Night of the Living Dead Page #4

seeking refuge

in churches, schools

and government buildings.

Demanding shelter

and protection

from the wholesale murder

which apparently

is engulfing

much of the nation.

Law enforcement officials

are at a loss to explain or,

even at this hour, even to theorize

about the reasons

for this wave of murder...

Chief T.K. Dunmore of Camden, North

Carolina, is quoted as saying, quote,

"Tell the people, for God's sake,

to get off the streets. "

"Tell 'em to go home and lock

their doors and windows up tight. "

"We don't know what kind of murder-happy

characters we have here. " End quote.

That's chief Dunmore of Camden,

North Carolina.

So far the only descriptions,

the only clues,

anyone has of the killers

come from frightened witnesses.

These eyewitness accounts

variously describe

the murderers

as "ordinary looking people,"

"Misshapen monsters. "

"People who look

like they're in a trance. "

And "things that look like

people but act like animals. "

Some eyewitnesses tell

of seeing victims

who look as though

they had been torn apart.

This whole ghastly story

began developing two days ago

with the report of the slaying

of a family of seven...

Since then, reports

of some senseless killings

began snowballing

in a reign of terror

which has hopscotched...

...keep track of

the murder reports

by the placing of markers on a map

seem to indicate

a general spreading

from the extreme southeastern

and states north and west.

Our newsmen,

who have been on the telephone

talking with officials

of other cities

have determined that none

of this kind of mass murder

has yet been reported west of

the Mississippi river,

except in the extreme

southeastern portion of Texas.

Similar killings

have been reported

around the Houston

and Galveston areas

but nothing like the...

I found a gun

and some bullets out there.

Oh, and these.

This place is boarded up

pretty solid now.

We ought to be all right here

for a while.

We have a gun and bullets,

Food and the radio,

Sooner or later, someone's bound

to come and get us out.

So again, we join

with law enforcement agencies

in urging you

to seek shelter in a building.

Lock the doors and windows

securely.

Hey, that's us.

We're doing all right.

Be cautious

of any suspicious strangers,

and keep tuned to your

radio and television

for survival instructions

and further details

of this continuing story.

Look, I don't know

if you're hearing me.

But I'm going upstairs now.

If anything should try to break in,

I can hear it from up there.

I'll be down to take care of it.

Everything is all right for now.

I'll be back to reinforce

the windows and doors later.

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