A real vampire?

[Melissa Kane]

Hehe, I just found this news report and had to share it.

news.uk.msn.com/odd-news/article.aspx?cp-documentid=15073031&ocid=today

And for those who cannot read the article (I don't know if its made for the UK only) here it is reproduced.

Saturday, 14 March 2009 - Female 'vampire' dug up

An archaeological dig near Venice has unearthed the 16th-century remains of a woman with a brick stuck between her jaws - evidence, experts say, that she was believed to be a vampire.

The unusual burial is thought to be the result of an ancient vampire-slaying ritual.

It suggests the legend of the mythical bloodsucking creatures was tied to medieval ignorance of how diseases spread and what happens to bodies after death, experts said.

[grotchops]

That sounds interesting, I am going to take a look at that.

[moonauthor]

Cool

[walterwynnchok]

I heard about something like that a few years ago.(They crossed the bones or something in the casket)

[Melissa Kane]

Yeah, I think that might have been the same case, Walter. Hmm, the original report has gone but I'm sure googling will turn it up somewhere.

'Lissa.

[Scanjet]

There are quite a few reports like this on the ODD section of Digital Spy, I will see if I can dig some up!

Scanjet

[moonauthor]

Hmm interesting I'd love to hear more about stories like that.

[walterwynnchok]

There was supposedly a field medic in World War 1 or 2 that got busted for drinking large amounts of blood. I read about it in a paperback book about "Real Monsters" that I bought in a used book store in the 1990's.

[moonauthor]

Mar 28, 2011 5:47:41 GMT walterwynnchok said:

There was supposedly a field medic in World War 1 or 2 that got busted for drinking large amounts of blood. I read about it in a paperback book about "Real Monsters" that I bought in a used book store in the 1990's.

You wouldn't happen to remember that name of that book would you??

[walterwynnchok]

It was a paperback book written in the 1970's. I think it was called "Real Monsters". I bought it in a used book store on Catalina Island in like 1999.(I think a newer version of the book now exists)

[moonauthor]

Apr 1, 2011 3:18:27 GMT walterwynnchok said:

It was a paperback book written in the 1970's. I think it was called "Real Monsters". I bought it in a used book store on Catalina Island in like 1999.(I think a newer version of the book now exists)

Thanks for the info

[walterwynnchok]

1)"The Real Monsters" by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen 2)"Real Monsters, Gruesome Critters, and Beasts from The Darkside" by Brad Steiger