goods stores, like we see in movies. 1244 00:59:23,706 --> 00:59:25,240 - [gunshots] 1245 00:59:25,240 --> 00:59:28,410 - NARRATOR: So your zombie prepping list better have 1246 00:59:28,410 --> 00:59:30,412 an evacuation plan. 1247 00:59:30,412 --> 00:59:35,784 - ♪ 1248 00:59:35,784 --> 00:59:37,219 - With the zombies swarming around your house, 1249 00:59:37,219 --> 00:59:39,621 it becomes so important to have things already thought out. 1250 00:59:39,621 --> 00:59:40,856 You know, we're gonna go to this car. 1251 00:59:40,856 --> 00:59:42,358 We're gonna go to this rendezvous point. 1252 00:59:42,358 --> 00:59:44,460 If we need help, this is where we go to for this particular 1253 00:59:44,460 --> 00:59:45,961 neighbor or relative. 1254 00:59:45,961 --> 00:59:47,563 But they have this worked out in advance 1255 00:59:47,563 --> 00:59:49,365 with the neighbors and relatives as well. 1256 00:59:49,365 --> 00:59:51,300 Have a plan. 1257 00:59:51,300 --> 00:59:54,403 - ALYSSA: You have to find that group that you absolutely know 1258 00:59:54,403 --> 00:59:58,340 that are trustworthy, that are going to be reliable. 1259 00:59:58,340 --> 01:00:00,209 Should be at least maybe like four or five people, 1260 01:00:00,209 --> 01:00:01,844 not 10 or 20. 1261 01:00:02,845 --> 01:00:05,514 - NARRATOR: But not everyone agrees. 1262 01:00:05,514 --> 01:00:07,049 - Don't trust anyone. 1263 01:00:07,049 --> 01:00:09,018 Stay away from big populations. 1264 01:00:09,018 --> 01:00:10,953 Keep your group really small. 1265 01:00:10,953 --> 01:00:12,321 Stay away from others. 1266 01:00:12,321 --> 01:00:15,758 Try not to be seen by humans or zombies. 1267 01:00:15,758 --> 01:00:20,929 I would say...probably try go to go solo if you can. 1268 01:00:20,929 --> 01:00:22,698 - It's when you don't have an evacuation plan. 1269 01:00:22,698 --> 01:00:24,033 You don't have enough money. 1270 01:00:24,033 --> 01:00:26,668 You don't have your children's or your spouse's 1271 01:00:26,668 --> 01:00:28,871 or your medical records or your medicines. 1272 01:00:28,871 --> 01:00:31,940 That's when you introduce just one more level of complexity 1273 01:00:31,940 --> 01:00:35,344 and chaos to an already chaotic and complex situation. 1274 01:00:36,478 --> 01:00:38,147 - DR. CHASE: Have the kind of strategy where it's more of 1275 01:00:38,147 --> 01:00:39,948 a act sooner rather than later. 1276 01:00:39,948 --> 01:00:41,784 If you were the one who's going to leave, leave right away. 1277 01:00:41,784 --> 01:00:45,654 Don't wait for the choke points to be established. 1278 01:00:45,654 --> 01:00:48,357 - DR. KEOHANE-BURBRIDGE: We all have zombie apocalypse plans. 1279 01:00:48,357 --> 01:00:51,794 Everybody has an idea on who's gonna pick up the kids. 1280 01:00:51,794 --> 01:00:54,196 How many kids can ya fit into your minivan? 1281 01:00:54,196 --> 01:00:56,699 Do the kids have to wear the seatbelts or not when you're 1282 01:00:56,699 --> 01:00:58,734 attempting to escape from a zombie apocalypse? 1283 01:00:58,734 --> 01:01:00,869 Are the roads gonna be closed? 1284 01:01:00,869 --> 01:01:04,640 These are the layers that conversations have gone to. 1285 01:01:04,640 --> 01:01:06,909 Where are you gonna try to go? 1286 01:01:06,909 --> 01:01:08,944 - NARRATOR: When it's time to turn to plan B 1287 01:01:08,944 --> 01:01:10,846 and hit the open road, 1288 01:01:10,846 --> 01:01:13,382 you're gonna need the right getaway vehicle. 1289 01:01:13,382 --> 01:01:19,788 - ♪ 1290 01:01:19,788 --> 01:01:21,090 - In the event of a zombie apocalypse, 1291 01:01:21,090 --> 01:01:22,925 I would require two vehicles. 1292 01:01:22,925 --> 01:01:25,127 One would need to be a tank-like, 1293 01:01:25,127 --> 01:01:28,630 Jeep-like vehicle with lots of armor on the side, 1294 01:01:28,630 --> 01:01:32,534 minimal window, as much coverage on the windshield as I can. 1295 01:01:32,534 --> 01:01:34,203 Preferably something on the front 1296 01:01:34,203 --> 01:01:36,738 that will just ram through zombies. 1297 01:01:36,738 --> 01:01:40,342 On the flip side, I'd like to have within that vehicle some 1298 01:01:40,342 --> 01:01:44,546 kind of quick bike/motorcycle that I can quickly get out of 1299 01:01:44,546 --> 01:01:47,816 my tank vehicle, run into the city, get what I need, 1300 01:01:47,816 --> 01:01:49,685 come back out to the tank vehicle, 1301 01:01:49,685 --> 01:01:51,286 and head out as quickly as possible. 1302 01:01:51,286 --> 01:01:53,956 I think it's important to both protect yourself, 1303 01:01:53,956 --> 01:01:57,359 but also be quick and efficient and quiet. 1304 01:01:57,359 --> 01:02:00,162 - ALYSSA: If I were to choose a vehicle, 1305 01:02:00,162 --> 01:02:02,431 I don't want it to be too easily accessible. 1306 01:02:02,431 --> 01:02:04,099 I'd want it to be strong. 1307 01:02:04,099 --> 01:02:05,868 And I would immediately think of, like, 1308 01:02:05,868 --> 01:02:08,337 one of those SWAT vehicles. Like, they're strong. 