A Walking Dead fan says he killed his friend after he pretended to turn into a zombie.
Police in Grants, New Mexico say that 23-year-old Damon Perry was drinking at the time when he thought his friend, 23-year-old Christopher Paquin, was morphing into a walker.
Maintenance workers at the apartment were detaining Perry when police arrived. The young adult is currently being held on a murder charge.
The Associated Press reports “Perry attributed his actions to binge-watching The Walking Dead” on Netflix. He was “wielding” a knife when police appeared on the scene.
“Police say Perry beat Paquin with his hands, feet, an electric guitar and a microwave,” adds the AP. “Perry told investigators they had been drinking when Paquin began ‘to change into a zombie’ and tried to bite him.”
Assuming that the person didn’t actually change into a walker, we have a friendly reminder: The zombie apocalypse is not real, even if your friends are pretending. Sometimes binge watching a series can make you take on the personality behaviors of the characters you’re watching for hours on end, but this extremely sad story takes things to an entirely different level.
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