Gallery: Undead lurch through the streets of Salt Lake City in annual Zombie Walk

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Zombies take to the streets in the 9th annual SLC Zombie Walk in downtown Salt Lake City, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016.

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Zombies gather at Washington Square after to the 9th annual SLC Zombie Walk in downtown Salt Lake City, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016.

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Counter-zombie forces direct zombies along the street in the 9th annual SLC Zombie Walk in downtown Salt Lake City, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016.

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Zombies gather at Washington Square prior to the 9th annual SLC Zombie Walk in downtown Salt Lake City, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016.

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Amlak Tafari, a member of the band Steel Pulse in town from England, watches zombies take to the streets in the 9th annual SLC Zombie Walk in downtown Salt Lake City, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016.

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People watch as zombies take to the streets in the 9th annual SLC Zombie Walk in downtown Salt Lake City, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016.

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Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Zombies take to the streets in the 9th annual SLC Zombie Walk in downtown Salt Lake City, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Zombies gather at Washington Square after to the 9th annual SLC Zombie Walk in downtown Salt Lake City, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Zombies take to the streets in the 9th annual SLC Zombie Walk in downtown Salt Lake City, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Zombies take to the streets in the 9th annual SLC Zombie Walk in downtown Salt Lake City, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Counter-zombie forces direct zombies along the street in the 9th annual SLC Zombie Walk in downtown Salt Lake City, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Zombies gather at Washington Square prior to the 9th annual SLC Zombie Walk in downtown Salt Lake City, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Amlak Tafari, a member of the band Steel Pulse in town from England, watches zombies take to the streets in the 9th annual SLC Zombie Walk in downtown Salt Lake City, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune People watch as zombies take to the streets in the 9th annual SLC Zombie Walk in downtown Salt Lake City, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Counter-zombie forces direct zombies along the street in the 9th annual SLC Zombie Walk in downtown Salt Lake City, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Zombies take to the streets in the 9th annual SLC Zombie Walk in downtown Salt Lake City, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Zombies take to the streets in the 9th annual SLC Zombie Walk in downtown Salt Lake City, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Zombies take to the streets in the 9th annual SLC Zombie Walk in downtown Salt Lake City, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Zombies take to the streets in the 9th annual SLC Zombie Walk in downtown Salt Lake City, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Zombies take to the streets in the 9th annual SLC Zombie Walk in downtown Salt Lake City, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016.

The Salt Lake Tribune

· August 8, 2016 7:50 am

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The ninth annual Zombie Walk lurched through the streets of Salt Lake City on Sunday.

Warm bodies dressed as the undead began frightening people at Washington Square and spread from there.