‘Ebola zombie victim’ photo is viral hoax made from Brad Pitt’s World War Z movie

A STORY of Ebola victims rising from the dead has been discredited as a cruel hoax after someone recognised this so-called zombie.

First 'Ebola zombie victim' picture is sick viral hoax created from Brad Pitt's World War Z film

THE story of dead Ebola victims supposedly rising from the dead has been discredited as a cruel hoax.

A story titled “Africa confirms 3rd Ebola victim rises from the dead, shows a picture of the first ‘Ebola zombie’ captured,” has been shared online thousands of times.

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“For the first time in human history, confirmed footage of a man who scientists watched die from Ebola then only several hours later, regain life and rise from the dead,” the photo was captioned.

It then cites Bible passage Isaiah 26:19-20: “Your dead shall live, their bodies shall rise.”

But it appears the fake image has been stolen and altered from Brad Pitt’s zombie movie World War Z.

The 2013 flick stars Pitt as a former UN investigator who is trying to save the world from a zombie rampage.

It’s just the latest in a series of rumours of Ebola victims being “resurrected” after apparently being killed by the virus.

The horrid image appeared on notorious website Big American News and quickly sparked an internet frenzy.

I don't think ebola actually makes you a zombie for the simple fact there's a couple ebola survivors that are perfectly fine.

— •_• (@Scyftt_) October 8, 2014

Have a strong feeling when I go to sleep for surgery tomorrow I will wake weeks later, alone, to find Ebola led to the zombie apocalypse.

— David C. (@nerddad) October 7, 2014

I'm aware that most of this Ebola talk is garden variety hysteria, but I can't stop thinking that this is how a zombie Apocalypse starts.

— HumanityCritic (@HumanityCritic) October 3, 2014

The hoax is believed to have been started after a news outlet posted a clip of a man thought to be dead who started to move.

World War Z ... Brad Pitt in a scene from the 2013 zombie movie. Picture: Paramount

Mass panic ... another scene from the film World War Z. Picture: Paramount