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• FlashlightsbyJamesRascal
• ZSDWReaches5800Members
• ArticleoftheWeek•Weapon/TechnologyoftheWeek
• HistoryoftheDead
• CurrentWorkoftheZSDWStaff
Zombie Survival Monthly
“For the News your Dieing to Hear”
JAMESRASCAL’S ARTICLE ON
LIGHTING
James Rascal has kindly written us reviews on
two different rechargeable ashlights. Within his
reviews their relative usefulness are compared
and contrasted.
Special Points of Interest:• The Zombie Survival Monthly is now being
written monthly by the ZSM team.
• This Summer kicked off to a great start with
our new administrator ‘JamesRascal’
• ZSDW reaches 5800 members!
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Pr eview
V er sion
NOT FOR
R ELEAS E
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LONG LASTING FLASHLIGHTSAll survivors should make sure to
pack a at least one, if not multiple,
ashlight(s) in their bug-out-bag.
Lights are essential for night time
travel, raiding abandoned apartmentsand other potentially dark buildings
and for signaling to other survivors.
However, these blessings come at a
price. A large problem you will en-
counter is the irrefutable requirement
for batteries. Flashlights can only run
for so long on a single set.
Two solutions to this dilemma are:
1.) Rechargeable and;
2.) Self generating ashlights.
There are many different brands andmodels to choose from, so JamesRas-
cal has reviewed two different torches
below.
Post Z-Day, ashlights can be easily
found in garages (gas-stations), military
surplus stores and residential housing.
Make sure the batteries are charged and
that the ashlight good working quality
before you take it though.
“Flashlights can only run for s
on a single set.”
JAMES RASCAL SHINES LIGHT ON THE POWER PAUCITY
The Dynamo Illumina-
tor Flashlight
Two torches James has re-
viewed are:
1.) The iTouchless DLX For-
ever Flashlight.
This costs $17.00 on Amazon,
one minute of shaking can
provide 100 minutes of power.An LED shows when the light
is charging and it is both water -
proof and shockproof.
This torch is good for indoor
lighting in dark places, howev-
er, if you are trying to se across a eld it will do little more
than give away your position
2.) Was the Dynamo Illumi-
nator Windup Flashlight.
This handy light can provide
an hour of power for one
minute of winding. Unlike
he previous one, this can
light up a small eld whenfully charged.
And it cost the price at
$12.99.
The light boasts unbreak -
able LED’s, an easy winding
system and no batteries to
replace.
Keep in mind however, that
iTouchless DLX Forever
Flashlight.
all ashlights have
aws. These should be
found prior to Z-Day.
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SURVIVAL WEAPON—SPR 100 SINGLE The SPR 100 Single Shot,
often shortened to the SPR
100, is a single barreled break
action shotgun.
It can hold one twelve gauge,
twenty gauge or point four-ten bore shell at a time.
The shotgun comes with
generic bead sites to assist
aiming.
The gun is commonly used for
hunting small game and clay
pigeon shooting.
The gun was produced by the
famous company Remington
and can be purchased for $120
apparently…
As a weapon against the undeadthe fact that it only has one
shell at a time leaves you at a li-
ability when facing multiple un-
dead opponents. Your best bet is
to nd high inaccessible ground
and re down on the zombies.
Or to have a partner with a melee weapon back
you up whilst you reload.
Article taken from Weapons and gear.
Survival Tech - AlarmsElectronic alarm systems have been around for years to aid in
minimizing robbery and deter-
ring crime.
However, all they are is a
deterrent. Alarms are not only
built to let you know there is
someone in your house. There
primary function is to scare
off possible trespassers before
they decide to enter.
Of course, this is a very effec-
tive measure against human
aggressors. However, when the
board is changed to that of an undead world an alarm
will lose its purpose.
Firstly, the undead will not
be intimidated by a squeal-
ing sound if they know that
there is an uninfected hu-
man in the house.
Secondly, the alarm will
undoubtedly attract more
undesired attention and
could lead to the formation
of a zombie horde.
This in itself is not only
bad for you, butall other survivors
who are unlucky
enough to encoun-
ter the horde you
have created.
