Exactly - they left him at a tree. We don't know what ever became of him. For all we know, the fever broke, and he woke up the next day fine. I just find it interesting that they have never actually SHOWN us someone turn from a non-lethal bite. For instance like they have done in Dawn of the Dead, with the old lady, and the girls father, and the pregnant woman. But remember in that universe its not a case of "everyones infected", there its "you get bit you turn".

 

True - but they didn't show us, and all we really have to go by is the ramblings of a man who later turned out to be crazy. Now this all may have changed in the switch from Darabont to Mazarro to Gimple, but I find it interesting that Jenner made no mention of these rules. He ran tests, and found they all had it. But there seemed to be two flavors of "it" because he needed samples that weren't "dead, necrotic"

 

Very interesting observation. Here's a quote I just found that seems to confirm that the dude by the tree was dying from the bite:
"Well... bites, and direct to blood contact with zombie gunk, [...] causes death. It's a strong infection that leads to fever that kills someone. Then the "virus" or whatever is already in them... turns them into a zombie."
—Robert Kirkman

 

But following those rules - most of the cast should already be dead. For example remember in Eighteen Miles Out - Rick and Shane cutting their hands with the knife to smear blood on the fence or schoolbus, and then fighting walkers, in fact stabbing them with the same knife. Or all the people slathered in walker guts and blood and other "zombie gunk". T-Dawg bleeding from his cut arm and then hiding underneath a dead walker? All of ricks cuts from his trip through jesses window followed by the walker massacre. etc. There have been tons of direct to blood contact with walker goo. In my opinion its one of the glaring plot holes.

 

Seems to me the most logical answer is that is was a bite from a human; they just weren't a zombie yet.

 

I don't believe it's a Zombie bite either. Even if Luciana says, she saw it happen (and I do find Luciana trustworthy at the moment). She could have been fooled too. It seems, the guy (forgot his name, the one with the bitemark) has a lot of knowledge about drugs. And to get a reliable witness with Luciana, he could very well have drugged her and made her believe, she saw it happen - something like that

 

Have to agree with you. And on that note...

[video=youtube;HzdxUlCNPLA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzdxUlCNPLA[/video]

 

Bit by a human who wasn't infected but thought they were?

Or usual cult bullshit?

I am your god, now drink the cool-aid, cut your balls off and wear nike before the comet comes kind of cult?

 

We're talking about a show where a character can smear some blood on their face like makeup and walk through a zombie horde. It needs only enough logic to convince the masses. Whether it is enough to convince people on this forum who actually think things through or not, I wouldn't be surprised if they went that direction

 

"Bit by a human who wasn't infected but thought they were?"

No. Bit by a human who was sick from a regular human illness that made them act crazy.

But this is really all just killing time speculation. All we actually know is 1. the guy has a bite. 2. Luciana saw him get bit.

We know nothing about where Luci was when she saw this either. Was she five feet away? Was she much farther away and could more easily mistake what she saw? We don't know.

 

I don't trust the pharmacist at all. Something about him screams deception and manipulation, so I am curious to see where this goes.

 

Doesn't it just! He is the leader of this little cult group though and if the show's history has taught us anything it is that these types are usually up to some not good hidden agenda.

p.s. It's been driving me nuts for awhile now. Just what the heck is Lauren shouting in your avatar?

 

This is actually my first time hearing of a Mexican cathouse. I also didn't know that horses and donkeys will take a chunk out of you.

Actually, there has been one person (that I can remember) who has turned from a minor, no-lethal bite. Deanna. But then again, we don't know exactly what happened to Deanna in that house...

 

Mexican cathouses are just well they are just indescribable. Think "a ping pong show" in Thailand meets "From Dusk Till Dawn". Mexican border towns, while extremely dangerous, can certainly make a dove hunting trip in South Texas uh - "interesting". Cross the border to see things you didnt know were even possible LOL Yeah horses will literally eat their way out of their stalls, chewing right through pressure treated 2X6's. The can chew through board fences, gnaw down fence posts, literally take a big chunk out of you.... (Its not "Normal" horse behavior, its actually a behavioral disorder, but its a common one.)

Deanna was swarmed though. Another continuity error cause beings swarmed like that you would expect her to be completely consumed like Laurie. When she fired the last shot and then threw the empty gun at the walkers, she was pretty well screwed.

I am kind of perplexed by the hit and miss way they portray it. Cause these walker tend to go for lethal bites. The neck. Almost vampire like. Kind of interesting in that to be technical you would THINK they would go for soft fleshy parts - the butt, the abdomen, the thighs. It almost seems as if they are "going for the quick kill". Look how many got immediately lethal neck bites.... Amy, Sophia, Andrea, the people patrick killed in the prison, etc. It seems like a deliberate targeting behavior. (Of course its probably just for nicotero's gore factor. Lots of blood, lots of OMG factor....

 

I think I've got it figured out

 

HA! She's actually telling a joke, a pretty lame one.....and if I remember correctly, I think she's saying "click....bang!"

I don't know, you tell me. I have no sound on my work computer so here you go for your viewing delight.

[video=youtube;ejNkH-GwFac]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejNkH-GwFac[/video]

 

Upon rewatching 610 when spencer takes out zombie Deanna, it did not appear that Deanna had any lethal bites. Safe to assume that she died from the "non-lethal" bite on her leg. How she avoided any new bites is another argument

 

HA! She's actually telling a joke, a pretty lame one.....and if I remember correctly, I think she's saying "click....bang!"

Yeah that's about it. lol. You've made my day!