Dawn of the Rez Zombie attracts nearly 40 runners
Preparing for a zombie apocalypse, Yvette Thomas from Rock Point, Ariz. applies eyeshadow before the Dawn of the Rez Zombie Run on Saturday evening in Kayenta, Ariz. Thomas’ zombie look is designed with toilet paper, oats, and fake blood. (Times photo - Krista Allen)
ABOVE: Preparing for a zombie apocalypse, Yvette Thomas from Rock Point, Ariz. applies eyeshadow before the Dawn of the Rez Zombie Run on Saturday evening in Kayenta, Ariz. Thomas’ zombie look is designed with toilet paper, oats, and fake blood. (Times photo – Krista Allen)
A makeup artist applies a mock-up of blood to Tanisha Thomas from Rock Point, Ariz. on Saturday evening during the Dawn of the Rez Zombie Run that attracted about 40 runners and walkers in Kayenta. (Times photo – Krista Allen)
KAYENTA
Their limbs seemed to be in proportion. Their broken skin scarcely covered the intricate work of muscles and arteries beneath. And their grey hair tousled into a straight-out-of-the-grave look was flowing when they ran after human bait.
Some were miserable zombies. They dragged their bad leg like a prop, pointing in the opposite direction, behind them. Drag and step. Drag and step. It looked easy enough for the runners and walkers to stay ahead of it at the Dawn of the Rez Zombie Run over the weekend.
Others cocked their heads to one side, limped and surged forward with their arms outstretched toward their intended target, just as one might do if blindfolded.
About 20 zombies, most of them teenagers, stretched for miles along the course. There were zombie children, zombie hospital patients, zombie adults, and even a zombie football player with an ax head affixed to his helmet.
Local makeup artists on Saturday evening transform about 20 people into zombies at the Kayenta Recreation Center for the Dawn of the Rez Zombie Run, now in its second year. (Times photo – Krista Allen)
The disturbing display was all pretend of course, and participants said it was fun.
Highway 264,
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