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  • 7
    Oct
    2012
    12:23pm, EDT

    Calling all zombies to 'Shocktober'

    Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images

    Visitors to the Shocktober Fest dressed as zombies pose at Tulleys Farm on Oct. 6, in Turners Hill, England. People dressed as zombies from around the United Kingdom have converged on Tulleys Farm in an attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for the most zombies together in one place.

    Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images

    A fake hand sits on a picnic table as visitors to the Shocktober Fest enjoy a meal at Tulleys Farm on Oct. 6, in Turners Hill, England.

    Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images

    Visitors to the Shocktober Fest dressed as zombies enjoy the occasion at Tulleys Farm on Oct. 6, in Turners Hill, England.

    Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images

    Visitors to the Shocktober Fest dressed as zombies pose at Tulleys Farm on Oct. 6, in Turners Hill, England.

    Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images

    Visitors to the Shocktober Fest dressed as zombies raise their hands in unison at Tulleys Farm on Oct. 6, in Turners Hill, England.

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  • 7
    May
    2012
    3:10pm, EDT

    Zombies chase runners during "Run for Your Lives" 5k race

    Brian Snyder / Reuters

    A zombie chases a runner on the "Run for Your Lives" 5K obstacle course race in Amesbury, Mass. on May 5.

    "Run for Your Lives" 5k zombie races pit runners against man-made and natural obstacle courses and zombies, who chase them down and try and take "health" flags off the runners belts. Learn more about the races at runforyourlives.com.

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    A zombie greets runners arriving for the "Run for Your Lives" 5K obstacle course race in Amesbury, Mass. on May 5.

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    Runners are chased by a zombie at the "Run for Your Lives" 5K obstacle course race in Amesbury, Mass. on May 5.

    Brian Snyder / Reuters

    A zombie waits to chase runners at the "Run for Your Lives" 5K obstacle course race in Amesbury, Mass. on May 5.

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    What an awesome idea! A creative and fun way to get people active. A great way to show all the couch potato survivalists, that it will take more than a gun to survive zombie hordes! :)

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