Despite all of Scott M. Gimple’s assurances that this is the most disgusting walker in the series’ history, we still don’t know what makes this particular zombie so much more nauseating than the others. It’s very possible that this walker’s revolting aura stems from a form of body horror given all the missing limbs and mutilated body parts we’ve seen in previous episodes of the series.
It’s also possible that this walker is a one-of-a-kind horror, like the “variant” walker from “The Walking Dead” Season 11 Episode 19. The walker variants we’ve encountered in the past are usually defined by their unusually high intelligence, perhaps due to a mutation or evolution within the horde that makes some zombies even more powerful than their counterparts.
Because we already know that these walker variants exist, it stands to reason that another form of walker variants could also exist – perhaps one with grotesque mutations or gross abilities unlike anything we’ve ever seen. previously similar to the bloat of HBO’s “The Last of Us.” Gimple certainly makes this walker look like one of the most gruesome creatures we’ve ever seen on television, and fans will no doubt let their imaginations run wild as they think of what this terrifying new walker could do. look like so far.