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A George Rogers Clark High School junior arrested Tuesday for making terrorist threats told LEX 18 News Thursday that the "writings" that got him arrested are being taken out of context.

He seemed to have wrote about Zo,mbies attacking his high school

"My story is based on fiction," said Poole, who faces a second-degree felony terrorist threatening charge. "It's a fake story. I made it up. I've been working on one of my short stories, (and) the short story they found was about zombies. Yes, it did say a high school. It was about a high school over ran by zombies."


Currently he is held at the Clark County Detention Center.

Police say it is a serious thing; not as joke:

Police say the nature of the story makes it a felony. "Anytime you make any threat or possess matter involving a school or function it's a felony in the state of Kentucky," said Winchester Police detective Steven Caudill.


Do you think this is a serious threat? Will Zombies become the next weapon used by Al-Queda? Are Police over-reacting?

Will the kid get the felony charge?
What do you think? Are zombies worth a felony charge? Is fiction grounds for arresting?

Is the country crazy?

Personally I think this is nuts! I mean Zombies are not real (unless govt knows something I do not...) and fiction shouldn't be counted as real.
When was the last time a school was tooken over by zombies? I think the kid should be set free!

So what is your response?

So what is your response?I'm pretty sure this was already posted. Don't ask for a link because I'm not your http://assets.jolt.co.uk/forums/nation_states/top_search.gif (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/search.php?s=) button.

haha... that's a great joke. It seems just to be on the side of plausibility, whilst just being a little bit too out there to be quite real.
Maybe one day, though.

(or alternatively.... groan... that's just quite stupid. Everyone knows the first place zombies attack is the shopping mall.)

haha... that's a great joke. It seems just to be on the side of plausibility, whilst just being a little bit too out there to be quite real.
Maybe one day, though.
No, check the link. It's real.

No, check the link. It's real.
Damnit, it backfired! It was supposed to be a slightly ironic response at how stupid I think the entire situation was. So.... when is George Romero going to be taken into custody?

I mean, seriously. it's one of the most stupid things I've ever had the misfortune to read, when someone can take a short story about a zombie attack and turn it into someone threatening terrorist violence.

Damnit, it backfired! It was supposed to be a slightly ironic response at how stupid I think the entire situation was. So.... when is George Romero going to be taken into custody?

I mean, seriously. it's one of the most stupid things I've ever had the misfortune to read, when someone can take a short story about a zombie attack and turn it into someone threatening terrorist violence.
But yeah the kid is in custody and has a 5, 000 bond to get out of his cell.

I mean, can you believe tat the Prosecuters said they raised the bond because of and I quote, " the seriousness of the crime": it is too ironic for words.