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Zombies! (Real, Haitian Zombies!)

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

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Zombi Food

Zombes are a real phenomenon. There are people in haiti who are considered zombis, and some of them consider themselves zombes. The question is, what explains this sociological phenomenon? On that question, i think there is likely more than one explanation that contributes to it. In some cases, it includes factors like mental illness and disabilities, premature burial, mistaken identity, hoaxing or fraud. And the social role that zombis know how to play based on being brought up in a culture that believes in them. However, there may be other more mysterious factors, which we'll talk about next time. We're going to be hearing about the best documented case of

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