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A race of the living dead at Darien Lake brings visitors from all over WNY

By Howard B. Owens

Hundreds of runners were asked this morning to navigate a 5K course filled with zombies at Darien Lake Theme Park.

The rUNDEAD race was held to benefit Special Olympics and organized and supported by volunteers from throughout WNY, including a collection of zombies near the finish line who a part of the same group in Tonawanda.

Each runner was issued three flags. Those who managed to make it through the course with at least one flag was eligible for a prize. The zombies, rather than seeking the brains of runners, were hungry for flags.

Speed seemed essential when a runner needed to sprint through a gauntlet of zombies.

 

Say "Cheese" -- Arlowe Price, Fattie King and Sam Pecoraro. Price is the owner of Savage Buffalo Carnival whose family has been performing in carnivals and freak shows for five generations. He said he performs frequently in the Buffalo area, but has never been invited to perform anywhere in Genesee County. Here's his Facebook page.

Mike and Cindy Baskin, from Naples. They skipped today's Grape Festival to be zombies in Darien.

Brenda Fox, a proud member of The Batavian Club, and her daughter Indigo at the start line of the race.

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John Simmons

Gee, I wish a lot more of them freaks would die just so they could make some other people/voters happy IN LIFE! I am NOT gonna mention any names but one live is a huge white house not in NY State.. lol

Sep 29, 2013, 1:03pm Permalink
Jessica Richardson

I've had the pleasure of working with Greg, Arlowe and the rest of Terror Technologies at past events, and was pleased to see that they were participating in the event. They do a great deal of charity work in the Buffalo community, frequently raising resources for the Food Bank of WNY as well as donations to Make a Wish foundation and organizing blood drives for the Red Cross.

Check out their facebook page here:
https://www.facebook.com/TerrorTechnologies

Oct 1, 2013, 12:51am Permalink

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