If we've learned anything from the ridiculously popular Zombie Pub Crawl, it's this:
The living dead do whatever they want.
"We try every year to see what we can get away with," said co-organizer and zombie wrangler Chuck Terhark. "That's our business model."
They spit up fake blood, they suck bars dry (of booze), and last year an estimated 30,000 zombies invaded Minneapolis and St. Paul.
On Saturday, the eighth annual ZPC is back again in both cities but with some slight -- or rather ambitious -- changes.
For one, the crawl in St. Paul has moved from Lowertown to Midway Stadium, home of the St. Paul Saints. Terhark said Lowertown was a success, but his crew couldn't pass up the chance to partner with the fun-loving minor-league baseball team.
They'll transform Midway into what is being called "Zombie Island," since participants won't really be pub crawling -- more like lurching in place. In Minneapolis, the crawl will follow its usual route through the West Bank.
This year's music lineup is headlined by two hilarious, head-scratching choices. At Midway, they'll have DMX, the tortured hardcore rapper who waffles between prison stints and the pulpit (he's a deacon now). At the Cabooze, there's the Gin Blossoms, the definition of '90s elevator music.
