Interview 6 - Jesika Hendricks

Today, I visited the Sand Lakes Provincial Wilderness Park in Montreal, Canada to interview Jesika Hendricks on her experiences during the zombie war. What I learned from her completely changed my view of how the common American had viewed this war. Before this interview, I had always wanted to believe that during this time, the United States were the most calm and most, well, united of humans at this time. But I soon realized this was not the case.

The story of Jesika and her family begans in August of the first year, approximately 20 weeks after the horrific defeat at Yonkers. Her father had received reports of "walkers" in the area and immediately decided that his family was to move north. The family immediately stocked up on what they believed were enough supplies and immediately left, thinking this would lead them to safety. On the way, they encountered many hitchhikers, some of whom were probably infected. They stopped for no one except one girl, whom they later abandoned because she spit up black, an indication for a possible in fection. When they finally reached their new home for the winter, it seemed perfectly good.

But this serenity lasted for maybe a month. As more and more people began to travel north to escape the hordes, their camp began to be overrun and was very rowdy. As supplies dwindled and  fuel ran low, people fought over what was left and many were beaten, got sick, or were killed. That winter was one of the largest tragedies in history. An example of the horrors Jesika faced happened when her family was staying in her car, not having anything to eat in several days. They all had lost much of their supposedly large supply of food and were starving. The mother and father began to bicker a lot, which was unusual, and eventually sold things to the neighbors for some of their food. This provided them with a small source of nutrition at the time but things were not always so peaceful. Often, random men would get into fistfights in the middle of the night and anyone caught stealing was often killed by the righftul owner. Eventually, Jesika's parents became very sick and she had to feed them.

When on the brink, Jesika and her family found a new source of food. They used the bodies of those who had died as food until the spring arrived and the sun would shine longer. Unfortunately, this spring also brought new zombies. Her tale ends there.

I cannot help but wonder how the zombies were ble to thaw out and continue to survive despite everything. Another question I have is what feelings were going through the mind jesika as she knowingly at the flesh of her fellow human beings. Also, this story shows the desperation of humans, pushed to the brink of death and survival in a race to escape from a largely unstoppable force.