Police Report Nine Zombies in Lincolnshire

As previously reported on this blog (here) Lincolnshire County Council has no specific plans in place to repel a Zombie Attack.  However, as noted paranormal expert and author, Rupert Matthews, prepares to take over as a Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands, from retiring incumbent, Roger Helmer MEP, should the idea of paranormal activity in the county - like zombie attacks -  be dismissed? The answer would seem to be 'no'.

Lincolnshire, it turns out, can readily be regarded as a paranormal hotspot in the United Kingdom and even has its own team of 'ghostbusters'. But more chillingly, recently uncovered police statistics, point to considerable paranormal activity.

Every year Lincolnshire Police have to deal with a number of reports of incidents dealing with a wide range of topics. Some are clearly of critical importance, whereas as others can be best described as 'non-emergencies.' But if you are convinced there is a vampire living across the street or a hoard of zombies coming through your door, surely that deserves a 999 call?

Surely, you think, there can not be that many people who have contacted the emergency services to complain that the neighbours are actually witches or that that strange light in the sky is definitely an Unidentified Flying Object? You would be wrong.

Using the Freedom of Information Act of 2000, where public authorities must respond to questions from the public, Lincolnshire Police have reported the statistics for past five years.

The figures showed that in the past five years there has been a total of:

• 171 reports of witches
• 2 reports of werewolves
• 5 reports of vampires
• 10 UFO sightings
• 152 reports of ghosts
• 9 reports of zombies
• 627 reports of demons
• 20 reports of wizards

These figures show that there has been nearly 1,000 'paranormal' activities reported to Lincolnshire Police over the past five years, with nearly two-thirds of these cases listed reports of 'demons.'

No Plan to Deal with Zombie Attack in County

Lincolnshire County Council has revealed that no official emergency plans exist to deal with a zombie attack in the county.

Council bosses have made the admission in a response to a Freedom of Information Act request from Mr. John Fernandez. However, officers from the county council told him in their reply that they do have other emergency plans which they were 'confident' could be adapted if the undead attack.

Mr. Fernandez put in the request to a number of local authorities across the country and told one authority that the request was for a paper he was writing. Lincolnshire County Council’s reply said:

"Lincolnshire County Council has not made any plans for the possible threat of a zombie pandemic.

"We can confirm that the authority has plans for other emergency situations and if the event was to occur, we are confident that could be adapted and applied to ensure public safety."