Fiddler's Green Syndrome

Description

Fiddler's Green Syndrome is a behavioral phenomenon found among some survivor populations. It has been repeatedly observed by sociologists, anthropologists and psychologists studying human interactions inside Malton's unique, and uniquely isolated, urban milieu.

Symptoms

Fiddler's Green Syndrome is characterised by a pathologically obsessive over-barricading of resource buildings and other entry points. It, quite paradoxically, occurs most commonly in suburbs with the highest survivor-to-zombie ratios.[1]

Fiddler's Green Syndrome is distinct from common, isolated occurences of over-barricading, in that it tends to grow to systemic proportions often affecting entire suburbs and regions and their survivor populations.

Treatment

The most successful treatment found to date involves massive pre-frontal lobotomies. Such procedures are best conducted only by professionals possessing medical Barhahlauriates obtained from accredited educational institutions. Miskatonic University is a noted leader in this field.

History

This syndrome was first classified by the renowned back-alley psychoanalyst and urban-apocalypse physiognomist, Dr. Hoopy Freud.

The term itself appears to be an allusion to a classified incident that took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, c.2005.

"This is the way the world ends. Look at this mess we're in, man. Not with a bang, but with a whimper. And with a whimper, I'm splitting, Jack," is a quote mysteriously associated with this incident -- as are images of Italian divas in leather minis and fishnets.

References

See also: barricades, entry point.