The Walking Dead Explained - What caused the virus? (3)

[@TWDExplained]

Be sure to read the video description for more info!

[@talkinhedz5517]

when there is no place left in hell the dead will walk the earth ? god. romero. no doubt. kirkman was a massive romero fan

[@renaldorivera7770]

TheWalking DeadExplained So basically you are saying ..................don't know = or nothing

[@mickyds100]

I need to ask, also spoilers from both Fear the walking dead season 3 and the walking dead show season 5. In the walking dead the Terminus group are eating Bob stookey and he shows he is bitten later in the scene but it is already too late they have already eaten the "Tainted meat." therefore they are infected. And in the later scenes they show signs of severe fever one of the symptoms of the Pathogen However... In fear the walking dead Both Nick and troy go into collecting Adrenal brain stems they both even eat one and nick even eats two... From 'Fresh' walkers the question becomes clear now, why do you think they were not both infected as they both ate them?

[@yellawoods32207]

chemtrails

[@robmoore8200]

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[@Chris-vb6os]

So a group of humans can survive for months and kill many walkers, but an entire military gets rekted

[@TWDExplained]

seems that way - dumb luck? Different physics? Just a damn zombie story?

[@vincent_8817]

Well people started learning that headshots kill them they didn't know that in the beginning but it is still bs that the military got wiped out

[@Maficious]

the batman We don’t know if the military is wiped out.

[@SwastikSwarupDas]

we dont know the entire military is dead, i think part of the military and government is still active but not trying to protect anyone, they are just trying to survive using what they can and trying to find a cure

[@josephatnip2398]

Along with the Navy you think people on aircraft carriers would populate unpopulated islands there's plenty of large in the habitable islands that no one lives on in the world with ships and resources like an air Force place like Easter island could be civilization in this post-apocalyptic world using the military to take over small islands and even large one from third world countries killing off all trace of walkers civilization in extremely northern places would be still around because walkers would freeze solid and be not much of a threat most of the year and reanimation takes a few you would think it wouldn't have spread quickly enough to be completely world wide instructions on how to kill them and stop them would have been figured out quickly and been transmitted all over the world

[@tracyfrederick5606]

When hell is full , the dead will walk the earth. Dawn of the Dead

[@dawnmooney1970]

Yep

[@thefernshow6884]

Yup right from the Bible

[@jawsplayz]

Tracy Frederick which the old or new, since 2 people (who are the same person) says that quote

[@buddytrejo448]

Tracy Frederick , that's the best theory ,but I believe they're souless.

[@theuglykwan]

It's not even a theory. It's a slogan. There is no rationale behind it. Did heaven happen to be full as well? What happens when the walker is killed? Where do they go then? It's an explanation on par with the sun goes to sleep at night to explain why the sun sets. People like an explanation, no matter how ridiculous it is.

[@johnarmstrong5953]

I would have a yard full of zombies chained onto tread mills all hooked up to generators powering my compound.

[@TWDExplained]

with a opossum or chicken tied up in front of them to give them something to chase... = more power. Also could tie up a bad guy for them to chase. Great idea. Have them power everything! - Thanks for watching!

[@johnarmstrong5953]

Just one possum in the middle and they all are facing inward towards each other. Or maybe I could chain them all onto a circular wheel like at the beginning of the first Conan movie.

[@tiffanylaforce474]

You sir are awesome. That idea is spectacular. You should write for the show. It would be better than this crap we've been getting lately

[@committeda]

Best Idea so far!

[@muzzammilkhan2336]

unethical

[@trentabyt3890]

My top theory is it was caused by the writer

[@sherrysmith3538]

LMBO..I would say your right lol.

[@minakoaino7043]

The writer wrote it lol

[@Actiontime70]

Hmmm good theory, i’ll think about it Nice one man

[@LIBqueen]

🤔

[@almonjoinye]

Lmao 😁😁

[@MattrickBT]

There is no explanation. Just saved everyone 7mins and 30 seconds.

[@AnthonyJ504]

Right? Lol

[@Spsuperstar]

Which obviously sucks cause it's unrealistic.

[@hardtruthhall7777]

THANK YOU

[@bigboi639]

34*

[@MattrickBT]

How is it unrealistic there's no cause? It happened overnight. A bunch of people die, turn, attack, chaos. Wouldn't even give scientists enough time to study it, let alone come up with answers. Fact is, Walking Dead is a show where we only know as much as the characters know, which is why we didn't know people come back when they die regardless of being bit until Shane came back. Knowing the details of the virus really ruins the series. We should never know more than than the characters do.

[@oswaldii3258]

My favorite theory is that some really rich people tried to achieve immortality but instead they got zombies.

[@jmpmp_505]

Well in a way they did achieve immortality

[@sia7162]

i don’t get it though, if you get bit, you die? if their all infected, & it’s micro, reality wise, wouldn’t we all die fast because bugs n shit? 😭 it literally makes no sense to me 💀

[@Speedpunk650]

Getting zombies instead is probably a better outcome because if the wrong people got immortality it would be chaos forever

[@ryanthereaper5032]

@@sia7162 it's a dormant virus taking over only when dead I guess we haven't really seen much about the virus it could just be that the white blood cells are trying its hardest to stop the virus from taking over only when a person dies that the white blood cells stop working which is probably why some people become a walker sooner or later after they die

[@santinostefano5245]

@@sia7162 the bite doesn't infect you it just kills you

[@hhaaileyy2448]

i think it HAD to be airborne bc EVERYONE was infected.

