Fremont is a curious little district of Seattle. It is nestled between the port area of Ballard and the residential area of Wallingford. It lies along the Ship Canal and was for a long time, an industrial area. Up until about 20 years ago, rents for commercial building space were incredibly cheap so it became the de-facto artists community. Now, it is showing yuppification and gentrification (Adobe's headquarters is there) but there is still a lot of the old spirit showing. From the Seattle Post Intelligencer:
Video: Zombies perform "Thriller" in Fremont
The streets of Fremont were crawling with the "undead" on Friday night. The frightful beings gathered in the Seattle neighborhood with the intention of breaking the Guiness Book of Records standing record for the largest zombie walk. It was announced near the end of the limping and groaning event that they might have been short of the record of 3,370.
However the zombies did a fine rendition of that zombie classic "Thriller."
Here is one image from the slide show:
And... it seems that the number of people was high enough. 3,848 and they had to beat 3,370 Mmmmm -- time for some dinner. Fresh Braaaiiinnnssss....
