Like eager customers
preparing for a big sale, famished zombies are learning to window shop for
humans — stalking them as they approach the exits of buildings at Utah State
University.
That’s just one
approach zombies are using that members of the human resistance are learning to
counter as the war between the living and undear enters its fourth day. But
human are responding in kind, developing methods to increase their chances of
survival.
Human combatant Dylon
Jones has learned to “avoid open spaces near buildings with many windows and
exits,” he said, noting that zombies can’t kill what they can’t see. “And
travel in groups of two or more in case you encounter a group of the undead.”
Fellow resistance
fighter Parker Christensen said those humans who remain alive at this point in
the war have had to rely on cunning and tactics.
“It takes more
skills to be alive than undead,” Christensen said. “Anyone can make it as a
zombie.”
Nikki Tatton would
rather not have to test her mettle against the undead, though.
“I run inside when
I see them,” she said.
As the Horde size
increases — more than 300 humans have been turned in the past three days — zombies
are using their numbers to overpower their adversaries.
“I lost half of my
group to a massive zombie horde outside Mountain View Towers,” said Mason
Moore, who considers himself an expert undead evader. “Now I avoid shortcuts
and stay to the perimeter as much as possible.”
Many humans like
Jacob Barton are relying on the tactical training their captains provided in impromptu
drills earlier in the week.
“More people could
make it if they remembered to run, to keep their guns ready and to avoid bottleneck
areas like the library,” Barton said.
Jeffrey Rutledge
broke two of his own rules of survival.
“I was caught and
turned last night,” Rutledge said as blood pooled out of his freshly bitten
neck. “I should have stayed with my group and moved more quickly.”
UnDeadline reporters Matt Walker,
Chris Larsen, Kelsy Ensign, Summer Taylor and Skylar Christensen contributed to
this report.