[@yellowbeez93]

What about those under the sea? ....sea borne? 😂

[@HungPham-qq6me]

Terr Di It’s the work of Nurgle. It’s always grandpa nurgle

[@electriclizard7935]

Terr Di Well there is oxygen in water I think

[@badasanoodle565]

Chug Jug yeah thare is oxygen in water

[@SparrowValentine]

Either airborne or waterborne

[@Vina14eva]

2017: How did the entire world get infected? 2020: 👀

[@FrankFrank266]

Nah it's to late for it. Figure out next time on 2021

[@HambaAllah-ch9so]

@@FrankFrank266 sorry dude,it didnt happened. Lets hope next year or the middle of 2021

[@FrankFrank266]

@@HambaAllah-ch9so at this point a zombie apocalypse would be fun

[@HambaAllah-ch9so]

@@FrankFrank266 if a zombie apocalypes happens,im ready to take the knives,but sadly,i cant have a glock :(

[@americanloyalist4599]

China

[@lilbitofsouthernspirit7788]

When Rick asks a scientist (in season 1, or 2) What caused this? Right before his death he tells Rick,"Its in all of us." This makes me think something in our bodies was triggered by government tested virus.

[@ihavenoname4139]

Or maybe a DNA defect.

[@RoccoXV]

The writers of TWD have confirmed the cause of this virus, they said it was Aliens.

[@stefanb8388]

thus the scientist known as rick becomes a pickle, he calls himself pickle rick! Funniest shit ive ever seen.

[@gadhhfhf9412]

Hich No they didn’t, stop lying.

[@gadhhfhf9412]

Just A Jawa Using WiFi Lol no one knows if he was actually serious or not. Even if he was serious space spores don’t mean aliens.

[@oniolivares9750]

No hershel said "It could be mother nature correcting itself"

[@Idkidkidk.3rror]

True

[@Idkidkidk.3rror]

Earth could have a virus

[@Idkidkidk.3rror]

That is only released when the population is too high or global warming and it probably stores it in the ice caps

[@Idkidkidk.3rror]

And it's similar to today because not the ice caps are melting many new viruses have been discovered

[@tenvelli]

@@Idkidkidk.3rrorI saw a video where it said theres ancient viruses hiding under ice

[@КристиянАнтонов-р7г]

Imagine that coronavirus mutates and turns into this.

[@TWDExplained]

KZbin flagged this one so it is not shown to people as a suggested video kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6fZdKGueLiafM0

[@geoffwaller9058]

We can hope !

[@shthappens8923]

na putkata if it does we all need to prepare ourselves the devil will be knocking on all of our doors 🚪

[@marwaaaa420]

na putkata that's exactly what brought me here 😂

[@alatusseraphim]

It's probably not going to happen... but there is the smallest possibility. It could evolbe from mad cow disease or rabies, who knows?

[@kaikaci2743]

Imagine if Rick wakes up at hospital at the end of TWD. With young Carl and Lori looking at him. And imagine it was just a dream

[@Versada42]

Good thinking, that would be cool but a little sad if that happened tho

[@Debraufo13]

That would be such a cop out and piss so many off being so thin and predictable haha I thought this once too because many movies have had this ending and every one of those pissed the viewers and critics off because it’s essentially a cop out, a way of not explaining anything because you got stuck. This is why, in my opinion they have never reached for an explanation because a simple one would get torn apart. I think it’s a huge huge shitty element of the show. The creator Robert thinks it ruins it and sure it’s his thing he can do what he likes but I personally disagree because this show has been so long and ultimately depressing (as good as it is aside) there needs to be an end goal. Some resolution and I think a cure or the quest to a cure would bring millions of viewers who have dropped off back because to find a cure you would need to know the origin to a degree. I keep holding out in vain for this because often they have went against the comics (where it’s never explained) I think this would be a huge lifesaver because let’s admit, it has become very tiring the last few years. Anyways just my 2 cents LOL and if they did that dream idea omg after the time invested in this I would have to burn down AMC headquarters haha

[@mrbeanyboi9659]

My English Teachers worst nightmare, the ending of 'it was all a dream'.

[@roadhouse2476]

The only problem with filming that scene is that the actor who plays coralreef is too old now for the scene to make sense

[@NobodyUR]

Great ruin it with the ending Iike got..lol pass on that

[@masterdelrap]

Wesker is the most dangerous advanced zomby he caused it

[@dougbright4387]

CHRRRRRRRRIS!!!

[@owenjones2041]

Someone ate an infected burger at a gas n gulp.

[@denisecounts6287]

Owen Jones wrong movie...lol.

[@reggiegarcia6019]

Lol zombie land

[@thelonewolf930]

LMAO

[@built_not_baught9079]

Noooo... it was a Getter burger..

[@bigboi639]

Great film

[@discgolfer1000]

Here's my theory, the creators have no cause for the outbreak and never will reveal one, they wanted to make a zombie show and milk it for as long as possible. If everyone dies turns into a zombie it creates a never ending cycle of man and zombie.

[@lucariker1689]

You mean THE creator the guy who started it(the comic book started so the creator of it was THE creator.)

[@lucariker1689]

Not never-ending cause humans will eventually die off and zombies need humans to continue on.

[@theuglykwan]

They can reveal it soon as I fear isn't great and will end within a few seasons. It has few likeable characters, the ones that are most likeable die. It can be never ending if it reaches a rate where humans can still survive and reproduce faster than they turn.

[@smc0718]

@@lucariker1689 In TWD, Zombies can just eat any other macroscopic warm-blooded animal they can find. So that's a no.

[@CarlosVedovato]

My theory: the zombie outbreak is a Rick Grimes coma nightmare.

