Archaeologists in Poland made a startling find when they discovered the remains of a female “vampire” in a graveyard. The group of Polish experts from the Institute of Archaeology at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun made the news.
In the nearby village of Pien, during a grave excavation in late August, the body was found. According to archaeologists, a young woman’s skeleton was found in a burial that dated to the 17th century. Surprisingly, there was a padlock on the toe of her left foot, and the skeleton remnants had a sickle (a razor-sharp blade) on the neck.
In a statement they issued, the researchers said: “It can be presumed that the people burying the woman were scared she might come back to life for some reason. Maybe they thought she was a vampire.”
People claim that the “so-called” blood-sucker would have been beheaded by the sickle, and the padlock is there to prevent her from returning. These are some of the common vampire techniques, as many who have dealt with such monsters are aware. Additionally, the way the bodies were discovered is quite reminiscent of anti-vampire burial practises. Earlier, such burials were found in some of eastern Europe.
Professor Dariusz Poliski, who led the investigation stated: “Ways to defend against the return of the dead include cutting off the head or legs, putting the dead face down to bite into the ground, burning them, and shattering them with a stone.
