Wait... I don't remember this at all.

 

Was it that weird... pole thing?

 

Wouldn't that all be a moot point if you simply dug a deep trench around your town with a drawbridge? Then every so often burn out the trench. Zed's aren't exactly the smartest or nimblest of creatures.

 

I'm working on a variation of that in the 'Casey's Journey' story.

 

I think it must originally have been someones crude homemade power supply pre apocalypse. The solar panels and the large diameter spiro ducts together would actually both generate electricity rather than the solar panels creating electricity to turn the spiro ducts. I think these Gov's guys have just found it, modified it with 'soup ladles' to make sound to attract walkers and dug a hole for them to fall into. Certainly these grunts haven't built this as the sole purpose to attract walkers. It was clearly already there. If Rick's group want to survive somewhere in the future they also need to set up a similar system to provide them with electricity, then they do not really need fuel. Just some large batteries for charging.

 

Not moot at all. Indeed, a nifty lil contraption and set up a small distance from Woodbury, away from the towns occupants visibility. The Governors control and percieved safety he provides is all about false perceptions. The out of sight out of mind thingy works pretty well in this case.

 

I was just pointing out that if you were to surround your town with a deep trench it would probably work the same way.

 

Zackly. Probably quite a few Zed defences. This design follows along the bug zapper concept. Keep the mosquitoes out of the iced down drinks during your ZA block party ...and again the out of sight out of mind thingy.

 

LOL! This was one of my favorite scenes this season! Between The Gov's "Get more griss for the mill" and Merle's cussing at zombies while yanking out their teeth... PRICELESS!

 

Not saying it doesn't have it's pitfalls...no pun intended...but there are probably a few ways to keep a town/city safe, it's just that these people aren't organized enough to do it. Imagine if Woodbury was a survival camp. They could probably take a smaller city AND set up a working perimeter in a week.

 

It's not just a false perception though. If you put this up right next to town it would attract zombies TO your town. Better to put it away from town so that it will lead zombies away, no?

 

I think a large hole and a dead animal or two would have the same effect and require less effort. String the carcass up above the hole, zombies drop into it. Would require a fair bit of maintenance though, as if it was successful, I imagine it would fill up rather quickly. I'm sure those 'lurkers' could be used effectively as some kind of zombie repellant, although I'm not exactly sure how... I'm quite sure that the Guv'nor has some plans for their use, though. He did seem very interested in Michonne's ugly friends.

 

He used them for his little gladiator show. I think he was interested in Michonne's friends because they were actually kept as pets and it was something to learn from.