When Z-Day hits
and for a week or
so after expect to
hear lots of these
sounding off in
most urban areas. Article by Marsden
Gear Head Discussions- Monocular, Binoculars and Scopes
The following discussion was raised by ViolentKisses.
She is looking to purchase some visual aids. If anyone has any knowledge
of them then please join in the discussion. You can nd the thread under the
“Featured threads” list in the discussion board.
“I am planning on making my big gear buy in about 2 weeks and I’m looking for a nice compact or semi compact monocular. The reviews are all over the map on the couple models of monocular im considering and I’m wondering if the people who got adefective product are just more vocal or what cause others seem to love it.”
If you are interested in asking the ZSDW for advice when
purchasing an item simply start a new thread and the ZSDW
users will be glad to help you pick the best to suit your needs.
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History of the Undead By Nicole MasonSince our beginning, death and the fear of it has stalked us. Like all aspects of the human life, we have made stories about
death, in an attempt, perhaps, to control and set limits on it. But what of the stories found in every culture about the crea-
tures that exist between life and death? From where did these stories come? Are they the inevitable result of our fear of
death, a shared memory, or something else? Perhaps the stories themselves can reveal the answer. I have tried to group the
regions by similarities, Asia and Europe have similarities as do Africa and the Caribbean.
MesopotamiaAlthough often considered as one group, Babylonian, Assyrian, Akkadian and Sumerian were individual cultures that
literally built on each other. Most importantly, their culture contains one of the oldest tales of a man’s search for immor-
tality. At over 4000 years old “The Epic of Gilagmesh” is one of the oldest epics ever recorded. Although zombies are not
specically mentioned, there is reference of the world of the dead and of the gods. Many myths of the Mesopotamians are
missing, so I cannot say for certain about their zombie belief, but the complexity and detail that is known of their religious
practices does not make it outside the realm of possibility.
AsiaGeong Si (Guthrie, William B. Encyclopedia Mythica) also called Jiang Sr or Kuang Shi. For thousands of
years these dead beings without minds have populated Chinese myth. Ancestor worship is a major component
of Chinese religion, and it seems that the Geong Si is a facet of this. A Geong Si can occur when a person is
buried away from the ancestral village or when a family does not perform the proper funeral or burial rights.
Guthrie denes them as being closest in appearance to the Haitian zombie, and that spells can be used to make
one. Other texts seem to agree that the Geong Si as an aspect of ancestor worship, a tale of warning to keep the
old ways.
EuropeThe myths of Europe have their own undead, beings that rise from graves and feast on humans and terrorize
villages. At least that’s the classic idea. What is often called a “vampire” is the most prevalent form of undead.
There is one myth, the Craquehhe (monstropedia.org and Wikipedia.org) of France, and its classic zombie man-
nerisms that can be found in Europe, but seem to be the exception not the rule.
Interestingly, two of the classic ways to destroy a zombie were rst sighted as the means of destroying the vam-
piric undead: re and decapitation.
Strangely, it seems there was an increase in fears of undead in the 18th and 19th centuries. One theory about
why this is comes from studies about the change in funeral practices in the 19th century as a result of disease
and the industrial revolution. Medical science had not caught up with invention in the 19th century, it was not
uncommon for a person in a deep coma caused by a variety of diseases to be declared dead and quickly buried
without embalming. The difcult was when the person awoke and found themselves buried! A line running from
the cofn above ground to a series of bells was put in place to be activated by the interred if the should awaken.
Another popular contraption was the Bateson’s belfry, a bell in a stand placed near the head of the person that
could be rung if they proved not to be dead. People were even rumored to have been buried with shovels or crowbars just incase the doctor had been mistaken. It has been theorized that these contraptions along with the
hysteria of being buried alive, and with the “new age” spiritualism of the Victorian age, may well have added to
the zombie and undead myths of Europe.
AfricaSome view Africa as the origin of the zombie mythos. Although the “classics” zombie is not often mentioned in
African myth, one can note the roots of the zombie story in African myth and folklore.