1309 01:02:08,337 --> 01:02:11,106 They have, like, bulletproof windows and that stuff. 1310 01:02:11,106 --> 01:02:14,910 So something that they can't break to get into. 1311 01:02:14,910 --> 01:02:19,281 So where you're in a safe space, your safe haven. 1312 01:02:19,281 --> 01:02:20,716 - NARRATOR: And if you don't have time 1313 01:02:20,716 --> 01:02:23,118 to run out to the dealer... 1314 01:02:23,118 --> 01:02:25,721 how about a few tips on how to convert your hooptie into 1315 01:02:25,721 --> 01:02:28,323 a homemade zombie-busting hummer 1316 01:02:28,323 --> 01:02:32,127 from the pros down under on YouTube's Mighty Car Mods? 1317 01:02:34,296 --> 01:02:37,633 - ♪ 1318 01:02:37,633 --> 01:02:40,002 - NARRATOR: Grease monkeys Marty and Moog are the experts when 1319 01:02:40,002 --> 01:02:43,105 it comes to kick-ass DIY renos. 1320 01:02:43,105 --> 01:02:48,777 - ♪ 1321 01:02:48,777 --> 01:02:50,012 - NARRATOR: Their shows have garnered 1322 01:02:50,012 --> 01:02:51,980 over a half billion views. 1323 01:02:51,980 --> 01:02:53,749 And their incredible creations have been featured 1324 01:02:53,749 --> 01:02:57,653 in such blockbusters as Fast and Furious, 1325 01:02:57,653 --> 01:02:59,588 Mad Max: Fury War, 1326 01:02:59,588 --> 01:03:02,724 and Transformers. 1327 01:03:02,724 --> 01:03:04,126 - Today we're gonna be showing you 1328 01:03:04,126 --> 01:03:06,762 how to zombie-proof your car. We're gonna be working on 1329 01:03:06,762 --> 01:03:09,565 a 1987 Nissan Pathfinder four-wheel drive. 1330 01:03:09,565 --> 01:03:11,300 And there's also heaps of space in the back, 1331 01:03:11,300 --> 01:03:13,735 which you're gonna need for supplies and weapons. 1332 01:03:13,735 --> 01:03:16,471 But the first thing we need to do is stealth the car up 1333 01:03:16,471 --> 01:03:17,706 by blacking it out. 1334 01:03:17,706 --> 01:03:19,374 And then we need to armor up the windows 1335 01:03:19,374 --> 01:03:21,643 so the undead can't eat your brain. 1336 01:03:23,178 --> 01:03:31,620 - ♪ 1337 01:03:36,491 --> 01:03:38,160 - [drill whirring] 1338 01:03:38,927 --> 01:03:43,465 - From here-- [roars like a zombie] 1339 01:03:43,465 --> 01:03:44,600 --they can't get in. 1340 01:03:44,600 --> 01:03:46,702 - [drill whirring] 1341 01:03:46,702 --> 01:03:52,307 - ♪ 1342 01:03:57,646 --> 01:04:00,649 - [car starts] 1343 01:04:00,649 --> 01:04:07,089 - ♪ 1344 01:04:07,089 --> 01:04:08,957 - NARRATOR: But some zombie experts say 1345 01:04:08,957 --> 01:04:10,792 best to keep things simple. 1346 01:04:10,792 --> 01:04:14,096 - The best transportation during a zombie apocalypse would be 1347 01:04:14,096 --> 01:04:16,732 a motorcycle, if you had one. 1348 01:04:16,732 --> 01:04:19,167 If you don't, perhaps a bicycle. 1349 01:04:19,167 --> 01:04:23,405 Except you are running on your own energy, 1350 01:04:23,405 --> 01:04:25,440 so it's good since you don't have to fill it up. 1351 01:04:25,440 --> 01:04:29,278 But at the same time, you don't wanna get too tired. 1352 01:04:29,278 --> 01:04:32,114 - NARRATOR: If you stop, a low profile is a must 1353 01:04:32,114 --> 01:04:34,249 when it comes to survival. 1354 01:04:34,249 --> 01:04:35,884 - DR. CARLSON: If you make a lot of noise, 1355 01:04:35,884 --> 01:04:37,219 you're gonna attract zombies. 1356 01:04:37,219 --> 01:04:40,055 So just kind of be stealthy about it, be quiet, 1357 01:04:40,055 --> 01:04:41,390 don't be screaming. 1358 01:04:41,390 --> 01:04:42,958 Don't get in too much of a hurry, 1359 01:04:42,958 --> 01:04:44,626 'cause that's when you make mistakes. 1360 01:04:44,626 --> 01:04:46,495 - NARRATOR: As you head out across the zombie-filled 1361 01:04:46,495 --> 01:04:49,564 landscape in search of your new home, 1362 01:04:49,564 --> 01:04:52,934 you need to think about where you wanna put down roots. 1363 01:04:52,934 --> 01:04:56,371 The advice from the experts? Choose wisely. 1364 01:05:01,643 --> 01:05:03,578 - NARRATOR: The zombie apocalypse's mindless hordes 1365 01:05:03,578 --> 01:05:06,515 have driven you out of home sweet home. 1366 01:05:06,515 --> 01:05:09,251 Now you need to find some safer digs. 1367 01:05:09,251 --> 01:05:15,223 - ♪ 1368 01:05:15,223 --> 01:05:17,626 - Like real estate, location, location, location 1369 01:05:17,626 --> 01:05:19,594 matters tremendously. 1370 01:05:19,594 --> 01:05:21,697 Stay away from the major cities in that case. 1371 01:05:21,697 --> 01:05:25,100 If you're from there, have a backup plan, get out of dodge. 