[@matthewford3460]

That's what a lot of people thing this is all a dream well he is sleeping

[@thed3adp1x3l9]

I don't think that's the case anymore especially since rick isn't in the tv series anymore 😪

[@DRsalt-yf8xb]

THE D3AD P1X3L It was never the case.... The owner of the show debunked that theory

[@DRsalt-yf8xb]

The creator of the show said that wasn’t so.

[@Batnano]

so original

[@jbearmcdougall1646]

Blue meth from Breaking Bad..they are very closely linked...

[@jacksons4776]

That video was made by Netflix so it's fake

[@michaelblack9253]

"spice" is doing the same thing look at Rudy Eugene in FL years ago

[@DFxPROxGLITCHER]

why make this if you answer no questions? Just for the views?

[@sambennett996]

TheNamezStag both by AMC?

[@mackataz1605]

Not everyone did blue meth though so... unfortunately couldn’t be the answer

[@taylorl3310]

I think the whole show is just a dream that ricks having. It makes sense because it all started with him waking up in a hospital, maybe he’s still there but he’s just in a coma.

[@silvereaglestudios]

That would be a LONG nap.

[@delusionalnoodles]

@Ice Hockey is Pretty Pretty Good Never watched Lost, but worse than Lost?

[@chunkycat7333]

What about FEAR THE WALKING DEAD👽👽👽👽

[@autotuner2399]

The creator of the show said that it’s not true

[@Khuzeymi]

@@autotuner2399 really

[@killerboy3699]

no one: not a single soul: anti-vax moms: VaCcInEs CaUsEd It

[@horationelson1840]

It was clearly caused by some bad gas station sushi.

[@wowwt]

using an outdated meme

[@icey8108]

@@wowwt yep cringed when I read it

[@cearfarseer9725]

@@horationelson1840 Truck stop Hot Dogs.

[@jamiebarringer4019]

A replication of autism?! (jk)

[@seanmastin2559]

I like the Gods Wrath one, the Mother Nature ones, and the Ricks Coma

[@r6_gamerboy475]

It all happend in the coma , he never came out

[@RickSanchez-dj3xr]

The writers debunked it he isnt in a coma

[@DustyyBoi]

​ @The Darkest Knight they could make an entire season of ricks sudden ptsd after being in a coma for a month, but living in a fake reality for so many years, doing so many things that to him are real and he feels deep regret over, seeing the people he loved die, letting people die, killing people, his best friend even, biting a man's throat so his kid doesn't get raped, to just suddenly wake up for all of it to have never happened. i think it would be interesting, and is my personal favorite theory, but in this new walking dead it doesnt work since the main character isnt even in it, and his only goal, keeping his family safe, is.. well gone. idk, i stopped really watching when they got to Alexandria.

[@Debraufo13]

All terrible cop out IMO as explanations. Especially the coma one it’s been done in a billion movies and always sucks because it’s like they couldn’t be bothered to explain anything. Lazy writing. Gods wrath would be a super risky one too especially since the show is so grounded (zombies aside hahaha) but yeah Sean, Mother Nature could be a cool one. The god wrath one just wouldn’t translate well on the screen I think it would send the show into Uber silliness. Also because many of us find zombies more realistic than god but that’s another thing haha, good thoughts though man for sure

[@yoosuf_99]

Before the video started there was an ad about skin disease!

[@shanevetter3277]

I don't think it'll heal that skin disease haha

[@jessehernandez5222]

@Vivid Waffles he said he not you dumbass little kid💀

[@kaolinet8628]

We are being watched

[@avery6809]

No one: Literally no one in existence: Moms: I think video games caused it

[@lucasg1183]

Ha

[@AleksC02]

No, its 5g

[@kaolinet8628]

Hahaha omg this made me laugh out loud hahaha

[@hennysmith8229]

You don't need the 'no one' mate, especially not in this case because moms do in fact make up a large portion of the population. But you are ultimately correct as that sounds an awful lot like something a mother would say, even my own

[@dmp762]

One thing that I find interesting is that there are no animal zombies in the show. Whatever it is appears to only affect humans.

[@fin78_]

dmp762 yep. It is weird

[@kaylynn1702]

McDonald’s

[@infinitesprings]

Yeah, I've noticed that too. The walkers don't just eat humans, but animals as well, and of course animals die all the time, naturally or not. So this, whatever it is, isn't transmitted to animals at all. I mean there aren't many infectious diseases that can pass between animal and humans and infect both. So what is different between us and the animals that is closest in relation to us genetically, that this thing infects us but does not infect them? Why is it us and not them? If this were mother nature then it would probably have to do with some gene or marker or mechanism within us that isn't present within them. But, this could also be explained by the other theories as well, so really the fact that their aren't any animal zombies doesn't really help us in narrowing down how the zombies came to be. Aliens: They are targeting the most dominate species on the planet, the one most likely to fight them if they come to take over. God/Supernatural: punishment or again targeting the ones most likely to put up most of a fight or hinder them in some way. Well ok, the space one doesn't really have a plausible explanation for this, because whatever happens, the results should affect more species than just humans. That one would be the least biased against humans, as would mother nature actually, unless again it's targeted to something humans have that nothing else on the planet does. And then we have the man theory. Well, we all know the answer to that one don't we.

[@ShawnMenchaca]

It does seem supernatural because the walkers stay alive seemingly forever (unless someone kills them). They should run out of energy and just die (or re-die). But they don't. This seems supernatural.

[@WarmouC]

The World War Z book's under the sea scene: ''How can they walk in the ocean so long? The salt water is the most errosios thing in the world. If they ask me I am sure it is.. hey.. check that out!''

[@kennyj342]

it was Walter White's blue meth

[@ShnugFlug]

I have a question. How is there so many walkers when usually after someone gets bit, they are either eaten completely, or someone shoots them in the head to keep them from turning?