The ancient Egyptians believed in curses and the resurrected and reanimated dead, such belief permeated their
spiritual lives. Later, Hollywood used their beliefs in creating tales of cursed tombs and walking vengeful mum-
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mies. In truth the myths of the ancient Egyptians were far more complex. The living and dead shared an inter-
twined existence and one has merely to look at the veneration of the dead in scripture and monument to note
this. Myths of visiting entombed dead and spells to resurrect them are found everywhere in ancient Egypt.
Although there are some tales of zombie like beings in African myth outside of Egpyt, in Western and Southern
Africa it is the Tikoloshe that seems to be the most common undead. It is said to be created by a wizard from the
head of a corpse. It is said that
“Every African knows what a Tokoloshe is. Some call it Tikoloshe. It looks like a very nasty looking teddy-
bear in appearance, in that its head is like that of a teddy-bear, but it has got a thick, sharp, bony ridge on top of
its head. Tokoloshes have a hole in their head. They are also immensely strong. The ridge goes from above itsforehead to the back of its head, and with this ridge it can knock down an ox by butting it with its head. -Zulu
shaman Credo Mutwa”
-monstropedia.org
When or where such a myth could have originated cannot easily guessed at, but it is signicant to note that the
importance of a wizard or magical person creating something from a corpse carries over into the hybrid reli-
gions that emerged when African populations were enslaved in the new world.
Caribbean and Central/South AmericaMuch of our modern perspective on zombies is based on the Caribbean mythology, which itself is a hybrid
of Native American, African and Christian myth and religion. Originally this undead being was a servant to a“magical” practitioner, but creative license from mass entertainment changed this creature to a mindless uncon-
trolled beast. The most signicant difference between popular zombie myth and traditional Caribbean myth is
that it was entirely possible for a zombie to be fully returned to life by the practitioner returning the zombie’s
soul, and there by also setting it free. I won’t go into the drug versus magic discussion here regarding how a
zombie is “made” but some of the links I provide do have further reading on this subject.
A zombie’s weakness of re and decapitation exist in some myths in the Caribbean and south America, but in
others they are as easy to kill as an ordinary person.
It is also important to note the prevalence of a cult of the dead manifesting in the Day of the Dead festivals
around the 1st of November. Personally, I could nd little information about zombies in Aztec, Mayan, or
Olmec mythology, but research by scholars on the subject show that El Dia de Muertos does have it’s roots in
these cultures. Stories of the dead returning on this day abound, and it may well tie into some of the currently
held beliefs on zombies. Throughout Central and South America ghost stories abound, but it is rare to nd a
creature anything like the creature of the Caribbean and Haiti.
Biblography/Further reading:Wikipedia.org
Mostropedia.org
Encyclopedia mythica http://www.pantheon.org/
Walker, Barbara. Women’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets. Harper Collins NY, NY 1983
Walker, Barbara. The Women’s Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects. Harper Collins
New York, NY 1988Graves, Robert Larousse Dictionary of Mythology New York 1997
Jones, Alison Larousse Dictionary of World Folklore Larousse New York, NY 1996
Encyclopedia of World Religions
Oxford Companion to World Mythology
Encyclopedia Britannica
Funk and Wagnall’s Encyclopedia
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/history_of_medicine.htm
everything2.com
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Last Man’s Stand
It’s now the Seventh day. The rst week is over. The creatures that have been terrorizing the small island of
the coast of America show no sign of giving way. They’re numbers are too great, and the Army cannot contin-
ue the ght against them. They are the undead. ‘Zombies’. Nobody has any idea where they have come from,
or why. Hundreds are being killed every day. The General, Joe Turner, is woken by Sergeant Gills, who bringseven graver news. The zombies have breached the defences in the blockade keeping them in the East of the
city. Joe grabs his gun and runs to the defences, where the zombies are pouring through over the breach. The
soldiers guarding it are no more, but as Joe and Gills watch, they rise again, and join the zombie army. Call-
ing for reinforcements, Joe res into the crowd of moaning and tripping bodies. Machine Guns are up behind
him, felling more, but as one falls, twenty crowd for its place. They are unstoppable. Joe calls for a retreat, and
the army falls back. Suddenly, another sergeant runs up to him, and gives him the best news he has heard. The
evacuation of the civilians was ready, and Joes tells him that they will give him as much time as possible to get
everyone away. Then the battle continues. A re explodes into life...
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