Zombies in Pa

If you're like me, nothing is more fun than a good zombie movie, except for maybe a comedic zombie or two. I own the Zombie Survival Guide and keep my mind busy by developing plans for how to survive should my work get overrun by the living dead. Imagine my delight to find out that there are people who are about as serious in their real life zombie exploits as you can get --and they're near Philly, and will be active tomorrow.

Now, I know that I have no chance of surviving a real zombie apocalypse. If anything, I'd be the girl seen briefly tripping while being chased in the establishing shot of your average zombie movie. Therefore, my best chance in that scenario is associating with people who have an incredibly high likelihood of surviving a zombie attack. I was actually tentatively going to attend this with a more zombie-adept and well armed friend, but it sold out before he could sign up. Hopefully, the number of people registering means this will become semi annual, or hell, a monthly affair so that a girl has a chance to see some zombies get blown up.



What makes this so exciting? This is no Nerf sword LARP event. Oh no. The zombies may be fake, but the weapons are oh so real. This is hosted by the Langhorne Rod and Gun Club, and they take it wickedly seriously. There seems to be plenty of theatrics involved, complete with an apocalypse scenario and costume contest for couples, but that can't fool you. This is a real themed shooting match, where you "survive" each round to progress and win prizes. And some of the people involved seem ridiculously skilled with a weapon, making it even more delicious.

To quote: "This is a 3-gun style match. All shooters must fire the pistol and shotgun stages with those firearms. Those stages are the SAME for everybody. When it comes to the rifle stages, you must make a choice. You will register as a rifle/carbine shooter, or a scoped precision rifle shooter. You can shoot one or the other, but not both. If you are uncertain which way to go, please know that the precision rifle shooter will be expected to hit .5MOA targets out to 200Y. The rifle/carbine shooter will be presented with actual size targets at various distances from 10 to 200 yards...Please be prepared with the following: Precision Rifle- 40 Rounds Standard Rifle- 150 rounds Pistol- 50 rounds Shotgun-40 rounds" I'm gun stupid and have no absolutely no concept of what any of that means, but it's damn serious.

Still, I'm sold on the idea. Check out this video from last year's event.



Notice that one of the heckling shouts appears to be "Braaaaaains"? The people's reactions, the fake zombies, the pure fun grittiness of it drives you giddy, and I can add Bucks County to the list of safest places to be when the dead begin to rise.