On the Utilization of zombie 'musk' (Or whether smearing yourself with Zombie can prevent tracking)
All of us know, and abhor, the Zombie's odd ability to differentiate dead meat from live flesh. This has always been a great strength of the Undead, but perhaps it we can wield it as our own. An individual with no open cuts could conceivably safely rub himself with a corpse or exterminated Zombie, picking up his scent, and therefore that of the dead. This would disallow the zombie to hunt and track through smell, and just maybe (if accompanied by a pretend undead gait) cause him/her to ignore you altogether. It's certainly risky, but if tested, could prove extremely vital as a survival technique.
Any thoughts on the likelihood of such an act being effective?
Any thoughts on the likelihood of such an act being effective?
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Permalink Reply by josh on -
they also sell this stuff that you spray on somkind of fabric cloth and pin to you to cover the human scent so maby some zombie blood on something like that would be safer way
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Permalink Reply by Praxile™ on -
but the skin isn't totally impeneratable. think about it pores are the passageway for sweat to escape water to come in and a trivial thing such as lotioning down your body after a shower... the human body is meant to retain fluids such as large sums of water not to mention anything you rub on your skin- even if there aren't any open cuts that doesn't mean the threat has been eliminated
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Permalink Reply by Malcolm Stumpf on -
Hmm, i understand your apprehension...It worth testing, but i wouldn't do it beforehand.
What of a regular dead body? Fresh, of course, for the sake of conventional disease.
Perhaps this is too morbid for the average person. Of course, zombies are too morbid for the average person. So i guess we'll just have to sacrifice some.
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Permalink Reply by streetwise on -
In the absence of Sanition and proper medical treatment I would avoid covering my self in decaying human flesh. What you have to remember is that zombies are not the only threat. Illness would be a major threat for survivers.
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Permalink Reply by Praxile™ on
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yeah fresh meat though remember they'll go for the living or near equilavent... you could carry chipmunks in your backpack and throw them at zombies when cornered lol jk
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Permalink Reply by Bob on -
Dead Chipmunks?
Tie them together and use them like nunchucks to bash in Zed skulls...
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Permalink Reply by Laz on -
You have to remember that the skin is a permeable membrane. Rubbing yourself with infected flesh is like jumping into a nice hot bowel of ebola soup!
A better idea would maybe to get hold of a sealed suit, like a radiation/biological suit. Make sure that you don't have any contact with it when putting it on and maybe because the suit is airtight, you would not give off any scent.
But seems a bit risky still.
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Permalink Reply by Bama Brain Basher on -
First off, I don't recommend rubbing yourself in doe piss or "estrus", which is the hormone given off during the rut season. A deer will try to lay pipe on anything smelling like a doe in heat; a decoy, a tree stump, a person...
Second, have you guys smelled flesh that has been decaying for a few days? It reeks so bad you have no choice but to puke. The zombies will know who isn't really dead because they'll see the constant flow of vomit and heaving.
Third, chemicals can absorb into your skin through the pores, that's why you wear gloves when handling chemicals.
I'm all for going Silence of the Lambs and dancin around in somebody's skinned out carcass, but once it starts getting ripe, it just ain't fun anymore.
A side note: some scientists believed that mosquito's tracked victims by their CO2 emission. It is possible that zombies sense the living in another way.
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Permalink Reply by Bama Brain Basher on
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Actually, you just drip the estrus on little felt pads and hang them around. The buck catches a sniff and comes running (hopefully). Some people drag the felt pads on a string and make a little scent trail.
I don't know if I could ever get used to a full-on bloated, rotted corpse smell. I left some deer guts in a garbage can one time because I didn't have time to bury 'em, and every time I got downwind of the can and caught a whiff, I would give an involuntary dry heave. It sucked! It was there for a couple weeks, and the smell was always too overwhelming. Maybe some Vicks vaporrub under the nose like the coroners do.
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