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Ok, I am sure we all have wondered if there is any way to distract a zombie. I think I read somewhere that zombies are attracted to noise. I am going to put up my suggestion on how to distract a horde of the decomposing jerks and I would like your ideas too.
GrantHatman:My plan is to go to like a stadium of some sort and put the volume on the speakers on max and put on some music you can hear for a long ways away. I think that some Chuck Manigione looped would distract them quite nicely. Tell me what you think.
[JustinMcleod]: I'd play "Feed My Frankenstein" By Alice Cooper. It's REALLY LOUD and it's kind of apt; feeding a monster. hehehe.
kingrich3: But after a couple days all the power in the city would shut down because all the engineers are zombies- so that wouldn't work at all, Sorry. (maybe with some Wal-Mart generators?)
How about fire? maybe go to a farm and set some crops on fire? (maybe stuff like grains) ...without farmers it would die anyway. the sound and light would attract zombies for miles... then when they get to close fwoooshh!!! No more Mr.flammable
Spraymachine: I would get a tape recorder, record first 3 minutes of silence, then after that, record stuff like "Here zombies, come get me! Any humans out there stay away, this is just a recording! GWARFHHGHHGHGH! RAWR! *National Geographic animal porn noises*!"
If there are zombies around you, you could hit record, wait 3 minutes, then put the recorder next to you mouth, wrap a blanket around your head to muffle the sound, then start screaming and yelling and making lion mating noises.
After you have the recording made, turn up the volume as high as possible, hit play, and get it away from you in whatever way you can. I would either use a remote controlled car, hide it somewhere in the opposite direction of where I'm going to go, or just wrap it in bubble wrap and throw it as far as I could, preferably someplace they would hear it but not see it. My 2 cents...
TonyPro: Building on the above idea, you could pull a Home Alone, fixing up a whole building so it looks like it's bursting with human brains. Loop a recording of voices, have all the lights on or blinking, and somehow get cardboard cutouts of people to move around by the windows. The building should be reasonably fortified, of course, so you can be well away by the time the Zs realize their mistake.
13th.Casualty:
1.) Two words: triggered explosive. Set it in an open area and push the button. Oh, and set flammable objects around it.
2.) You'll need a car battery, a Korn CD, and the biggest radio you can get. You know what to do.
Gummibearyyz1) get a very large firework, like a Thunder god fire five or six of those motherfuckers off and watch the zombies flock to the explosion and every survivor in a 10 block radius shit a brick also the Thunder god will set off any working car alarms around you that should attract them maybe even get them to fuck around with the cars and possibly get them to crash them (unlikely though)2)find a car with competition speakers and a hatebreed CD, that'll atract the zeds and probably shatter every window around it (yes, I realize this is basicly 13th.Casualtys idea but I don't give a fuck
AZ-Terminator001
I'd say this as more of an ambush tactic.
place lots of fireworks in an open area, like on a hill
light them off
wait for the zombies to flock
get dudes in buggies and quads with guns and swords to make circling and cavalry-like attacks on the brain dead fools
(this is STILL a work in progress, so please, help refine it!)
SupersoldierRCP- small armored car with a 50 on it 3 rounds every 30 seconds thats good attention right there.
UnUndead: If you're going to play music, at least do the funny thing and Rick Roll the zombies. Rick Astley blaring out of fifty concert speakers would be indescribable.
A better option would be to just set a few rats in a large cage, make some loud noise, and leave. Or if you're not worried about ethics, put an injured or otherwise hindering human in the cage. DISCLAIMER: I do not condone sacrificing humans or animals. Doing so will make your team and others hate you, which is not something you want in an apocalyptic world.
Residentmagnum
To distract a zombie take your best friend or signifigant other by the arm and lift your leg and step down on their thigh if done right it will break and you can get away (this is a joke unless you don't like them then who will know)
Scarecrows tied to trees with a raido playing a tape of people taking or making other noise then when a zombie gets close shoot them not a good ideal to use real people as one may miss and kill their friend
Danny Kelso
Well the thing you really have to consider is how zombies differentiate humans from other zombies.
I mean, I don't recall ever witnessing a zombie munching on a fresh zombie, which practically looks human, so sight's out as a possible means for determining how zombies sense each other.
It could be some sort of zombie sixth sense, where they can detect something in your metabolism or a specific body function or something, if that's the case, you're pretty screwed.
Otherwise, I'd go for a little trail of raw meat leading in the opposite direction from where you're going. That might distract them for a little while... Maybe.