1372 01:05:25,100 --> 01:05:26,902 - ASHLYNN: In the event of a zombie apocalypse, 1373 01:05:26,902 --> 01:05:28,337 I think I'd wanna go somewhere 1374 01:05:28,337 --> 01:05:30,639 that I know others aren't going to go. 1375 01:05:30,639 --> 01:05:33,575 So a lot of people I think would look for the mansion on top of 1376 01:05:33,575 --> 01:05:35,477 the mountain behind the Hollywood sign, 1377 01:05:35,477 --> 01:05:37,679 away from everybody. I don't want that. 1378 01:05:38,847 --> 01:05:42,551 I want to preface this by saying that I have literally acted this 1379 01:05:42,551 --> 01:05:45,487 entire scenario out. 1380 01:05:45,487 --> 01:05:48,357 If I had to survive a zombie apocalypse, 1381 01:05:48,357 --> 01:05:51,460 I would definitely get some sort of stronghold 1382 01:05:51,460 --> 01:05:54,296 that is away from population, but still close enough that 1383 01:05:54,296 --> 01:05:56,465 if I needed to gather supplies, I could. 1384 01:05:58,400 --> 01:06:01,903 - NARRATOR: Some experts urge to get off grid fast. 1385 01:06:01,903 --> 01:06:04,506 The fewer humans, the less prey. 1386 01:06:04,506 --> 01:06:08,243 And less prey means less zombies. 1387 01:06:08,243 --> 01:06:11,380 - ALYSSA: I think it's all based off of terrain, 1388 01:06:11,380 --> 01:06:14,015 off of whether or not they can get the food supply 1389 01:06:14,015 --> 01:06:15,283 that they need. 1390 01:06:15,283 --> 01:06:17,386 Getting the brains, getting the organs. 1391 01:06:17,386 --> 01:06:20,222 Like, if they can't get access 1392 01:06:20,222 --> 01:06:22,758 to the things that they need to survive, 1393 01:06:22,758 --> 01:06:24,393 they're not going to survive. 1394 01:06:24,393 --> 01:06:27,696 So you'll see them slowly start to die off because 1395 01:06:27,696 --> 01:06:30,599 there's no one around that they can eat. 1396 01:06:30,599 --> 01:06:33,568 So in a sense, they start starving. 1397 01:06:33,568 --> 01:06:36,705 - The kind of climate I would go for in a zombie apocalypse 1398 01:06:36,705 --> 01:06:38,407 would be somewhere very hot 1399 01:06:38,407 --> 01:06:42,310 and somewhere that would not be attractive to humans, 1400 01:06:42,310 --> 01:06:44,413 therefore not be attractive to zombies. 1401 01:06:44,413 --> 01:06:46,848 So if they happen to trek that far, 1402 01:06:46,848 --> 01:06:49,151 they may not make it in one piece. 1403 01:06:49,151 --> 01:06:52,487 Like, they would deteriorate in the sun. 1404 01:06:52,487 --> 01:06:55,824 - NARRATOR: But others suggest a different survival strategy. 1405 01:06:55,824 --> 01:06:59,728 - The best climate would probably be somewhere where 1406 01:06:59,728 --> 01:07:01,663 there is a lot of rain. 1407 01:07:01,663 --> 01:07:04,666 They're not gonna be able to hear you running or shuffling 1408 01:07:04,666 --> 01:07:07,469 'cause it's masked by the sound of rain. 1409 01:07:07,469 --> 01:07:10,105 England or Oregon or Washington, 1410 01:07:10,105 --> 01:07:12,307 where it's always cloudy weather. 1411 01:07:12,307 --> 01:07:14,910 Anything that throws off the zombies. 1412 01:07:14,910 --> 01:07:16,478 - [thunderclap] 1413 01:07:16,478 --> 01:07:18,346 - DR. CHASE: If we had some sort of a zombie apocalypse occur, 1414 01:07:18,346 --> 01:07:20,315 where would you not wanna be? 1415 01:07:20,315 --> 01:07:21,883 Population centers that are valley cities 1416 01:07:21,883 --> 01:07:24,519 situated along rivers. 1417 01:07:24,519 --> 01:07:28,623 - NARRATOR: In other words, avoid the northeast. 1418 01:07:28,623 --> 01:07:31,059 - Not only are you contending with population density that 1419 01:07:31,059 --> 01:07:35,564 exists naturally in that spot, but the major thoroughfares mean 1420 01:07:35,564 --> 01:07:37,466 that you would have individuals who, 1421 01:07:37,466 --> 01:07:40,235 under extreme circumstances, may be looking to go to 1422 01:07:40,235 --> 01:07:41,803 less-populated areas. 1423 01:07:41,803 --> 01:07:43,839 And the way you do that is by jumping into a vehicle, 1424 01:07:43,839 --> 01:07:46,675 getting on these interstates, and driving there. 1425 01:07:46,675 --> 01:07:50,212 You're introducing a whole lot of risk while also being stuck 1426 01:07:50,212 --> 01:07:52,714 in a situation that is not easy to escape. 1427 01:07:52,714 --> 01:07:56,618 As a result, you increase the survival pressure. 1428 01:07:56,618 --> 01:07:58,920 - MITCH: I think cities are gonna be more of a trap. 1429 01:07:58,920 --> 01:08:01,590 These people are very used to having everything easy. 1430 01:08:01,590 --> 01:08:03,725 They're not gonna know how to rough it. 1431 01:08:03,725 --> 01:08:05,760 - And again, you're either gonna be a contributor or you're going 1432 01:08:05,760 --> 01:08:07,729 to be a detractor. 1433 01:08:07,729 --> 01:08:09,731 The soft may find themselves taking far more 1434 01:08:09,731 --> 01:08:10,899 than they can give, 1435 01:08:10,899 --> 01:08:13,635 and they may find that they're given very little 1436 01:08:13,635 --> 01:08:15,303 as a result of that. 1437 01:08:15,303 --> 01:08:17,672 What you're going to look for more are places that have 1438 01:08:17,672 --> 01:08:20,742 resources that could sustain, you know, survival. 