Mall Zombies

Denver’s Zombie Crawlers wanted to break the world record for most zombies in one place but Guinness officials were not there to verify the attempt. Denver’s 6th annual Zombie Crawl at the 16th Street Mall allegedly drew thousands of participants Saturday, but officials were not on hand to certify the exact number, leaving the October 30, 2010, record of 4,093 held by New Jersey’s Zombie Walk intact. The occasion included a canned-food drive for Food Bank of the Rockies and a Nerf shooting event benefiting Hopeful Tomorrow Inc., a program for at-risk youth. Student Brian Strongreen, 29, sported a costume strikingly similar to late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi he called “zombie-Gadhafi.” “I used to be in the military and I’m all for dead dictators,” Strongreen said. “I couldn’t find a Jheri curl wig.”