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the dead had risen, she had heard this in many movies and fictional books she had read.
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I don't think she could have seen zombies in a movie at this point. I would have some big doubts even about the book part, but that is at least plausible. First movie actually came out in 1888 and it was whole 2.11 seconds long, so not really much space for zombies there ;)