1439 01:08:20,742 --> 01:08:22,577 - DR. CARLSON: You wanna be in places like North Dakota, 1440 01:08:22,577 --> 01:08:25,847 South Dakota, Montana, the Midwest Plains area, Wyoming, 1441 01:08:25,847 --> 01:08:30,051 Utah, things like that, just because there is so much land 1442 01:08:30,051 --> 01:08:33,755 and so many ways to isolate yourself, a group of people, 1443 01:08:33,755 --> 01:08:35,891 from what's going on. 1444 01:08:35,891 --> 01:08:37,659 - They have access to natural food supplies, 1445 01:08:37,659 --> 01:08:40,896 fish in certain areas, game animals, more open air. 1446 01:08:40,896 --> 01:08:43,064 But you gotta remind yourself there's a reason that parts of 1447 01:08:43,064 --> 01:08:45,734 our map have lower population density. 1448 01:08:45,734 --> 01:08:48,303 It's typically because living there has difficulties 1449 01:08:48,303 --> 01:08:50,438 that make it so that people aren't necessarily 1450 01:08:50,438 --> 01:08:52,574 always pulled into those places. 1451 01:08:54,009 --> 01:08:59,247 - NARRATOR: Some experts believe a water barrier's a must. 1452 01:08:59,247 --> 01:09:01,449 - ASHLYNN: When I think of zombies and water, 1453 01:09:01,449 --> 01:09:03,451 I don't think they can swim. 1454 01:09:03,451 --> 01:09:06,188 I don't think they would have the brain power to even think 1455 01:09:06,188 --> 01:09:07,355 of how to do that. 1456 01:09:07,355 --> 01:09:10,392 They're just, need food, need food. 1457 01:09:10,392 --> 01:09:13,461 - NARRATOR: But others aren't so certain. 1458 01:09:13,461 --> 01:09:16,197 - Originally I thought zombies couldn't swim because 1459 01:09:16,197 --> 01:09:19,734 when bodies decompose, there's, like, bloating. 1460 01:09:19,734 --> 01:09:22,571 So I think because of that decomposition, 1461 01:09:22,571 --> 01:09:25,640 it actually helped in their favor where, oh, 1462 01:09:25,640 --> 01:09:28,310 I can get across the water and get these people now. 1463 01:09:30,412 --> 01:09:32,213 - NARRATOR: No matter how prepared you are, 1464 01:09:32,213 --> 01:09:33,748 one thing's for certain-- 1465 01:09:33,748 --> 01:09:36,985 the zombie apocalypse will be terrifying. 1466 01:09:36,985 --> 01:09:39,054 - The zombie represents two of the biggest things that as 1467 01:09:39,054 --> 01:09:41,590 humans we naturally are against. 1468 01:09:41,590 --> 01:09:44,559 We don't like aging. We don't like the idea of death. 1469 01:09:44,559 --> 01:09:45,994 Zombies represent this monster 1470 01:09:45,994 --> 01:09:50,065 that we've created from our most central fears. 1471 01:09:50,065 --> 01:09:55,170 - I think the scariest trait of the zombies is the face. 1472 01:09:55,170 --> 01:09:56,438 'Cause the first thing 1473 01:09:56,438 --> 01:09:57,806 that you notice on a person is the face. 1474 01:09:57,806 --> 01:10:00,642 You make eye contact or you observe their features. 1475 01:10:00,642 --> 01:10:03,812 Seeing the discoloration, seeing the sunken eyes, the different, 1476 01:10:03,812 --> 01:10:07,849 like...I hate to say the word "juices" oozing out of the... 1477 01:10:11,653 --> 01:10:13,321 - ♪ 1478 01:10:13,321 --> 01:10:14,723 - NARRATOR: To conquer our fears, 1479 01:10:14,723 --> 01:10:18,126 we've embraced zombies as cultural icons. 1480 01:10:18,126 --> 01:10:19,160 - [cheers and applause] 1481 01:10:19,160 --> 01:10:20,862 - Are you all ready for your 1482 01:10:20,862 --> 01:10:24,532 2021 CreepyCon Zombie Beauty Pageant? 1483 01:10:24,532 --> 01:10:26,701 - [cheers and applause] 1484 01:10:28,069 --> 01:10:31,239 - So today I was going for kind of like a zombie pinup vibe. 1485 01:10:31,239 --> 01:10:33,141 This is actually one of my haunt costumes. 1486 01:10:33,141 --> 01:10:34,542 I'm a haunt actor. 1487 01:10:34,542 --> 01:10:38,013 - [zombie growling] 1488 01:10:38,013 --> 01:10:40,615 - I had this dress from a thrift store that I was gonna use for 1489 01:10:40,615 --> 01:10:43,218 an apocalyptic photoshoot anyway. 1490 01:10:43,218 --> 01:10:45,687 Me and my dogs went out in the yard and ripped it to shreds. 1491 01:10:48,056 --> 01:10:50,125 - WOMAN: This was a dress I wore to a rehearsal dinner 1492 01:10:50,125 --> 01:10:52,193 for my nephew's wedding. 1493 01:10:52,193 --> 01:10:53,528 I would like to think that I was 1494 01:10:53,528 --> 01:10:55,864 a guest at a very fancy cocktail party 1495 01:10:55,864 --> 01:10:57,766 before I got turned into a zombie. 1496 01:11:00,301 --> 01:11:04,072 - EMCEE: Zombie Beauty Pageant Queen of 2021... 1497 01:11:04,072 --> 01:11:06,074 Miss Oak Ridge! 1498 01:11:06,074 --> 01:11:10,245 - [cheers and applause] 1499 01:11:10,245 --> 01:11:11,880 - EMCEE: Do you want a speech? 1500 01:11:11,880 --> 01:11:13,915 - [growls like a zombie] 1501 01:11:13,915 --> 01:11:16,584 - [cheers and applause] 1502 01:11:16,584 --> 01:11:22,257 - ♪ 1503 01:11:22,257 --> 01:11:26,027 - One of the compelling and interesting ideas about zombies 1504 01:11:26,027 --> 01:11:29,097 is they're based within the elements of science fact, 1505 01:11:29,097 --> 01:11:31,066 and then we twist on that, and we play on that, 1506 01:11:31,066 --> 01:11:33,902 and we add our own fears to it. 1507 01:11:33,902 --> 01:11:35,470 - DR. CARLSON: It's a possibility in the future 1508 01:11:35,470 --> 01:11:36,905 that something like this might happen. 