ASBURY PARK -- The dead are rising from their graves in Asbury Park.
Zombies began to lurch onto the boardwalk around noon Saturday as festivities kicked off for the annual undead invasion.
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Thousands are expected stagger into the Shore town for the 2015 Zombie Walk, set for 4 p.m. The walk will start at the Asbury Park Convention Hall, stumble down the boardwalk, turn onto Cookman Avenue and end the undead gathering downtown.
The record-setting annual event of dead shuffling down the boardwalk almost didn't happen this year after its organizer announced he was putting the dead walk to rest, citing its climbing costs.
Weeks later, the zombie invasion was resurrected by the owner of Johnny Mac House of Spirits. It was originally set for last week but the threat of Hurricane Joaquin delayed the highly popular event.
In 2013, the walk set a Guinness World Record for largest gathering of zombies with slightly more than 8,000 in attendance.
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