Zombies: They're here!

Okay, not really. Or at least not as literally as they're shown in the movies. But still we have a ZOmbie reference, and a #17 to go, please.

Man ordering food called a zombie, punched twice

Iowa City police are investigating an early morning assault in which a man accused another of being a zombie, then punched him twice. Police said the assault occurred at 1:17 a.m. Sunday at an Iowa City restaurant south of the University of Iowa campus.

A man was ordering food when he was approached by another man who called him a zombie, then hit him in the eye. When the victim tried to call police on his cell phone, the man punched him again, breaking his nose.

The man then ran out a back door.

The victim was taken by ambulance to a hospital.

Remember, the Zombie theme is a reference to Death and Rebirth. Zombies are sometimes (rarely, actually, they're usually some sort of gray) portrayed as being green due to their decomposed skin, giving another Osirian reference (Osiris was portrayed as a Green Man) to go along with the 17 (Osiris resonating number) in the story.

IOWA=9+15(6)+23(5)+1=21, or 7+7+7 (without reducing the 15 and 23, you still get 48/4+8 which is 12, 21 backwards. The numbers 1 and 2 resonate with Jupiter through its astrological symbol). It also seems to contain a reference to Jupiter's moon/Mythological figure Io, and the hebrew letter Vav (Wa).

Update: StrangEye pointed out this story in the comments:

'Zombie Walk' invades downtown Winnipeg

CJOB News Team reporting
10/26/2009

Winnipeg Police are not reporting any arrests in connection with the so-called downtown Winnipeg 'Zombie walk' Sunday evening.

Callers to CJOB reported seeing a crowd of up to 400 people made up as ghouls prowling downtown Winnipeg... the bizarre procession shambled from the Exchange District to Portage and Main, then west to Portage and Memorial, before proceeding south to the Legislature.

Police tell CJOB they sent a few cruiser cars out to monitor the happening, in response to some complaints from residents.

"Zombie walks" are actually quite common these days, as zombies have become a popular "modern nerd" meme. And by "modern nerd", I don't mean someone who has actually earned the title of nerd through being skilled in anything technical, I just mean someone who goes to those creepy conventions, likes to party and will dress up as anything to fit in with the other "nerds". In other words, to be a "nerd" these days all you have to do is watch Anime, play video games and talk on internet forums (all three of these things are done religiously, I know because I went through my own total "internet nerd" phase but learned that like many other modern "tribes", their culture is corrupted), so you are just as controlled as anyone who soaks in the media without the proper filters. Interesting that one of these zombie walks coincided with yesterday's reverse zombie attack.