{"id":665,"date":"2022-04-18T06:16:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T06:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empireofaustralia.com\/cpr\/?p=665"},"modified":"2022-04-18T06:19:10","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T06:19:10","slug":"zombie-fungus-loosed-in-the-forests-of-cascadia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empireofaustralia.com\/cpr\/zombie-fungus-loosed-in-the-forests-of-cascadia\/","title":{"rendered":"Zombie Fungus Loosed in the Forests of Cascadia?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<p>You might miss the signs, because how could you see something so tiny in the great forests of Cascadia?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lone researcher has sounded the alarm about an invasive fungus that threatens to upend life in Cascadia&#8217;s forests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It turns you into a zombie,&#8221; says the scientist, declining to give his name for fear of isolation from his colleagues, &#8220;This thing is out there, in the ground somewhere in the forests of Cascadia just waiting for you to disturb it and set it loose.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It could already be out there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It takes control of your brain, directing you to do its bidding without your knowledge, and once it&#8217;s in you, there&#8217;s no stopping it until it infects others.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fungus seems capable of infecting any non-plant creature. 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