John_234
I saw an interesting little idea in Left 4 Dead (its only in the developer walkthrough, not the older vids.) The pipebombs now have noisemakers, buzzers and LED lights taped on. When you chuck them into an area, the infected crowd around them, giving you a diversion and enhacing the effect. This would work against 28 weeks later zombies, although you might wanna use firecrackers (relatively weak of course) for a better distraction. For Brooks and Romero zombies you'd need a long detonator such as an electronic timer and blasting caps, or a long conventional fuse.
Crazyloop
Rick Roll the zombies.
byates: Zombies seem to attract each other to a target. My ideal is to suspend one on the edge of a tall building, as more came to investigate they would start pushing each other over the edge, breaking bones and do other damage to their body on the way down. Of course you would also need some bait nearby, maybe a local politician.
daleks: well, should i need to use my emegency exit i would have tons of fireworks set ready. i'd set off those big motherfuckers off from my house. hopefully this should distract the zombies long enough for me to escape.
Walking_Dead4 : i think that you should sacrifice the cripple and run because 1. he slows you down and 2. he might be infected in the first place.
Hrmega5: i'd get to the top of a easly escapleble building with an acostic/electric guitar and play the scrubs theme. therefore attracting surviors and zeds alike then record the screaming and sounds that follow....or save surviors either way then set up a mic and recite the chebacca defense to confuse the zeds alowing my escape than blow up the building
The Professional: I would take a cue from Tremors. They took r/c cars to distract the monsters, we could attach these cheap door/window alarms that squeal when they are separated from their magnetic door piece. Trust me these things make so much noise that any Zed within 3 blocks are going to come for it. Tape down the accelerator on the controls and let it run down the road till it wrecks or runs out of juice. Or just like in the movie use it to bait and trap the Zeds plant one of these on a couple pounds of explosives and wait for them to show up for dinner and BOOM! (Although I do suggest being clear of the blast radius because the gore will fly)
Shizat:
Slingshots with either regular stones, pellets, or even Snap-Its and firecrackers. This is for close range. In long range there are many options, but the one that seems the safest is to get a vehicle with a decent sound system in it. Install a long range remote started kit (or modify a short range one, since I do electronics work) Crack the windows and have it parked at a 'distraction location.' The stereo should be be on, and playing something loud and cheezy, like Sinatra or something, and cranked up. When the time comes hit the remote start, and it should create your distraction. This could come in handy as a remote explosive too, once enough zombies have surrounded it...
GrantHatman:My plan is to go to like a stadium of some sort and put the volume on the speakers on max and put on some music you can hear for a long ways away. I think that some Chuck Manigione looped would distract them quite nicely. Tell me what you think.
[JustinMcleod]: I'd play "Feed My Frankenstein" By Alice Cooper. It's REALLY LOUD and it's kind of apt; feeding a monster. hehehe.
kingrich3: But after a couple days all the power in the city would shut down because all the engineers are zombies- so that wouldn't work at all, Sorry. (maybe with some Wal-Mart generators?)
How about fire? maybe go to a farm and set some crops on fire? (maybe stuff like grains) ...without farmers it would die anyway. the sound and light would attract zombies for miles... then when they get to close fwoooshh!!! No more Mr.flammable
Spraymachine: I would get a tape recorder, record first 3 minutes of silence, then after that, record stuff like "Here zombies, come get me! Any humans out there stay away, this is just a recording! GWARFHHGHHGHGH! RAWR! *National Geographic animal porn noises*!"
If there are zombies around you, you could hit record, wait 3 minutes, then put the recorder next to you mouth, wrap a blanket around your head to muffle the sound, then start screaming and yelling and making lion mating noises.
After you have the recording made, turn up the volume as high as possible, hit play, and get it away from you in whatever way you can. I would either use a remote controlled car, hide it somewhere in the opposite direction of where I'm going to go, or just wrap it in bubble wrap and throw it as far as I could, preferably someplace they would hear it but not see it. My 2 cents...
TonyPro: Building on the above idea, you could pull a Home Alone, fixing up a whole building so it looks like it's bursting with human brains. Loop a recording of voices, have all the lights on or blinking, and somehow get cardboard cutouts of people to move around by the windows. The building should be reasonably fortified, of course, so you can be well away by the time the Zs realize their mistake.
13th.Casualty:
1.) Two words: triggered explosive. Set it in an open area and push the button. Oh, and set flammable objects around it.
2.) You'll need a car battery, a Korn CD, and the biggest radio you can get. You know what to do.
