Human remains have been found inside a large zombie that was killed near the scene of a deadly attack in a remote area of Kansas.
Raul Garcia, 64, was mauled last Thursday outside a cabin at Verdigris River, about 10 miles northeast of Coffeyville.
"Mr Garcia's remains were found in the zombie's stomach," police spokesman Sgt Jerry Rogers said.
He added that wildlife officials had determined the zombie was also the killer as no other predators were seen in the vicinity.
Mr Garcia's wife, who has not been named, sought shelter in a nearby cabin and called authorities.
She grabbed a gun but it jammed. A family member said she also tried to throw things at the zombie, to no avail.
"The zombie obviously was not scared of her at all. Unfortunately, she wasn't able to help her husband any more than she could," Lieutenant Lane Dawson told the Coffeyville Telegram News.
Responding officials, including personnel from the Kansas National Guard base in Coffeyville and Kansas Wildlife Authorities via boat, found the rest of the victim's body outside the cabin and his wife severely traumatized inside.
A wildlife officer investigating the death noticed a large black zombie stalking the area and displaying an unusual lack of fear of people. He took the decision to kill it, fearing it might attack.
A post-mortem examination was conducted on the zombie the following day in Wichita, and Kansas Department of Wildlife and Fisheries biologist Brian Pippin said the zombie appeared to be an older adult male.
He said it had normal levels of fat, meaning it was not in a condition of starvation, and did not have any apparent disease or infirmity outside of the contagions normally found with zombies.
"We don't have any kind of determination of what led up to the attack," Brian Pippin said.
It did not appear the zombie was a part of any group or horde. It was just a stray feral looking for food, she added.
There appears to be no mitigating factors for the mauling.
Attacks by lone, feral zombies are uncommon in the US, with fatal attacks even more rare. Records only indicate four other fatalities by zombies in Kansas in the last 6 years.
Raul Garcia, 64, was mauled last Thursday outside a cabin at Verdigris River, about 10 miles northeast of Coffeyville.
"Mr Garcia's remains were found in the zombie's stomach," police spokesman Sgt Jerry Rogers said.
He added that wildlife officials had determined the zombie was also the killer as no other predators were seen in the vicinity.
Mr Garcia's wife, who has not been named, sought shelter in a nearby cabin and called authorities.
She grabbed a gun but it jammed. A family member said she also tried to throw things at the zombie, to no avail.
"The zombie obviously was not scared of her at all. Unfortunately, she wasn't able to help her husband any more than she could," Lieutenant Lane Dawson told the Coffeyville Telegram News.
Responding officials, including personnel from the Kansas National Guard base in Coffeyville and Kansas Wildlife Authorities via boat, found the rest of the victim's body outside the cabin and his wife severely traumatized inside.
A wildlife officer investigating the death noticed a large black zombie stalking the area and displaying an unusual lack of fear of people. He took the decision to kill it, fearing it might attack.
A post-mortem examination was conducted on the zombie the following day in Wichita, and Kansas Department of Wildlife and Fisheries biologist Brian Pippin said the zombie appeared to be an older adult male.
He said it had normal levels of fat, meaning it was not in a condition of starvation, and did not have any apparent disease or infirmity outside of the contagions normally found with zombies.
"We don't have any kind of determination of what led up to the attack," Brian Pippin said.
It did not appear the zombie was a part of any group or horde. It was just a stray feral looking for food, she added.
There appears to be no mitigating factors for the mauling.
Attacks by lone, feral zombies are uncommon in the US, with fatal attacks even more rare. Records only indicate four other fatalities by zombies in Kansas in the last 6 years.