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Zombies, Sorcery, and Secret Societies! (Haitian Zombies)

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

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Zombi Drug

Researchers have been able to retrieve and analyze any samples of these zombi drugs. Bokers have been willing to talk about what they use in their medicines. They've confirmed puffer fish and detura as being used on zambes. But when these samples have been analyzed, they haven't so far shown clinically significant amounts of the substances in question. This has led to a debate over the zombi drug hypothesis. Those who are sceptical of the hypothesis think that the bokers are hoaxing the researchers. Or the bokers might believe that their drug works, but it's really a placebo rather than something that's truly effective like many folk preparations. A rival hypothesis is that

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