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More Batavia Zombie Walk Photos
To celebrate the end of this year's BatFest festivities, hundreds came out looking like the undead.
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Didn't quite get your Zombie fix this weekend? Don't worry, we've got plenty of photos.
A total of 291 people came to Batavia Saturday to get their freak on for the first-ever Zombie Walk.
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Participants paid $10 to transform from kind citizens to cruel zombies. These brave souls gathered in three "quarantine zones" around town to undergo their transformation or show up already in zombie mode.
Locations included:
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- on Wilson St.
- The old church at 347 McKee St.
To keep track of the registered zombies, participants wore wristbands. Residents could probably have joined the walk, but many just stop and stared.
The commotion was all for a good cause. About $3,000 was raised for Batavia MainStreet, the Batavia Music Buffs, S.T.A.G.E. and Batavia Sports Boosters.
Dancing, Howling Under the Moon
Once everyone got zombified, the groups made their way to the Batavia Riverwalk and gathered at the Peg Bond Center.
There they learned the "Thriller" dance from a zombie crew from the The "Thriller" moves are from the now-legendary 1983 Michael Jackson music video of the same name.
Saturday's dance party even had its very own Michael Jackson—Darien Glemza of North Aurora, dressed in a red jacket strikingly similar to the one Jackson wore in the video. Glemza is in the gallery above and in as well—can you find him?
Zombie Fighters
Most residents who were in downtown Batavia Saturday were zombies, but one group was here to "eliminate" them—just in case things got out of hand.
You might wonder who the Zombie Squad is pictured in the photo gallery. On Saturday they handed out pamphlets to educate the public about the importance of personal preparedness and self-reliance for emergencies like earthquakes, floods, or even zombie outbreaks. To learn more, go to zombiehunters.org.
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