1509 01:11:36,905 --> 01:11:38,673 You know, a zombie might be created by accident. 1510 01:11:38,673 --> 01:11:39,908 Who knows? 1511 01:11:39,908 --> 01:11:42,344 That kind of fear and that idea's always present. 1512 01:11:42,344 --> 01:11:44,879 - I would not be surprised if zombies happen. 1513 01:11:44,879 --> 01:11:48,516 - I don't want to use the word "virus" 'cause...you know. 1514 01:11:48,516 --> 01:11:50,652 - There have been cases of people being on drugs 1515 01:11:50,652 --> 01:11:52,353 and eating other people. 1516 01:11:52,353 --> 01:11:54,389 - I don't not believe. 1517 01:11:54,389 --> 01:11:55,690 - So yeah, I very much believe 1518 01:11:55,690 --> 01:11:57,726 that zombies could become a thing. 1519 01:11:57,726 --> 01:11:59,627 And that's what's so terrifying about them. 1520 01:12:02,497 --> 01:12:04,933 - NARRATOR: But here's something that may comfort you. 1521 01:12:04,933 --> 01:12:08,870 Don't look for any zombie babies as the next wave of attack. 1522 01:12:08,870 --> 01:12:14,175 - ♪ 1523 01:12:14,175 --> 01:12:16,478 - ALYSSA: Oh, can zombies reproduce? 1524 01:12:16,478 --> 01:12:19,114 [laughs] They're not doing 50 Shades of Grey. 1525 01:12:19,114 --> 01:12:20,448 The only way that we know 1526 01:12:20,448 --> 01:12:23,218 that they can reproduce is basically by biting. 1527 01:12:23,218 --> 01:12:26,554 The more bites, the more infections, the more they grow, 1528 01:12:26,554 --> 01:12:28,623 the more zombies you're gonna get. 1529 01:12:28,623 --> 01:12:30,492 - Zombies can definitely reproduce. 1530 01:12:30,492 --> 01:12:33,928 Um, they bite you, and then you turn into a zombie. 1531 01:12:33,928 --> 01:12:37,365 But as far as, like, bow-chicka-ow-ow, no. 1532 01:12:37,365 --> 01:12:39,167 And I don't think any of us wanna see that. 1533 01:12:42,670 --> 01:12:45,273 - NARRATOR: So how will you survive long enough to see 1534 01:12:45,273 --> 01:12:47,008 the zombie apocalypse end? 1535 01:12:48,476 --> 01:12:50,211 Scientists may have the answer. 1536 01:12:53,415 --> 01:12:55,517 - ♪ 1537 01:12:55,517 --> 01:12:59,320 - NARRATOR: Some say all this zombie talk is crazy... 1538 01:12:59,320 --> 01:13:01,256 and that Nostradamus' prediction 1539 01:13:01,256 --> 01:13:04,025 of a zombie apocalypse is overblown. 1540 01:13:06,528 --> 01:13:07,729 - NOSTRADAMUS: "Few young people: 1541 01:13:07,729 --> 01:13:09,931 "half-dead to give a start. 1542 01:13:09,931 --> 01:13:13,134 "Dead through spite, he will cause the others to shine, 1543 01:13:13,134 --> 01:13:16,938 "in an exalted place, some great evils to occur, 1544 01:13:16,938 --> 01:13:20,975 "fathers and mothers dead of infinite sorrows, 1545 01:13:20,975 --> 01:13:24,946 the Great One to be no more, all the world to end." 1546 01:13:24,946 --> 01:13:30,785 - ♪ 1547 01:13:30,785 --> 01:13:32,587 - BOBBY: Nostradamus says two-thirds of the people 1548 01:13:32,587 --> 01:13:35,657 in the world will removed by it. 1549 01:13:35,657 --> 01:13:37,158 - NARRATOR: But there's one thing Nostradamus 1550 01:13:37,158 --> 01:13:38,860 didn't foresee-- 1551 01:13:38,860 --> 01:13:40,995 how the zombie apocalypse would end. 1552 01:13:40,995 --> 01:13:49,170 - ♪ 1553 01:13:49,170 --> 01:13:52,273 - ASHLYNN: So we have this idea that zombies don't ever die 1554 01:13:52,273 --> 01:13:53,808 because they are undead. 1555 01:13:53,808 --> 01:13:56,077 That doesn't mean they can't deteriorate. 1556 01:13:56,077 --> 01:13:57,979 Eventually a zombie's gonna get to the point 1557 01:13:57,979 --> 01:13:59,914 where they're no longer a threat. 1558 01:13:59,914 --> 01:14:01,349 The teeth are gonna fall out. 1559 01:14:01,349 --> 01:14:02,851 The bones are gonna start decaying. 1560 01:14:02,851 --> 01:14:05,487 The flesh is going to rot off. 1561 01:14:05,487 --> 01:14:08,089 Eventually they would decay so much that they wouldn't become 1562 01:14:08,089 --> 01:14:10,158 a threat to us. 1563 01:14:10,158 --> 01:14:12,594 - NARRATOR: But how much trouble are we gonna be in while we wait 1564 01:14:12,594 --> 01:14:17,265 for those billions of pesky zombies to just die off? 1565 01:14:17,265 --> 01:14:19,234 You know, the shufflers... 1566 01:14:19,234 --> 01:14:21,936 - ♪ 1567 01:14:21,936 --> 01:14:24,806 - NARRATOR: ...the rage zombies... 1568 01:14:24,806 --> 01:14:27,609 and the brain eaters. 1569 01:14:27,609 --> 01:14:29,043 - DR. CARLSON: On a scale of one to ten, 1570 01:14:29,043 --> 01:14:31,112 one being basically make it unscathed, 1571 01:14:31,112 --> 01:14:34,782 I'm gonna give it an eight-- moderately scathed. 1572 01:14:34,782 --> 01:14:39,587 As far as who is the last person standing in a zombie apocalypse, 1573 01:14:39,587 --> 01:14:42,557 a simulation says 300 people will only be left. 1574 01:14:42,557 --> 01:14:44,058 That's really low. 1575 01:14:44,058 --> 01:14:46,227 I'm thinking more like 30 million, let's say, 1576 01:14:46,227 --> 01:14:49,230 on the lower scale. 