The cause of the zombie apocalypse?
Anyone have any ideas what could have caused it? I know Kirkman has said he won't reveal it but when can still guess right? 
i think its something religious, only because they mention religion many times in the comics and TV show
i think its something religious, only because they mention religion many times in the comics and TV show
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could be, the government could have been messing around with stuff they shouldn't
Or it could have happened by chance... which would be soo unlucky ;D
Or maybe it's in a soft drink?
Like diet coke.
oh, wait, I'm drinking... aww crap.
The bear went on to go fishing in the river for pink little salmon who were trying to mate and make more salmon babies. when he went in for the fish he accidently swallowed the rock the boy had tried to skip earlier.
A fishermen had then come across the body of the boy and the bear and thought they had engaged in an epic battle. He went into town to tell everyone but they thought he was crazy. The fisherman then went back to the scene to get proof but the body was missing!
Confused the fisherman looked around the area until dark, Thinking he imagined it all he swore off getting drunk off his ass forever.
The local liquor store that made all of its profit from the fisherman soon went broke.
The desperate store owner now had to think of a way to keep his store afloat.
He had the most amazing idea of selling bottled water! He soon became a millionaire
Do you understand how the Zombie Apocalypse happen now?
but who knows, maybe Lee is Jesus.
this^ exactly!
Any catastrophic global destruction can be labelled an apocalypse and every nationality has its religious equivalent. Whether that is the cause or not, there will always be those who believe.
True. You kind of have to feel out for yourself if you think it's the characters saying they feel that way or if its the author telling you through characters what the story is about.
Jokes aside, I'd really like to see what's going on in other places around the world, are they experiencing the same thing? Is it Only the US? Perhaps a terrorist attack, a weaponized virus...
Only logical conclusion.
So they kill their host, bring them back to life and bite people.
yeah i think nanotechnology is plausible, it would explain why it doesn't consume its host for energy and is able to power a dead energy-less body
So Skynet is using nanotech instead of nukes? Didn't see that one coming :P
judgement day is inevitable
He believed that the world was doomed with so much pollution, war, crime, poverty, famine, and disease that it was time to restart the human race and start fresh. Create enough horror and then rebuild the world with those who were smart, strong, and resourceful enough to survive; the perfect people to rebuild a strong world. They would believe it all goes back to the start of evolution where survival was the only way to make a species stronger.
Anyway, I always wondered what the general opinion on this topic was; do a majority of fans want to know? The only circumstance in which I would want the outbreak to be revealed if it was an intentional attack, thereby creating a potentially pivotal villain to go up against. Other than that, the reveal of the virus's origin really wouldn't impact the course of the story at all.
Either that, or the Zombie Factory in Stuttgart.
it was me, i wished for it, but i didn't mean it (the only wishes ever granted are not really wanted) so sorry guys all this zombie fiction is just preparation for the real thing
Call it a man-made thing, you would assume there could be a cure.. So dont use that or eventually there would be a cure and thus the end of the story.
Call it religious, then the story can go on forever.
Some space virus, like a strage gas cloud been traveling through space for millions of years kinda washes over the Earth. Why not!
I still prefer the matress-tag theory though!
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Zombies.
Sure. It was all explained in the movie Night of the Living Dead (1968). I just saw it on Cable TV today. looks like some probe returning from Venus was emitting high levels of radiation. Apparently, NASA lost contact with the probe when it started its return voyage and the probe was presumed lost.
When NASA reestablished contact with the probe that's when the radiation was detected. NASA self-destructed the probe but a little too late since now the dead are coming back to life and all.
Blame Canada!
Ok that's reasonable but then the same could be possible for any planet or a meteor or comet that got too close. How about a great underwater earthquake that releases unknown gasses that mix with our air creating a toxic gas? Or how about global warming eating away at the Ozone making solar flares more able to affect our atmosphere and cause some weird poisoning?
Anyone can sit and invent the reason for a fictional monster and really you cant be wrong. Could be something as simple as a kid playing with his Jr scientist lab toy mixes a few chemicals together pours it over a pile of dog poo and POOF!