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* For their April Fools 2008 issue, The University at Buffalo's ''Spectrum'' college newspaper reported, among other things, about the emergence of the Necro-Animatory Syndrome virus, and the rise of the ambulatory dead ("zombie" being an "outdated and offensive term," though Bush is quoted as nearly using it) out of Cape Canaveral, where the NAS virus had apparently come back with a space shuttle crew. Articles included general information, survival guide, how to recognize an NAS sufferer (not very hard), and what to do if you're bitten (die with dignity, and with a friend to take you out immediately).
* [http://65.127.124.62/south_asia/4483241.stm.htm This fake BBC article] claimed that a Zombie Outbreak had occurred in Cambodia and was hushed up by the government. It was [http://www.snopes.com/humor/iftrue/zombies.asp debunked on Snopes.com] but is still passed around from time to time.
* The BBC [http://www.islandcrisis.net/2009/05/h1z1-zombie-swine-flu-hoax-invade-world/ put out another article], this time playing on the Swine Flu scare ([[H 1 Z 1]]H1Z1, a mutation of the [[H 1 N 1]]H1N1 virus that reanimated the victim after death, who then showed signs of the usual zombie behaviour). It is of course, fake, but the comments on the page are well worth reading.
* Some smart-ass hacker in Austin[[London England Syndrome|, Texas]] broke into the controls of two electronic road signs in January 2009, replacing their usual notices about upcoming construction with warnings of, among other things, "Zombies ahead!". Drivers were amused; city safety officials were not.
* And then there's this [http://jalopnik.com/5587000/la-county-zombie-control-keeping-socal-safe-for-brains joker]
 
 
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