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Pike Drivers Warned of ‘Zombies’

By WTOP Staff

Hacked road sign on Columbia Pike warns of zombies ahead (photo courtesy celialarsen)

Drivers heading eastbound on Columbia Pike near S. Courthouse Road last night and this morning received an ominous warning courtesy of a hacked road sign.

“DANGER ZOMBIES AHEAD,” the sign read, startling some drivers en route to I-395 or the Pentagon.

It’s not the first electronic road sign in Arlington to be surreptitiously reprogrammed by local pranksters. Two years ago, on April 20, 2012, a similar sign near the Madison Community Center in North Arlington was reprogrammed to display “HAPPY 420!”

Photo courtesy celialarsen

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