Hacked Road Sign Warns Of Zombies In Northern Ky.

FLORENCE, Ky. (AP / Huffington Post) -- The zombie menace has once again found its way onto a highway sign.

After pranksters switched the message on an electronic road sign, motorists in northern Kentucky were warned this week to watch for zombies along the Interstate 71-75 corridor.

The usual message about upcoming roadwork was changed to: "Nightly lane closures, zombies ahead."

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet spokeswoman Nancy Wood said the Transportation Cabinet learned about the new message midmorning Thursday and turned it off until it can be fixed. Wood said officials are not amused by the prank.

The gag was hardly original. There was a spate of such pranks in 2009 in Florida, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Illinois and Texas. Last March, someone posted a zombie warning on a highway sign in South Carolina.

Comments

[Tunghoy]

09:04 AM on 06/26/2011

Did you know that vegetarians can also become zombies? And when they do, what do they eat? Here's the answer:
http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/6434/vegetarianzombiessn9.gif

[sharkllifemaker]

06:50 AM on 06/26/2011

The zombie menace has once again found its way onto a highway sign. http://tinyurl.com/6arsf74

[sharkllifemaker]

06:49 AM on 06/26/2011

Amazing Footage.. http://tinyurl.com/6arsf74

[PrairieDog]

06:27 AM on 06/26/2011

Has Boneroo moved to Kentucky? (yeah, yeah, I kept the typo)

[IntheVillage]

03:41 AM on 06/26/2011

As long as the sign says "The Mighty Wez is gaining on You!" (The mohawk hothead from "The Road Warrior") I won't be too concerned.

[douttfire]

02:44 PM on 06/25/2011

May was Zombie awareness month. We're a little slow here in Kentucky. Thanks for the warning; I'll keep my eyes open for any straggle-legged pedestrians with that wide-eyed look.

[doggerjain]

02:20 PM on 06/25/2011

Hacked Road Sign Watch - http://bit.ly/l4BejW

[Dadeo]

01:12 PM on 06/25/2011

Look out, the McConnell gang has crossed the border.

[Heathernova]

01:11 PM on 06/25/2011

Come on and be sensible. If this were about Rand Paul it would obviously have said Aqua Buddha ahead. Though technically, I'm sure head stomping would be a great way to deal with zombies. LOL

[baramsman]

09:57 AM on 06/25/2011

LMAO - Very cool!!

[rebelroseofdixie]

03:58 AM on 06/25/2011

A road sign near my home got hacked into a few years back. Unfortunately, the message on the sign wasn't very nice at all compared to this "Warning Zombies Ahead" hacking.

[watchclock]

02:53 AM on 06/25/2011

Since thinking has become a lost art back in 2008 there are even more Barry loving communists!!

[fenian2001]

02:30 AM on 06/25/2011

wow the zombies are early. i wasnt expecting them till election day where even the dead have been known to vote........

[kimpjones]

12:44 AM on 06/25/2011

It's all fun and games till someone gets their brains eaten!

[finallylegal]

01:19 AM on 06/25/2011

zombies don't eat the flesh of the living. my watcher told me so!

[jsand96876]

05:22 AM on 06/25/2011

We are talking about the deep South. Inbreeding, prejudice, spiritual pride and tooth decay have already eaten up most cerebral cortexes of those that even had half a brain to begin with.

If zombies survived only on brains there would not be much of a feeding frenzy anywhere below the Mason Dixon line.

[Jbeamer14]

12:32 AM on 07/23/2011

Way to stereotype and slander, I thought that was one of the things people who lean left fight against?

[sunestate]

12:09 AM on 06/25/2011

Honestly, if it's people to laugh...great. We all could use a good laugh. It sure beat road rage!