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Coltin Grover, Jon Kuhl and Steven Collins prepare for battle.
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Thirteen zombies clashed on Friday evening with about 75 humans in a battle that resulted in considerable casualties for resistance fighters from Utah State University.
The fight, over a base camp in a field on the north side of 1100 North, included about a third of the registered combatants in the war. Tori Winslow, president of the League of
Supernatural Nations, said there were 260 known fighters.
“The missions are the highlight of the [war]," she said. "We hope that people come out and it will be epic."
And to zombie leader Coltin Grover, it was.
Grover, who has gone by the name "Omega" since his undeath, had predicted victory for his fellow zombies.
“We’re going to strike them down as they set up a base camp tonight,” he said before the battle.
Grover said there were 40 zombies across Utah State leading into the mission. “I’m hoping to double that number tonight,” he said.
The battle lasted an hour. Afterward, Grover reported the number of zombies had doubled.
“We thought we were safe, we were wrong,” said Jon Kuhl, a leader in the human resistance. “We lost some scouts, we lost some good men, but the strong will survive.”
Kuhl also said he and his fellow humans had completed all of their mission objectives.
“We found ammo and we have a full operating base,” Kuhl said.
In addition to infecting more humans, Greta Coldesina helped her fellow zombies complete their objective: taking an antidote from a fellow zombie. The serum resets a zombie’s feed timer — the time during which the undead must eat to avoid perishing — for 48 hours.
“Apparently it was really big deal,” Coldesina said.
The number of zombies and humans participating in the war is being updated at hvzsource.com/zombieaggies.
UnDeadline reporters Scott Hall, Caroline Peterson, Itzel Leon, Kris Hyde, Madison Maners, Stacey Worster contributed to this report