[@TWDExplained]

Robert Kirkman, creator of the story, said that in the beginning it was around 5,000 to 1, walkers to humans ratio.

[@Ms.Byrd68]

*I think Kirkman has finally 'backslidden' on this one.* The greater BULK of the population is indeed dead. However, I, myself, have always maintained that out of 350 million living in the US in 2010, when the TV show started, that there had to be at least a few million left live between Canada, Mexico & The US. (3 to maybe 5 or 6 million) That way it would make sense that you have some States (and areas) with small groups of people (OR EVEN TOTALLY VOID of them) while here and there you'd find places with REALLY LARGE numbers of people surviving. Like how we now understand there had to have been SEVERAL HUNDRED survivors in the Alexandrian County area (where our story takes place) to the 50,000 in Ohio (according to the latest Kirkman Comic story arc: The Commonwealth). You can't have a good show that goes on for several seasons without PEOPLE: LIVING people.

[@paulheenan9098]

TWD takes place in a universe where the pop culture zombie was never created. Therefore, at the start (as seen in FTWD) people just saw walkers as "sick people who need help" and not as a direct threat. The military would have been easily overrun because they're trained to take bodyshots, not the direct headshots required to kill them. Also unknown to them at the time was that EVERYONE is infected and comes back, so they would have also inadvertently created more walkers when they bombed populated areas.

[@Ms.Byrd68]

Only thing I would perhaps 'correct' about the Military (as a Veteran) is once the Sharpshooters & Experts among us saw those things NOT GOING DOWN from a body shot, they would figure out real quick that you have to take headshots (even the National Guard would have figured that out and they aren't on duty 24/7 like Regular Army, Marines, etc...)

[@thatcomicguy964]

@@Ms.Byrd68 it was pretty stupid that the military lost

[@hxneyy_333]

For TWD universe it's most likely NOT mother nature. Cause as we can see the walkers don't just eat humans but animals as well.

[@ryanthereaper5032]

Still the earth could be redoing itself starting from scratch

[@Debraufo13]

What does that have to do with nature? I can’t see any connection between eating habits and Mother Nature?? What do you mean exactly bro? Just in case I’m missing something? Many animals will eat literally anything they can chew or swallow. What nature does is on an almost infinite, unimaginable scale in terms of predictability. It is for this reason I believe nature is the most grounded explanation to go with but still second to from space because something that hit our planet in the air all at once from the vastness of space really could happen if it was atmospheric. Also an asteroid could do the same thing but the virus wouldn’t be instantaneous and as omnipresent as it appears in the show but we don’t get to see outside of the states so the latter explanation really could be at least plausible. All I know is it’s a million times better than Rick waking up from his coma theory...omg I would burn AMC and kirkman if they did that haha

[@gabedoeslife471]

I'm not Christian, but I really like the idea that Hell is full but Heaven has been closed off and so now when you die you're purgatorialy trapped within your own body, yet unable to control what it does. I think that makes everything so much more terrifying. I saw a theory a while back saying essentially the same thing under the guise of "The Earth is Haunted." So cool.

[@YourLocalAgent17]

I think it happened too quickly (from what I've seen) to be microbial, especially since everyone is infected. More likely, in my mind, it has to be a prion disease (misfolded protein). Maybe some protein that all humans make was changed by an environmental factor that affected the whole world, thus when that factor went global, everyone started making this prion protein that created this disease. It would explain a lot... How everyone got infected quickly, how it is nearly impossible so far to cure, how it is hard to find out what it is (prion proteins have the same amino acid make up, but just fold different... So same primary structure, but different secondary and tertiary structures). It also helps that a lot of prion diseases affect the brain--"mad cow disease" for example. I am just now pondering this, so there is a lot of holes probably.

[@PssstShhhh]

@@JoshuaMichaelHowe no. We have mRNA already..within us. My God do you read?

[@BrianF-lz4qw]

Although this makes sense from a story perspective, it makes little sense at to how prion diseases work. Unraveled proteins are ultimately what a prion is and by their very nature, a prion disease will modify other protein structures to also be pulled, unraveled and thus more prions exist. With that being said, prions cannot be effects by our own immune system. They do not function within the microbial world within our body. Ultimately, it is the body’s immune system that causes a disease to become dormant. Viruses and bacteria are really the only possibilities, as parasites or fungus tend to also have a poor reaction from the immune system.

[@JesusSavedMeFromASuicideAtempt]

No oxygen no blood flow means death to the body..This is purely an act of god supernatural.

[@Eschatonin6666]

In terms to how the virus works, I believe the virus mimics decay to break down the "unnecessary" body cells to provide energy to the walker host. This could begin when someone is bitten and receives active infection, leading to the symptoms that bitten individuals experience. Eventually, limbs will start to fail as the bodies will run out of "excess" cells as the host is ironically cannibalised. Since cells will be broken down at a nanoscopic level, the energy released could transfer very efficiently to the host, keeping them active for a very long time

[@player95]

I think the writer caused it . 😂🤣

[@Ales9004]

Please no

[@justinTime077]

This should have been downvoted into the dirt

[@jackiehughes414gpg]

I think you might be on to something?! 🤔🤔😔

[@mimimarie44]

Robert Congleton r/whoosh

[@cheriepynk8259]

Yah don’t say, 😂

[@Spartan_Ghost98]

What I would like to see in the series that could change every thing is that we have one character in the series that does not have a reanimation symptom and Is immune to the bite I would love to see that

[@zyvluix959]

That is a thing but its in a vampire show, its on Netflix called Van Helsing

[@arnelcapistrano2408]

@@zyvluix959 but then again, it is about van helsing versus vampires, not zombies.

