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#5. Brain Parasites

As seen in ...

Resident Evil IV

What are they?

Parasites that turn victims into mindless, zombieli!e slaves are "airly common in nature.

here$s one called to%o&lasmosa gondiithat seems to devote its entire e%istence to

being terri"ying.

his bug in"ects rats, but can only breed inside the

intestines o" a cat. he &arasite !no's it needs to get the

rat inside the cat (yes, 'e realize this sounds li!e the

beginning o" the most "uc!edu& )r. *euss &oem ever+ so

the &arasite takes over the rat's freaking brain, and

intentionally ma!es it scurry toward'here the cats hang

out. he rat is being &rogrammed to get itsel" eaten, and it

doesn$t even !no'.

" course, those are -ust rats, right?

o' it can result in zombies/

ey, did 'e mention that hal" the human &o&ulation on 0arth is in"ected 'ith

to%o&lasmosa, and don$t !no' it? ey, maybe you$re one o" them. 1li& a coin.

h, also, they$ve done studies and sho'n that the in"ected see a change in their

&ersonality and have a higher chance o" going batshit insane.
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2hances this could cause a zombie a&ocaly&se/

umans and rats aren$t all that di3erent4 thats 'hy they use them to test our drugs. All

it ta!es is a more evolved version o" to%o&lasmosa, one that could to do us 'hat it does

to the rats. *o, imagine i" hal" the 'orld suddenly had no instinct "or sel"&reservation or

rational thought. 0ven less than they do no', 'e mean.

" you$re com"orting yoursel" 'ith the thought that it may ta!e "orever "or such a

&arasite to evolve, you$re "orgetting about all the biological 'ea&ons &rograms around

the 'orld, intentionally 'ea&onizing such bugs. 6ou$ve got to 'onder i" the lab 'or!ers

don$t carry out their 'or! under the un'itting command o" the to%o&lasmosa gondii

already in their brains. " you don$t 'ant to slee& at night, that is.

6ou may be &rotesting that technically these &eo&le have never been dead and thus

don$t 7t the dictionary de7nition o" 8zombies,8 but 'e can assure you that the

distinction 'on$t matter a 'hole lot once these groaning hordes are cla'ing their 'ay

through your 'indo's.

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As seen in ...

he movie The Serpent and the Rainbow, the u&coming Resident Evil 5video game.

What are they?

here are certain !inds o" &oisons that slo' your bodily "unctions to the &oint that you$llbe considered dead, even to a doctor (o!ay, maybe not to agooddoctor+. he &oison

"rom "ugu (;a&anese blo'7sh+ can do this.

he victims can then be brought bac! under the e3ects o" a drug

li!e datura stramonium (or other chemicals called al!aloids+ that

leave them in a tranceli!e state 'ith no memory, but still able to

&er"orm sim&le tas!s li!e eating, slee&ing, moaning and shambling

around 'ith their arms outstretched.

o' it can result in zombies/82an?8 o' about 8does.8

his stu3 has ha&&ened in aiti4 that$s 'here the 'ord 8zombie8

comes "rom. here are boo!s about it, the most "amous ones by

)r. Wade )avis (Passage of DarknessandThe Serpent and the

Rainbow+. 6es, the movieThe Serpent and the Rainbow'as based

on this guy$s actual science stu3. o' much o" it 'as "act? Well, there 'as that one

scene 'here they stra&&ed the guy na!ed to a chair and drove a huge s&i!e through his

balls. We$re ho&ing that &art 'asn$t true.
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What is de7nitely true is the story o"2lairvius :arcisse. e 'as a aitian guy 'ho 'as

declared dead by t'o doctors and buried in . hey "ound him 'andering around the

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As seen in ...

28 Das !ater

What is it?

n the movie, it 'as a virus that turned human beings into mindless !illing machines. nreal li"e, 'e have a series o" brain disorders that do the same thing. hey 'ere never

contagious, o" course. hen, Dad 2o' )isease came along. t attac!s the co'$s s&inal

cord and brain, turning it into a stumbling, mindless attac!

co'.

And, 'hen humans eat the meat ...

o' it can result in zombies/

When Dad 2o' gets in humans, they call it 2reutz"eldt

;a!ob disease. 2hec! out the sym&toms/ 2hanges in gait ('al!ing+

allucinations

Eac! o" coordination ("or e%am&le, stumbling and "alling+

Duscle t'itching

Dyoclonic -er!s or seizures

Ra&idly develo&ing delirium or dementia

*ure, the disease is rare (though maybe not as rare as 'e thin!+ and the aFicted aren$t

!no'n to chase a"ter &eo&le in murderous mobs. 6et.

But, it &roves 'ides&read brain in"ections o" the Rage variety are -ust a matter o"

'aiting "or the right disease to come along.

2hances this could cause a zombie a&ocaly&se/

" the 'hole sudden, mindless violence idea seems "ar"etched, remember that you are

-ust one brain chemical (serotonin+ a'ay "rom turning into a mindless !illing machine

(they$ve tested it by &utting rats in )eathmatchstyle cages and 'atching them turn on
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each other+. All it 'ould ta!e is a disease that destroys the brain$s ability to absorb that

one chemical and suddenly it$s a real'orld 28 Das !ater.

*o, imagine such an evolved disease, 'hich 'e$ll call *u&er Dad 2o' (or, "adder2o'+

getting a "oothold through the "ood su&&ly. *ay this disease s&reads through bloodon

blood contact, or salivaonblood contact. :o' you have a Ragety&e virus that can be

transmitted 'ith a bite.

;ust li!e the movie. With one bite, you$re suddenly the 'orst !ind o" zombie/

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