30 million people will be left. 1577 01:14:49,230 --> 01:14:51,566 - NARRATOR: Fortunately we won't have to wait for 1578 01:14:51,566 --> 01:14:55,536 natural selection to take its course. 1579 01:14:55,536 --> 01:14:57,772 - We have learned lessons from COVID. 1580 01:14:57,772 --> 01:15:00,942 And we have been able to develop vaccinations very quickly. 1581 01:15:00,942 --> 01:15:03,912 We can make a vaccine in 18 months and actually begin 1582 01:15:03,912 --> 01:15:08,816 vaccinating hundreds of millions of people within six months. 1583 01:15:08,816 --> 01:15:12,654 Once it calms down, so maybe day 180, day 250, 1584 01:15:12,654 --> 01:15:14,756 someplace in that range, 1585 01:15:14,756 --> 01:15:17,125 that's when you start seeing people come out 1586 01:15:17,125 --> 01:15:19,027 and trying to look at their new world 1587 01:15:19,027 --> 01:15:20,662 that they live in. 1588 01:15:22,897 --> 01:15:24,232 - NARRATOR: Congratulations. 1589 01:15:24,232 --> 01:15:26,568 Your prepping checklist helped you survive 1590 01:15:26,568 --> 01:15:29,337 the zombie apocalypse. 1591 01:15:29,337 --> 01:15:33,441 You followed our advice-- securing food and supplies, 1592 01:15:33,441 --> 01:15:37,378 shelter, weapons, an evacuation plan, 1593 01:15:37,378 --> 01:15:41,449 a getaway vehicle, new digs when the shit hit the fan, 1594 01:15:41,449 --> 01:15:43,117 and knowing your enemy. 1595 01:15:44,319 --> 01:15:46,821 Now what? 1596 01:15:46,821 --> 01:15:50,692 As lucky survivors slowly emerge from their bunkers, 1597 01:15:50,692 --> 01:15:53,461 they'll enter a world turned upside down. 1598 01:15:53,461 --> 01:15:59,334 - ♪ 1599 01:15:59,334 --> 01:16:00,802 - ALYSSA: We don't know if we're gonna still 1600 01:16:00,802 --> 01:16:02,804 have those electric plants. 1601 01:16:02,804 --> 01:16:04,872 We don't know if oil is still gonna be around, 1602 01:16:04,872 --> 01:16:06,841 if there's gonna be a way to access the oil, 1603 01:16:06,841 --> 01:16:09,043 or if it's gonna be shut off completely. 1604 01:16:09,043 --> 01:16:11,012 There's a lot of different resources that we would have 1605 01:16:11,012 --> 01:16:14,649 to try and find all over again in order to survive. 1606 01:16:14,649 --> 01:16:16,617 So I feel like it would be the same thing, say, 1607 01:16:16,617 --> 01:16:20,488 if it was 100 years into the future or 200 years. 1608 01:16:20,488 --> 01:16:23,257 You have to take a lot of time and to rebuild the country back 1609 01:16:23,257 --> 01:16:25,994 into what it was before. 1610 01:16:28,029 --> 01:16:29,430 - DR. CHASE: We've made it through ice ages. 1611 01:16:29,430 --> 01:16:31,866 We've made it through other extinction-level events. 1612 01:16:31,866 --> 01:16:33,568 And yet, like rats and cockroaches, 1613 01:16:33,568 --> 01:16:35,169 humans find ways to survive, 1614 01:16:35,169 --> 01:16:39,073 even under extremely pressing circumstances. 1615 01:16:39,073 --> 01:16:41,609 It may not be pleasant, but where there's a will, 1616 01:16:41,609 --> 01:16:43,411 there's a way. 1617 01:16:43,411 --> 01:16:45,613 It's part of human nature of being social creatures to want 1618 01:16:45,613 --> 01:16:46,948 to actually look towards others 1619 01:16:46,948 --> 01:16:49,150 for assistance and support in this. 1620 01:16:49,150 --> 01:16:52,420 Can I form a cooperative alliance with these individuals? 1621 01:16:52,420 --> 01:16:55,456 Can I form a group that can now start to work together 1622 01:16:55,456 --> 01:16:57,258 to overcome obstacles? 1623 01:16:57,258 --> 01:16:59,394 Work together to survive? 1624 01:16:59,394 --> 01:17:01,496 There are those who will pivot towards I want to survive and 1625 01:17:01,496 --> 01:17:04,532 there are those who will go into a direction of I want to thrive, 1626 01:17:04,532 --> 01:17:06,901 no matter what the cost. 1627 01:17:06,901 --> 01:17:08,770 - ASHLYNN: I think if all the zombies died out, 1628 01:17:08,770 --> 01:17:10,538 that we would probably live a life 1629 01:17:10,538 --> 01:17:12,840 similar to the life we're living now. 1630 01:17:12,840 --> 01:17:14,409 Lots of social distancing. 1631 01:17:14,409 --> 01:17:17,478 I think quarantining would be way more hardcore. 1632 01:17:17,478 --> 01:17:18,646 I don't think people would be 1633 01:17:18,646 --> 01:17:21,082 congregated in cities like we are now. 1634 01:17:21,082 --> 01:17:23,117 Lots of people staying away from each other, 1635 01:17:23,117 --> 01:17:26,020 not as much congregating in large areas. 1636 01:17:26,020 --> 01:17:29,223 And I think a lot of people will resort back to our roots, 1637 01:17:29,223 --> 01:17:33,227 which is going out and farming land in the middle of nowhere 1638 01:17:33,227 --> 01:17:36,464 just to keep away from the risk of becoming a zombie. 