[@Debraufo13]

They did this dude in fear but it turned out to be bs which was such a disappointment! Yeah I agree with you bro

[@shawncoalson9553]

They did that in Z Nation

[@FamiiKazumii]

When zombie apocalyps come to life....all gamers ready😂

[@blinky4779]

True DAT bruh

[@kadingaber5015]

but the thing is a apocalypse wouldn’t last more then 2 days because maggots and natural cause would rot away the brain and body of the zombie

[@Sirkinious]

Yup Get your legend of Zelda swords ready

[@arthurmorgan5432]

What if it's the running dead

[@spoofedivan65]

@@arthurmorgan5432 Dude we're all F up😂

[@Awesome7870]

I like the Walter white theory, sounds plausible.

[@okayihaveanincrediblysmall123]

Lori Kircher But the creator of Breaking Bad said that Jesse would get his happy ending, I don’t think Jesse’s ending would include a zombie apocalypse

[@joshwalters3148]

@@okayihaveanincrediblysmall123 Jesse did not get a happy ending....

[@apcoress3160]

IT WAS TIDE PODS

[@ByzatineLives1453]

Lori Kircher no way, since Saul had used the word “zombie” one time and Jesses friends mentioned “zombies” too

[@unhumanized]

Whats the theroy?

[@TampaGigWorker]

I just watched s1e1 last night again. It has a great emotional draw from the characters. I did notice the dead wife of Morgan twisting the door knob to where she remembered her family being there. Also, the connection with Morgan and Rick was cool. Now it's as if they don't even know each other. I'd like to see more of a BOND between them, as like old pals from the jump.

[@TheGravityShifter]

My favorite theory is the supernatural one since that is actually a reason why Zombies exist in Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare. But the only thing that defeats this theory is it doesn't affect corpses pre-outbreak. In Undead Nightmare, you'd be a zombie even if you died prior to outbreak.

[@DavidLaFerney]

Clearly it's a case of reality being a computer simulation and the grad student that is running it got bored. No other explanation makes any sense. Except that it's just a show and it doesn't have to make sense.

[@infinitesprings]

LOL! I like that theory. I'm going with that one. We are all just brains in a jar and none of this is real!

[@bg1052]

Well, just the fact that it could be a natural virus makes sense. Many viruses that we get now are from animals but the virus mutated to where it could infect humans. What says one wouldn't try to take us over?

[@Wryvan]

David LaFerney Your definitely the guy who think of the bigger picture. Boii your smart.

[@JordanWilliams_Link7702]

They took us into science fiction when Ezekiel showed up with a trained tiger smh

[@winterds1]

He worked in a zoo. That is covered in the comics.

[@bendavis6457]

@@winterds1 and tigers can't be domesticated

[@winterds1]

@@bendavis6457 Did you read the comics?

[@charlesfowler3464]

I think it has to be man-made. Whether intentional or by mistake it has to be man-made. Because it only attacks humans. We've never seen a reanimated deer we've never seen a reanimated cow are animated Birds. This is specific to the homo sapien species which to me means it had to be genetically created only to attack the Homosapien species

[@southerngrace2976]

charles Fowler ... Mad cow disease is essentially a zombie like virus. So it already exists....

[@chronicwizdom8638]

Or intentionally made just for humans from nature

[@Kashados]

Southern Grace lol it's not. And mad cow disease also exists in humans

[@wat5709]

charles Fowler not necessary there are viruses and diseases that that only affect a certain species

[@benbordogna6913]

Some diseases only infect certain species

[@Cassimfan]

A conversation Hershel has with Billy in the comics actually points towards Supernatural. Out of the last book of the Bible, Revelation. Sure it's not really how the passage should be taken, but it certainly could be a clue to why the dead are rising and walking.

[@hennysmith8229]

And then Hershel said at the end of season two 'When Christ promised the resurrection of the dead, I thought he had something a little different in mind.' I know that was intended to be something of an attempt at humour on his part but regardless, the biblical references from Hershel may in fact be Kirkman alluding to something surrounding the virus' origin. Also the series/comic does feature a very profound religious undertone at times. Holy shit I think we're onto something mate

[@jamestreanor4361]

I think it was a genetic marker that switched on at the same time and thats why the entire planet was infected at the same time. It also could explain why only humans are infected; we are the only species with 46 chromosomes.(there are a few others but the people in TWD world would not know it because they would not have the opportunity to see these animals in their natural habitat as they are indigenous to other parts of the world, and it those species still may not be affected because humans have other differences in their genetic make up.)

[@infinitesprings]

It could be. That would explain why no other species except humans are infected. It was a gene that only humans carry.

[@Debraufo13]

Some good refreshing ideas there but I think that idea would need some work to be plausible possibly. Genetic markers don’t “switch on” in any species at a precise time. Even in micro biology or micro evolution, it still takes thousands of years for such markers to activate widely. For this idea to hold you would be suggesting that space time is consciously self aware and somewhat vicariously wanting to rid nature of a species at an exact point. Like it’s a solid idea on the outside but it sort of falls apart upon inspection but I think you deffo have something cool with the markers and chromosomes isolating humans (just like many viruses do) maybe if the writers were using your initial idea but something EXTERNAL sets off this marker inside us? That could maybe work? Like if this thing was always in us at some sort of sub atomic level and then an external factor, be it man made or not, kicks it into action but such an event would be incredibly hard to explain genetically and why it’s never happened before blah blah but of all the ideas I’ve seen, I think yours is one of the best most grounded ideas. Sounds like a cop out but for me alien (not aliens just not from earth) and asteroid or space bourne virus attacking the atmosphere are the most viable explanations. We already know viruses can survive potentially inside asteroids so there’s that. Don’t know why the fuck I’m still typing, sorry bro 😂🤣

[@JoelPit]

The Walking dead is NOT horror it's definitely a drama

[@scottieman2]

J Pitman Zombies

[@JoelPit]

I understand that there zombies but that not what the storie/show are about

[@scottieman2]

J Pitman I know.

