Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Skeletons Treated For Vampirism Unearthed In Bulgaria

As recently as one hundred years ago, in parts of the Eastern European countryside, fear of vampires ran so high that corpses had iron stakes driven through their hearts. One wonders what events provoked such a practice. Via the Washington Post:

Bulgarian archaeologists say they have unearthed centuries-old skeletons pinned down through their chests with iron rods – a practice believed to stop the dead from becoming vampires to feast on the blood of the living.

According to Bozhidar Dimitrov, head of the National History Museum in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, two skeletons from the Middle Ages were found in such a state last weekend near the Black Sea town of Sozopol. He said Tuesday that corpses were regularly treated in such a way before being buried in some parts of Bulgaria, even until the beginning of the last century.


10 comments:

  1. I would never want an iron rod going through my heart when I'm dead, crazy practice.

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  2. Creepy to think of the old rituals they would do.

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  3. People were so crazy 100 years ago. i feel sorry for the sods who were murdered for no reason

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  4. I guess it is better to be safe than sorry.

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  5. no wonder, the word vampire itself comes from my own Serbian language :) Both us and Bulgaria are close to Transylvania :)

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  6. you can't take chances with stuff like that

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  7. if you think this is sick, check out some of those shock sites across the net.

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  8. cremation would have been better

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  9. in past and today also we humans are crazy

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