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| Brice Colby, far right, poses shortly before betraying a group of humans. |
“We are escorting
each other to classes,” said Dylan Jones, a zombie hunter. "The zombies are very organized. It gets really intense."
Moments later, they were betrayed.
Moments later, they were betrayed.
Unlike the other
zombies, Brice Colby’s undead mutation has allowed him to maintain his human
appearance — giving him the opportunity to gain trust with the living.
“I have been with
those guys for the past hour and a half waiting for the right moment,” Colby
said following the sabotage.
As the smell of
decaying flesh filled the air at Utah State University Monday, Colby relished
his role in starting it all.
Colby, who has been
identified as the source of the outbreak, began to feast on human flesh near
the Taggart Student Center, where they unwittingly shook hands with the living
dead host.
The infection which
transforms humans into the undead is passed by any contact with a zombie. A
militia of USU students has been formed to combat the growing horde, but its
numbers are falling fast.
Nearly 600 students
responded to the outbreak, arming themselves with guns and grenades. Seven
hours into the apocalypse, more than 80 humans had been transformed into
zombies.
Two former humans,
Audrey Dopp and Kasey Willden, willingly surrendered themselves to the zombies.
“Everyone was really intimidating running around with their guns, it was really
scary,” Dopp said. “We are the ones attacking now. We don’t have to be afraid.”
“I feel remorse for
having to kill former humans, but I have to save other human lives,” said Jason
Thorpe, a member of the zombie hunting militia. “I don't expect to die during
the zombie apocalypse. I am quick. I am quick witted.”
“The technology isn't
available to kill the zombies yet,” Thorpe said. “All you can do right now is
disrupt their neural pathways for a time.”
UnDeadline reporters Bradley Wells,
Christopher Farnes, Hannah Romney, Sarah Menlove and Ronald Henline contributed
to this report.
