What is a Zombie Walk? A History
A zombie walk (also known as a zombie mob, zombie march, zombie horde, zombie lurch, zombie shamble, zombie shuffle or zombie pub crawl) is an organized public gathering of people who dress up in zombie costumes. Usually taking place in an urban centre, the participants make their way around the city streets and through shopping malls in a somewhat orderly fashion and often limping their way towards a local cemetery or other public space (a series of taverns in the case of a zombie pub crawl).
What About Broad Ripple?
A zombie gathering, which drew more then a 1,000 people to the local mall in Pittsburgh, PA one Sunday morning, was certified as a Guinness World Record in 2006. Since then many cities have tried to beat their record. Some almost succeeded. This will be Indy's 6th Annual Zombie Walk. Originally started for fun, in 2006 in the Broad Ripple area, the Indy Zombie walk started with just a handful of people dressed just as zombies and paraded and bar hopped together. In 2010, the estimated attendance was well over 700 zombies and the total collected canned goods was over 3,400 pounds. We anticipate to shatter both of those marks in 2011!
