Zombie's have heart

I had the pleasure on Saturday to attend the annual Zombie Walk at Monroeville Mall for my WPXI internship. Honestly, I wasn't expecting much, but I was SPEECHLESS when I saw thousands upon thousands of "zombies" come marching into the mall entrance to register at 9 in the morning. What a following!

These so-called "zombies," while they are supposed to be lifeless, really have heart. It was almost like a big zombie family. Everyone was complimenting each other's costumes, taking pictures, giving hugs to zombies they have met at past walks -- it was really something to see, and a great event to go to a week before Halloween.

Monroeville Mall was the official location of the George A. Romero zombie film "Dawn of the Dead," so it was the perfect place to hold the zombie walk this year.

And oh the zombie's that came! I have never seen such creative costumes in my life! There was a Marilyn Monroe zombie covered in blood, a PennDot worker Zombie holding a "SLOW" sign (**my personal favorite, he even said, "See, even a zombie can do this job!" Haha, I love it!), a pregnant zombie with a baby popping out, a zombie gardener, a homecoming queen zombie... the list goes on.

There was even a 92-year-old woman in a wheelchair dressed up as a zombie! And my personal favorite -- zombie babies in strollers. Can you believe that? :)

The walk was also free this year, so participants were asked to bring non-perishable food donations to benefit the local Pittsburgh Food Bank, and there were boxes FILLED with soup, cereals, pasta and canned goods.

Even though many zombies were moaning and groaning for brains, the walk proved that they give back, too :)

Click on this link to see my slideshow of the event I created for WPXI.com -http://www.wpxi.com/slideshow/vj/17817906/detail.html