1639 01:17:39,734 --> 01:17:41,169 - DR. CHASE: It's the end of the world. 1640 01:17:41,169 --> 01:17:43,104 It doesn't mean that the earth exploded. 1641 01:17:43,104 --> 01:17:45,940 But the world as I defined it no longer exists. 1642 01:17:45,940 --> 01:17:48,076 And it's now my job to redefine it and to figure out 1643 01:17:48,076 --> 01:17:51,245 what my role is and how to survive in it. 1644 01:17:51,245 --> 01:17:53,314 - Everything at that point from society has basically devolved 1645 01:17:53,314 --> 01:17:55,550 into nothing. 1646 01:17:55,550 --> 01:17:57,819 We are living however we want to. 1647 01:17:57,819 --> 01:18:00,455 They will have to rebuild and adapt. 1648 01:18:00,455 --> 01:18:02,056 And it will force the next-- 1649 01:18:02,056 --> 01:18:04,392 the next step of human evolution. 1650 01:18:04,392 --> 01:18:07,128 - I hate to say it, but it kind of comes down 1651 01:18:07,128 --> 01:18:10,431 to the survival of the fittest. 1652 01:18:10,431 --> 01:18:12,800 - ASHLYNN: What scares me more than zombies in an apocalyptic 1653 01:18:12,800 --> 01:18:15,837 situation would probably be other humans. 1654 01:18:15,837 --> 01:18:19,907 Humans are the worst enemy of humans, um, 1655 01:18:19,907 --> 01:18:21,976 in times of struggle and chaos. 1656 01:18:21,976 --> 01:18:24,579 It tends to bring the worst or the best out of us. 1657 01:18:24,579 --> 01:18:27,281 But oftentimes it's the worst. 1658 01:18:27,281 --> 01:18:31,319 I would be terrified in any apocalyptic situation where 1659 01:18:31,319 --> 01:18:34,689 resources are low or you're fighting to survive. 1660 01:18:34,689 --> 01:18:36,491 I'd probably rather encounter a zombie. 1661 01:18:40,461 --> 01:18:42,330 - NARRATOR: Will survivors be ready to deal with 1662 01:18:42,330 --> 01:18:43,965 the new normal? 1663 01:18:43,965 --> 01:18:45,867 Experts say they better be. 1664 01:18:48,503 --> 01:18:51,405 - My advice to the people who are not prepared is good luck 1665 01:18:51,405 --> 01:18:55,409 if the power goes down or gas is affected. 1666 01:18:55,409 --> 01:18:57,812 - The internet is gone. The electricity is gone. 1667 01:18:57,812 --> 01:19:00,748 The running water is gone. 1668 01:19:00,748 --> 01:19:02,150 - Frozen food. 1669 01:19:02,150 --> 01:19:05,953 Uh, medical supplies, basic first aid. 1670 01:19:05,953 --> 01:19:07,522 - AMY: Life as you know it ends. 1671 01:19:07,522 --> 01:19:10,424 With emergency preparedness, if you are ready for something, 1672 01:19:10,424 --> 01:19:12,193 you're ready for everything. 1673 01:19:12,193 --> 01:19:13,961 - DR. CHASE: You can put on the blinders and pretend that 1674 01:19:13,961 --> 01:19:15,463 everything's okay. 1675 01:19:15,463 --> 01:19:17,265 But if the sky is falling, eventually it's gonna land 1676 01:19:17,265 --> 01:19:18,499 on your head. 1677 01:19:18,499 --> 01:19:20,368 - DAVE: From my own family, if we ever have, like, 1678 01:19:20,368 --> 01:19:22,036 a cell phone outage, it's a crisis. 1679 01:19:22,036 --> 01:19:24,672 Can you imagine not having your cell phone with a zombie 1680 01:19:24,672 --> 01:19:26,407 swarming around your house? 1681 01:19:26,407 --> 01:19:29,043 - MITCH: I'm pretty stubborn, so I'm not gonna give up easy. 1682 01:19:29,043 --> 01:19:30,578 I'd like to think I'd have a better chance 1683 01:19:30,578 --> 01:19:32,246 than your average person. 1684 01:19:32,246 --> 01:19:34,916 If you're worried about society failing, having a power source, 1685 01:19:34,916 --> 01:19:38,553 a generator, having food sources, having water sources, 1686 01:19:38,553 --> 01:19:39,887 it all makes perfect sense. 1687 01:19:39,887 --> 01:19:41,422 I think more than anything, piece of mind. 1688 01:19:42,456 --> 01:19:44,058 - NARRATOR: Now you must go from prepping 1689 01:19:44,058 --> 01:19:49,197 for the zombie apocalypse to rebuilding from it. 1690 01:19:49,197 --> 01:19:50,932 - DR. CARLSON: The main skills that you want, 1691 01:19:50,932 --> 01:19:52,266 especially starting up, is you're looking for 1692 01:19:52,266 --> 01:19:54,535 your carpenters, your metallurgists, your welders. 1693 01:19:54,535 --> 01:19:57,238 You're looking for your former military personnel. 1694 01:19:57,238 --> 01:20:00,007 You're looking for farmers. 1695 01:20:00,007 --> 01:20:02,476 - It's going to be those who know how to kind of pivot, 1696 01:20:02,476 --> 01:20:05,079 who know how to flex, who know how to be adaptable under 1697 01:20:05,079 --> 01:20:08,716 extraordinary circumstances, that are going to withstand 1698 01:20:08,716 --> 01:20:11,719 those sorts of survival forces. 1699 01:20:11,719 --> 01:20:13,120 - MITCH: Really at the end of the day, 1700 01:20:13,120 --> 01:20:15,056 when you get right down to the brass tacks of it, 1701 01:20:15,056 --> 01:20:16,390 it's not always gonna be, you know, 1702 01:20:16,390 --> 01:20:18,459 the most fit or the most intelligent that survives. 