The horde grew until there were two hundred of them. Some were missing limbs, others had extra limbs. There were old zombies and young zombies and even baby zombies. Several of the undead brought their dogs . . . and yes, man's best friend can become a zombie.
One had a puck in her cheek, another had a pencil in his neck, others had sharp tools protruding from their skulls, most of them had blood on them, even the dancing undead ballerinas had red on their tutus.
Organizers had hoped to raise 400 from their resting places, but only 200 walking corpses dared to come out in the afternoon sun.
"Well it's huge everywhere else so why not bring it to Kelowna," said nurse dread, with blood dripping from a massive wound on her face. She's known as Gen Duchesne, and the Zombie walk was her idea.
"It's fun being a Zombie and I'm a big Halloween fan, and horror fan. It's not something you see everyday and it's fun. We were hoping for more to come out in the sun."
The zombie ballerinas were asked what it takes to be a zombie. The answer shouldn't surprise us.
A zombie photographer with a bullet hole in his forehead managed a few words.
"I love to dress up; for pirate day, Halloween, zombie day, it's great," says Justin Bayes.
An undead bride, dressed in her finest bloodiest bridal gown, was catching a few eyes. She blamed her state on the best man.
"I got the dress from one of my in-laws and I thought it was a great idea," she said from behind her red soaked veil.
The group then lurched around downtown before heading back to their lairs. The parade of dead surprised many people, most laughed and took pictures, a few decided to watch from a distance.
It's not known how many new people might have been infected, if they do join the ranks of the undead, maybe we'll see them in the next Zombie Walk.
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