[@echo8630]

Shows can be both. Most horrors have drama.

[@scottieman2]

Beth Greene thanks Beth. I see you got better.

[@thedarkgift4442]

It was caused by Rick and Morty looking for schezwan sauce.

[@christianrice4168]

The Dark Gift MY MAN

[@jeff8735]

Yes 😂🤣

[@lizmartinez4987]

The Dark Gift lmaoooooo I LOVEEE YOU!

[@raria3659]

hilarious ha😁😅😂🤣

[@tillerbuckets386]

Not funny at all

[@eeeeee5109]

I just wanna say you are a amazing KZbinR and deserve a lot of fame in the further, you care a lot about your fans and you work very hard, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!

[@TWDExplained]

Thank you Eee Eee!!!

[@fabian1939]

I go with Aliens. An Alien race that is super into zombie apocalypse movies and by chance found a planet with inhabitants that look fascinatingly similar to them just without the weird head ridges that serve no purpose. unfortunately these inhabitants where very aggressive and militaritic and posed a threat in the case they developed means of inter-stellar travel so they decided to create a special virus, set up cameras and start a TV show for their home planet and called it "The walking dead Aliens".

[@OdinMarcelo]

You know, the piercing of the brain is actually the same as the piercing of the heart in vampires. If we do a genealogy of zombie fiction, George Romero's derive from Richard Matheson I am legend, the first moden 'zombie' tale, but Matheson's zombies are actually vampires.

[@robpetoletti826]

In George Romero's classic, Night of the Living Dead, it was it was theorized that a Russian Venusion probe that was contaminated and destroyed before it got back to earth, yet parts of it entered into our atmosphere, caused that event. I believe a simalier event is what caused the Walker on the apocalypse on the show.

[@44excalibur]

Sorry, but in Night of The Living Dead it was a NASA Venus probe called the Explorer, not a Russian probe.

[@robpetoletti826]

I stand corrected. 😉

[@burtonwillis6454]

To your point at around 2:48 "just the fact that everyone is infected means its already out of control" also indicates that in a real life similar situation, the entire surviving population would need to be under constant surveillance. This point is also seen in the prison with the flu. There isnt any safety as any one of your group could die during the night and re-animate

[@timex513]

plot twist the whole show was from the walkers point of view. Rick and the gang are the real walkers.

[@infinitesprings]

Or Rick and the gang are insane and killing living humans that they think are walkers. Maybe no one is a walker and something is making both sides believe that the other is the enemy. Like that demon virus on Supernatural.

[@thecassandraeffectvsperilo6754]

That was actually my first thought in season 1

[@ojblackcat5286]

The meteor bringing biological organisms is the best theory in my opinion since we already know meteors are capable of this. And it's believable that if this meteor burned up in our atmosphere it could disperse the biological organisms which would then be rained down on humanity from the sky above all across the world.

[@taaylorr21]

Just imagine this theory. Remember in the first episode Rick woke up from a coma? Imagine if the entire series was a “dream” from Ricks coma.

[@shthappens8923]

Taylor Johnson Maybe your write the space spore was in the comic but I don’t think it’s in the show

[@taaylorr21]

GamerBear Live205 it would have been a cool ending but I’m on season 5 right now sooo idk all that much

[@cristianramos2633]

Taylor Johnson that’s what i be telling myself all the time

[@robcharm7351]

@@taaylorr21 Robert Kirkman already stated that Rick is NOT in a coma still and it is not a dream. That would be a huge slap in the face to fans if they did that plus it doesn't make any logical sense. Also you'll see after Season 9 Episode 5 why that theory crumbles.

[@wok3n203]

This was debunked by Kirk man

[@jackwatsonepic626]

So he doesn't actually tell you how the virus started he just tells you what might have started it He just waffles on for 7 minutes

[@heartlesscrivic4634]

Somebody didn't like human and created a virus

[@LIBqueen]

Crap It's AI!!

[@rubencervantes985]

Plot twist, it was North Korea. #chemicalwarfare

[@fin78_]

#endkimjongun

[@infinitesprings]

Probably more like Biological warfare than chemical warfare.

[@cubancigarman2687]

And the answer is...msg! It’s in all the canned soups! Or all the chemicals they use for preservatives! Lol

[@Mikey-ym6ok]

Cuban CigarMan lol msg is natural.

[@michaelmcenery7515]

it was explained in one of the last spin offs the virus was created in a lab in France.But we dont know why or what for

[@ZeroDrizzy]

Its about the end of days.

[@disloyal2165]

Ken Evanska...Monday

[@seanhammer6296]

The Real Dewayne That makes no sense. The only way there could be an "end of days" is if either the earth or the sun blows up. What does that have to do with an extinction level global pandemic?

[@773p]

aliens or nature are the only 2 that I strongly believe in but the clues are so vague one can't really say, thanks for the vid great content as usual

[@patriot4645]

773 p agree

[@TWDExplained]

The clues are vague........As always, Thank you 773 p for watching!

[@sullyway51]

When I started watching "Fear the Walking Dead", I kept seeing little visual clues that it was in the water. By having the pathogen distributed by water, you would get near 100% infection rate.

[@mathewberger3042]

Damn who ever was playing plague must have been really good to go undetected until everyone was infected

[@blazingking30]

Please make another one of these! I love your channel!