1703 01:20:18,459 --> 01:20:19,994 It's gonna be the people that can cooperate 1704 01:20:19,994 --> 01:20:22,396 and work with other people. 1705 01:20:22,396 --> 01:20:25,967 If you don't pull that off, well, your time is limited, 1706 01:20:25,967 --> 01:20:27,335 let's just say that. 1707 01:20:29,237 --> 01:20:30,771 - NARRATOR: So is the zombie apocalypse 1708 01:20:30,771 --> 01:20:33,274 just around the corner? 1709 01:20:33,274 --> 01:20:34,875 - AMY: I wish I could predict. 1710 01:20:34,875 --> 01:20:38,246 I wish I had a crystal ball. I really do. 1711 01:20:40,047 --> 01:20:42,316 - DAVE: I wouldn't rule anything out. 1712 01:20:42,316 --> 01:20:44,185 I mean, if anything, we've learned that Mother Nature 1713 01:20:44,185 --> 01:20:47,889 is full of surprises. 1714 01:20:47,889 --> 01:20:49,223 - DR. CARLSON: It's a possibility in the future 1715 01:20:49,223 --> 01:20:50,858 that something like this might happen, 1716 01:20:50,858 --> 01:20:52,293 whether it's a zombie apocalypse virus 1717 01:20:52,293 --> 01:20:54,729 or whether it's a flu or COVID virus. 1718 01:20:54,729 --> 01:20:56,163 Something will happen 1719 01:20:56,163 --> 01:20:59,066 and it will force the next step of human evolution. 1720 01:21:01,235 --> 01:21:04,305 - NARRATOR: But cheer up. All hope is not lost. 1721 01:21:04,305 --> 01:21:07,041 We can put an end to all this doom and gloom 1722 01:21:07,041 --> 01:21:08,943 before it even begins. 1723 01:21:11,212 --> 01:21:13,447 - Can we prevent a zombie apocalypse? 1724 01:21:13,447 --> 01:21:15,049 Absolutely. 1725 01:21:15,049 --> 01:21:18,052 Our biggest challenge right now is how do we respond 1726 01:21:18,052 --> 01:21:20,588 and how do we develop the next-gen technology 1727 01:21:20,588 --> 01:21:23,324 and intelligence reporting and surveillance reporting? 1728 01:21:23,324 --> 01:21:25,092 This is what we now need to do. 1729 01:21:26,227 --> 01:21:28,095 - Depending on the day, I am either incredibly cynical 1730 01:21:28,095 --> 01:21:29,430 and this is it. 1731 01:21:29,430 --> 01:21:30,898 This is as good as it's gonna get. 1732 01:21:30,898 --> 01:21:32,099 And we're all going down 1733 01:21:32,099 --> 01:21:34,702 in a blaze of zombie apocalyptic glory, 1734 01:21:34,702 --> 01:21:36,737 and it's gonna be horrifying. 1735 01:21:36,737 --> 01:21:41,442 And then I have days where I think we've got it together. 1736 01:21:42,710 --> 01:21:44,278 - DR. CARLSON: But remember, as we always say, 1737 01:21:44,278 --> 01:21:46,781 what you don't know can eat you. 1738 01:21:46,781 --> 01:21:49,817 - ♪ 1739 01:21:49,817 --> 01:21:54,055 - I like zombies as a concept, bringing someone back to life. 1740 01:21:54,055 --> 01:21:55,990 - Yeah, a zombie apocalypse can definitely happen. 1741 01:21:55,990 --> 01:21:57,291 - I think it's possible. 1742 01:21:57,291 --> 01:21:59,694 I just hope that they stay away from me. 1743 01:21:59,694 --> 01:22:01,862 - 100% I'm waiting. 1744 01:22:01,862 --> 01:22:03,331 - I think anything can happen. 1745 01:22:03,331 --> 01:22:05,132 - I mean, anything's possible. 1746 01:22:05,132 --> 01:22:08,269 - Put your hands together for the new 1747 01:22:08,269 --> 01:22:12,606 [unintelligible] zombies! 1748 01:22:12,606 --> 01:22:18,412 - ♪ 1749 01:22:18,412 --> 01:22:21,382 - Heytown Zombies have been doing this for a long time. 1750 01:22:21,382 --> 01:22:24,352 We do the Thriller dance, the whole thing, the whole video. 1751 01:22:26,987 --> 01:22:29,190 When we start kind of coming up as a crowd, 1752 01:22:29,190 --> 01:22:31,359 and people are like... 1753 01:22:31,359 --> 01:22:33,427 'cause they didn't realize you were there. 1754 01:22:33,427 --> 01:22:38,532 - ♪ 1755 01:23:20,841 --> 01:23:23,811 - Ladies and gentlemen-- gentlemen and those yet decided, 1756 01:23:23,811 --> 01:23:25,646 make some noise! 1757 01:23:25,646 --> 01:23:26,680 - [cheers and applause] 1758 01:23:26,680 --> 01:23:28,516 - We're at CreepyCon 2021. 1759 01:23:28,516 --> 01:23:31,252 This is the Zombie beauty pageant. 1760 01:23:31,252 --> 01:23:33,754 - I am a fern prom queen. 1761 01:23:33,754 --> 01:23:35,523 - My costume is zombie Lydia. 1762 01:23:35,523 --> 01:23:37,391 And I got my Beetlejuice right here. 1763 01:23:37,391 --> 01:23:38,559 I divorced Beetlejuice. 1764 01:23:38,559 --> 01:23:41,228 He got the house and I got his head. 1765 01:23:41,228 --> 01:23:44,231 - If you had the opportunity to turn one celebrity into 1766 01:23:44,231 --> 01:23:47,234 a zombie to be yours forever... 1767 01:23:47,234 --> 01:23:48,869 - Jason Momoa. 1768 01:23:48,869 --> 01:23:54,375 - What type of buffet item human part would you put on the menu? 1769 01:23:54,375 --> 01:23:56,444 - You know it's gotta be those [unintelligible]. 1770 01:23:56,444 --> 01:23:57,745 Gotta love the juicy [unintelligible]. 1771 01:23:59,914 --> 01:24:01,482 - ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh 1772 01:24:03,818 --> 01:24:04,785 - [bell rings]