The Walking Dead: 10 Insane Fan Theories You Won't Believe

4. The Walking Dead Is In The Same World As LOST

I warned you this was going to get weird. What if LOST's Dharma Initiative was responsible for accidentally creating the lethal virus. Gerald and Karen DeGroot founded the operation before its funding was cut in the 80s, though they continued researching in the 90s. One Reddit user came up with the idea that they invented the virus and it was unleashed on the world. Kate travels in a similar area to The Walking Dead, near Georgia, on her way to Tallahassee. In one scene she gets help from a local mechanic played by Jeff Kober, who also plays Joe from the Claimers gang. The theory suggest that the mechanic is indeed Joe in his original life, a talented engineer with a fondness for motorbikes. Those who escape the island do so in 2007, and then three years later the apocalypse breaks out. So there you have it, 'proof.'