It may not be Halloween yet, but the zombies were out last night. Over 350 lined the St. Pete pier to dance to Michael Jackson’s Thriller. In full make-up, Halloween costumes, and ragged clothes, the zombies came to life at exactly 10 p.m. Thrill St. Pete was part of a global effort to achieve the world’s largest simultaneous Thriller dance. Thrill the World is an annual fundraiser/tribute to Jackson that started in 2006 with only 62 zombies. In 2009 when Jackson died, 22,923 zombies danced across 32 countries.
Michael Jackson fan or not, it’s amazing and just plain cool that one person can inspire people around the globe to stop everything and dance. It was so much fun to watch. The zombies were all really into it – men, women and children just letting loose – and the crowd absolutely loved it.
Snow White was by far the fairest zombie…
The other zombies were much more scary…
And of course, Michael…
I’m practicing my moves…