[@charlescomeauxjr9037]

I know he said space spore on Twitter, but to me that really goes into science fiction, so he was probably pulling out chain. World Beyond gives the same theory in a military flashback. Someone inhaled gas from a meteor and got on a plane and started infecting everyone. I would love for them to narrow it down, but I am not sure it's better to know.

[@AhmetOzdemir-om3bj]

It has to be paranormal no realistic explanation to it.

[@Obsidian-Nebula]

By blue drugs made in Breaking Bad

[@xavierjackson9788]

All i know is when the scientist whispers in ricks ear he said its air born and if you die by anything you will still come out as a walker

[@hubbletelescope1721]

Tbh by day 80ish of the apocalypse, people would have figured it out on their own really. People would still die not because of being bitten but because we all "expire".

[@l.w.8591]

I always wondered why they never went to Washington DC. I know Eugene lied about being connected to scientist and the government. I believe Alexandria and Rick should head to Washington DC to see if there is possibly any truth about government officials being there. Alexandria is literally a few minutes away from Washington DC. The walking dead should air a show in the Nations Capital it will be interesting but first they have to get thru this war with the saviors.

[@Ms.Byrd68]

Well the war is over!!! I agree that the whole government or even Military can't actually be TOTALLY gone, Deanna survived. lol :) There is a helo on the TV show and in the comics the latest story arc is: The Commonwealth. Perhaps they are the same people and it would make sense if they were at say Ft McNair or some other airfield in the DC area; because, why would anyone WASTE fuel to fly a helo from either Ohio or Texas to somewhere in Virginia with no apparent refueling station. The existence of a helo pad in the Junkyard means nothing if there is no access to FUEL... *UNLESS* the distance being traveled is relatively SHORT! So since we've actually seen a HELO twice in the show, I'm guessing the TV show's COMMONWEALTH will either be at ARLINGTON; at one of MANY Military bases in Virginia *OR* across the Potomac in the DC Area

[@andreking5714]

I think it's mother nature. That is the creepiest and most scary explanation. Also, it's not just death that causes you to turn. If you remember, there was the major character of the vet who owned the farm getting bitten and they chopped off his limb saving him. There was another minor character that was saved the same way when bitten on the arm. This suggest that the bites in some way cause the virus or whatever it is to activate and the character to turn even from the most minor bite. Just sayin...

[@angelcakes4285]

I like the idea that it could have been man-made. It is hinted in other Zombie media that the military wanted to use re-animated corpses to their advantage, like Army of the Dead. There is also the theory that it was a mutated disease, in Zombieland, Mad Cow mutated into Mad Human & World War Z, A mutated variant of Rabies. Maybe a chemical spill, virus, mutated disease, it could be any of these, we may never know!

[@nevaehpinkney5053]

I like to think it was a parasite outbreak that did this, and that maybe they were spread in the water or in the air and when people started to die (at like a hospital or something) that’s when it started to become an apocalypse

[@ianjones907]

We actually gamed this when I was in the Army, back in the late1980's. It involved a mutated or weaponized form of the rabies virus. Strange coincidence that zombies weren't really in popular culture so much at that time huh?

[@ruforufo2185]

heres a question: i dont know if its been discussed before, but why do walkers want to eat people? if its nothing more than animal instinct to feed then i get it. but what if there is some other thing going on? the only thing i can think of to explain it is rage, anger, insanity...

[@AceHogarth]

Rufo Rufo In a couple of episodes they are shown eating animals. They even ate Rick’s horse in the first episode, remember?

[@lauraselkala7812]

Rufo Rufo i think it was explained in the first season. the virus leaves a part of the brain on which controls some kind of primitive instincts.

[@deadly_actual]

I'm sick and tired of this they should just tell us 😡😠

[@jchriseddy7596]

i think it might be some form of spores, released onto earth and spread out, meaning anyone who breathes, breathed in the spores, infecting them, and ultimately taking over when they die

[@hissnakeissolid2827]

I have a theory Nanomachines, son

[@georgelazenby3607]

People writing a comic? They made it up? Easiest explanation.

[@Onyxolotl]

It's gotta be supernatural purely based on the fact that all these years later now the show is wrapped up the walkers are still around, they cannot be physically alive or capable of moving after so many years through any stretch of the imagination

[@jedi4049]

checking out old vid, good work James

[@TWDExplained]

This one got me a lot of attention - but it's one of my first - hard to watch for me haha - Thanks for watching!

[@nightfangs2910]

my vote is mother nature fighting back for massive overpopulation by mankind

[@abea.9051]

ron sylvia the entire world is over populated. Look at all these animals and insects walking around

[@shinsrada810]

ron sylvia i think they killed enough and the population is low enough now.

[@infinitesprings]

Yeah, could be. But the walkers also go after animals as well, so mother nature must be trying to wipe out a lot of species, not just humans. Though, the animals don't reanimate when they die, so they are probably just collateral damage. Mother nature made a system that works too well, and she wasn't able to refine it so only humans get it in the neck? Yeah, with how detailed and meticulous mother nature is, I highly doubt that. An extinction level event for multiple species on the planet. Well, mother nature has always been a bitch, forcing everything to either evolve or die. I guess this is just another example. But man what a cruel way to wipe out your own. I mean, we come from this planet same as everything else. She could have just made a disease that just kills us, not reanimates us as well. Again, if this theory is correct, then seriously what a bitch.

[@whittakerdanielj]

"The Happening", anyone? Anyone?

[@rifleshooterchannel208]

Daniel Whittaker Lame movie about fake ass global warming.

[@jgeek6737]

Rifle Shooter Channel are you saying that global warming is fake?? Xd lol

[@rifleshooterchannel208]

J Geek Of course it’s fake.