Gummibearyyz1) get a very large firework, like a Thunder god fire five or six of those motherfuckers off and watch the zombies flock to the explosion and every survivor in a 10 block radius shit a brick also the Thunder god will set off any working car alarms around you that should attract them maybe even get them to fuck around with the cars and possibly get them to crash them (unlikely though)2)find a car with competition speakers and a hatebreed CD, that'll atract the zeds and probably shatter every window around it (yes, I realize this is basicly 13th.Casualtys idea but I don't give a fuck
AZ-Terminator001
I'd say this as more of an ambush tactic.
place lots of fireworks in an open area, like on a hill
light them off
wait for the zombies to flock
get dudes in buggies and quads with guns and swords to make circling and cavalry-like attacks on the brain dead fools
(this is STILL a work in progress, so please, help refine it!)
SupersoldierRCP- small armored car with a 50 on it 3 rounds every 30 seconds thats good attention right there.
UnUndead: If you're going to play music, at least do the funny thing and Rick Roll the zombies. Rick Astley blaring out of fifty concert speakers would be indescribable.
A better option would be to just set a few rats in a large cage, make some loud noise, and leave. Or if you're not worried about ethics, put an injured or otherwise hindering human in the cage. DISCLAIMER: I do not condone sacrificing humans or animals. Doing so will make your team and others hate you, which is not something you want in an apocalyptic world.
Residentmagnum
To distract a zombie take your best friend or signifigant other by the arm and lift your leg and step down on their thigh if done right it will break and you can get away (this is a joke unless you don't like them then who will know)
Scarecrows tied to trees with a raido playing a tape of people taking or making other noise then when a zombie gets close shoot them not a good ideal to use real people as one may miss and kill their friend
Danny Kelso
Well the thing you really have to consider is how zombies differentiate humans from other zombies.
I mean, I don't recall ever witnessing a zombie munching on a fresh zombie, which practically looks human, so sight's out as a possible means for determining how zombies sense each other.
It could be some sort of zombie sixth sense, where they can detect something in your metabolism or a specific body function or something, if that's the case, you're pretty screwed.
Otherwise, I'd go for a little trail of raw meat leading in the opposite direction from where you're going. That might distract them for a little while... Maybe.
John_234
I saw an interesting little idea in Left 4 Dead (its only in the developer walkthrough, not the older vids.) The pipebombs now have noisemakers, buzzers and LED lights taped on. When you chuck them into an area, the infected crowd around them, giving you a diversion and enhacing the effect. This would work against 28 weeks later zombies, although you might wanna use firecrackers (relatively weak of course) for a better distraction. For Brooks and Romero zombies you'd need a long detonator such as an electronic timer and blasting caps, or a long conventional fuse.
Crazyloop
Rick Roll the zombies.
byates: Zombies seem to attract each other to a target. My ideal is to suspend one on the edge of a tall building, as more came to investigate they would start pushing each other over the edge, breaking bones and do other damage to their body on the way down. Of course you would also need some bait nearby, maybe a local politician.
daleks: well, should i need to use my emegency exit i would have tons of fireworks set ready. i'd set off those big motherfuckers off from my house. hopefully this should distract the zombies long enough for me to escape.
Walking_Dead4 : i think that you should sacrifice the cripple and run because 1. he slows you down and 2. he might be infected in the first place.
Hrmega5: i'd get to the top of a easly escapleble building with an acostic/electric guitar and play the scrubs theme. therefore attracting surviors and zeds alike then record the screaming and sounds that follow....or save surviors either way then set up a mic and recite the chebacca defense to confuse the zeds alowing my escape than blow up the buildingThe Professional: I would take a cue from Tremors. They took r/c cars to distract the monsters, we could attach these cheap door/window alarms that squeal when they are separated from their magnetic door piece. Trust me these things make so much noise that any Zed within 3 blocks are going to come for it. Tape down the accelerator on the controls and let it run down the road till it wrecks or runs out of juice. Or just like in the movie use it to bait and trap the Zeds plant one of these on a couple pounds of explosives and wait for them to show up for dinner and BOOM! (Although I do suggest being clear of the blast radius because the gore will fly)
Shizat:
Slingshots with either regular stones, pellets, or even Snap-Its and firecrackers. This is for close range. In long range there are many options, but the one that seems the safest is to get a vehicle with a decent sound system in it. Install a long range remote started kit (or modify a short range one, since I do electronics work) Crack the windows and have it parked at a 'distraction location.' The stereo should be be on, and playing something loud and cheezy, like Sinatra or something, and cranked up. When the time comes hit the remote start, and it should create your distraction. This could come in handy as a remote explosive too, once enough zombies have surrounded it...
