The first World Record for the “Largest Gathering of Zombies” was set on October 29th, 2006, at The Monroeville Mall in Pittsburgh, PA, which had been the location of George Romero’s seminal zombie film “Dawn of The Dead”. Organized by the “It’s Alive Show”, 894 participants were counted and verified by Guinness for inclusion in their book. The following year, 1,024 zombies returned to the mall on October 28th 2007, to break their own record.

Since then, zombie walks around the world have gained popularity and grown in size. Record numbers have been reported across the United States, in Canada, New Zealand, and The United Kingdom. However, due to Guinness’ stringent requirements for tabulating and verifying the numbers of participants, most all of these gatherings have not been officially recognized.

In recent years an official world record of 4,026 participants was set on August 6th 2009, at ‘The Big Chill Festival’ in Ledbury, Herefordshire, England. Last October 30th, this was broken by a narrow margin during the New Jersey Zombie Walk, at the Asbury Park Boardwalk, when 4,093 participants were counted. This now stands as the current record for the “Largest Gathering of Zombies” as cited by Guinness.

Last year during ZOMBICON, event organizers and local police estimated that approximately 10,000 zombies roamed the streets of downtown Fort Myers, unofficially shattering the world record! Now, this October 15th, YOU can help us to make it Official!

At ZOMBICON 2011, we will attempt to break the New Jersey Record and put our town on the World Map!