
Zombies, Sorcery, and Secret Societies! (Haitian Zombies)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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What's Your Bottom Line on Zombis?
Zombis are a real phenomenon. There are people in haiti who are considered zombis. Some of them even consider themselves zombi. Mistaken identification of a wandering, mentally ill stranger by bereaved relatives is the most likely explanation. But we cannot exclude the use of a neuro muscular toxin topically administered together with a local irritant by a bokor to induce catalepsy,. followed by secret retrieval of the poisoned individual. We'll have a link to weigh davis's book, passage of darkness, the ethnobiology of the haytian zambi and his book, the serpent and the bow. Also garth haslam's excellent little e
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Are Haitian zombies just mentally ill people or is there something more sinister going on? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore reports that Haitian sorcerers are turning people into zombies using a combination of magic and poisons.