[@Rauf-rp7ln]

I liked the movie myself. As for global warming....I believe it's happening naturally. Still slowly leaving ice age.

[@joesaiditstrue]

@@rifleshooterchannel208 lol.

[@casinodelonge]

I agree with your analysis. The fact that the writer has said that TWD is set in an "alternative reality" where "zombie myth" doesn't exist means that he can make his own rules up. Bearing in mind the contagion doesn't behave like an infectious agent in the traditional way, both in terms of transmission and epidemiology, then a supernatural effect is the only realistic (sic) mechanism for depicting the situation as we see it. This is rather lovely (although unsatisfying) as of course this is exactly the mechanisms our forefathers adopted in explaining the world around them with no knowledge of science. It's frustrating but not quite as bad as The Road which again lacked sufficient backstory for the scientist in me despite being a magnificent book.

[@TWDExplained]

Thanks for watching!

[@tarski3939]

I believe Robert Kirkman tweeted out one time “space spore.” Also, at the end of S1 Ep2, that song Space Junk plays. Probably bacteria from space.

[@carbuncle1977]

breaking bad started it all

[@Thebratzbaby]

carbuncle1977 yeah... I forgot all about that

[@kinectic0026]

If the walking dead is supposed to be a horror, then they certainly aren't doing the best job. Twd is probably my number show. It doesn't make me think of it as horror though.

[@claycook1487]

kinectic00 it is a horror drama, drama being the main point. There is horror in the gore, but it is by no means the basis of the show

[@infinitesprings]

More like drama/action than horror. Not scary at all. But then zombies don't really scare me anymore. The humans scare me more than the zombies in this. Some of them are some real evil SOB's!

[@rockyjetproject1345]

Like my grandma used to say “It’s the fucken gluten!”

[@austinrea1750]

Rocky Jet Melendez what does gluten have to do with it

[@JordanEppersonEveryAtomPhoto]

Deffinataly gluten.

[@sherieberrie1479]

Season 1 briefly turns to the CDC where a lone scientist is running footage on a computer screen and info about something called Operation Wildfire running.. rampant

[@leeames9063]

In reality, we might never ever know what caused it to begin. And, seeing as how survival is the MAIN priority, not to many will really care about the origins, only those things that will help with safe shelter, water, and food.

[@alexanderdavlin]

Nobody: My mom: it's that damn phone.

[@Bbluvs222]

isn't this coronavirus at 4:58 😳 wasn't this posted 3 year's ago

[@TWDExplained]

ruh-roh shaggy

[@sethhardy866]

For how I see it the virus or whatever it is acts like a reanimation due to the zombies not just falling apart within a few months of deterioration flesh. The walkers just continue to "live" and hunt none reanimated individual.

[@nessadvantage9447]

I always thought with a wide spread pandemic to escalate that quickly it would most likely be something in the water.

[@smc0718]

Airborne is much quicker.

[@cheriepynk8259]

How could everyone single person have it? From all walks of life? Have to be airborne

[@hennysmith8229]

or waterborne. I believe it was airborne, the CDC wouldn't have picked up the first case until much closer to everything going to shit; Genner said 'Wildfire was declared' 131 days before the global outbreak. In short what I believe is that something from space(perhaps an alien spore) was trapped in the ice in Antartica and as the planet warmed up due to global warming, the virus leaked into the ocean and eventually contaminated the drinking water. So if and when a person drank water, they would become infected and reanimate upon their death, whenever that may be

[@COOLDUDERBALD]

It would be killer for the last scene the camera starts from the ground to space and you see Alien spaceships sitting in space watching.

[@callmemandyNL]

With some popcorn

[@Debraufo13]

No it wouldn’t LOL I would throw some shit at my tv if they went with that! Haha

[@COOLDUDERBALD]

@@Debraufo13 Careful now, you don’t wanna break your mommy’s tv.

[@menace6734]

2:33 Now that you say “drugs”. I’m thinking it could be the crystal meth theory from Breaking Bad.

[@dr.froggle4555]

Maybe walter whites meth was too powerful for the brain

[@PC4USE1]

Bio experiment gone wrong ala "Captain Trips" in The Stand.

[@thechurchoftoddhoward6820]

Currently reading that book

[@PC4USE1]

@@thechurchoftoddhoward6820 Very apropos in the COVID-19 era. Enjoy it,a great book.

[@murphymacmanus2058]

Pollution caused the zombie Apocalypse.😁

[@exclusivelymadeforthat]

stop no jjust no

[@carloszuniga8647]

Lol

[@stefanfaro852]

As i see the hints in the show I believe nature turn against humanity! Earth is overpopulated!!!

[@Jackrabbit_Slim]

Stefan Faro I agree. The planet has a parasite which are humans. And it finally developed an antibody for that parasite... The walkers.

[@1angrykoala]

Both of you should do your part to fix it.

[@soulsemblance3163]

Chris Braz if you truly believe that you should watch the Anime called parasite the maxim

[@Jackrabbit_Slim]

Parisite the Maxim.... Think I'll look that up.

[@soulsemblance3163]

Chris Braz do you want a Summary?

[@juliethompson4899]

I mistakenly thought you would actually say what you thought. Never again

[@PhilWorley]

It originated from New Mexico with Walter “Heisenberg” White

[@matteodakin7830]

Other things this could be is viruses spread through food and products that used chemicals and the body doesn’t like touching them possibly because human body’s are not meant to be using or touching chemicals

[@Wryvan]

This is all about balance. We had our time at the top and now it's time to give chance to others just like all the creatures of this world before us. This is how the world will begin starting anew.