Clairvius Narcisse (born c. 1922) is a Haitian man said to have been turned into a living zombie
by a combination of drugs. After investigating reports of "zombies"
(including Narcisse and a handful of others), researchers believed that
Narcisse received a dose of chemical mixture containing tetrodotoxin (pufferfish venom) and bufotoxin (toad venom) to induce a coma
which mimicked the appearance of death. He was then allowed to return
to his home where he collapsed, "died", and was buried. The Canadian ethnobotanist Wade Davis, who did the research on tetrodotoxin [1] explains how this would have been done. The bokor
(sorcerer) would have given Narcisse a powder containing the
tetrodotoxin through abraded skin. Narcisse fell into a comatose state,
closely resembling death, which resulted in his live burial.[2] His body was then recovered and he was given doses of Datura stramonium
to create a compliant zombie-like state and set to work on a
plantation. After two years, the plantation owner died and Narcisse
simply walked away to freedom.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clairvius_Narcisse
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