Archaeologists find grave of suspected vampire

Czech News Agency (ČTK) ^ | 14 July 2008 | Czech News Agency (ČTK)

[BGHater]

Pardubice, East Bohemia, July 11 (CTK) - Archaeologists have uncovered a 4000-year-old grave in Mikulovice, east Bohemia, with remains of what might have been considered a vampire at the time, Nova TV has reported.

The experts made the terrifying find within their research of a burial site from the Early Bronze Age.

One of the graves was situated somewhat aside. The skeleton in it bears traces of unusual treatment.

When buried, the dead man was weighed down with two big stones, one on his chest and the other on his head.

"Remains treated in this way are now considered as vampiric. The dead man's contemporaries were afraid that he might leave his grave and return to the world," Radko Sedlacek from the East Bohemia Museum said.

This is for the first time Czech archaeologists have uncovered a "vampire's" grave, Nova said.

In ancient times, people believed vampires are the dead who occasionally return among the living to harm their health or property.

[RightWhale]

Amateurs. The head would have been removed and put in place backwards so the vampire would tend to go away should it rise from the grave.

[xJones]

I dunno, my trust in Hollywood movies feels so.....violated!

Vampires were killed with wooden stakes through the heart or you could drag them out into the sunlight. Crosses and garlic would drive them away. Stones had abosolutely nothing to do with it!

Does this mean that the Wolfman could have been killed with something else not involving silver? Did Frankenstein always have to burn to death, or get buried in ice? And what about The Mummy? Is it really necessary to have a golden book written in hieroglyphics and someone that can actually speak ancient Eygptian to get rid of him?

[SERE_DOC]

Man that is just wrong, how about a pre-post to warn that that is coming.

Do you realize that this is going to cost about 60 BUCKS in lap-dances to get that graphic out of my brain housing group!

[txroadkill]

I dunno, my trust in Hollywood movies feels so.....violated!

Vampires were killed with wooden stakes through the heart or you could drag them out into the sunlight. Crosses and garlic would drive them away. Stones had abosolutely nothing to do with it!

Does this mean that the Wolfman could have been killed with something else not involving silver? Did Frankenstein always have to burn to death, or get buried in ice? And what about The Mummy? Is it really necessary to have a golden book written in hieroglyphics and someone that can actually speak ancient Eygptian to get rid of him?
 

No, it will all work, Hollywood is never wrong. If all else fails, just do what Bud and Lou did...it seemed to work just fine for them.

I dunno, my trust in Hollywood movies feels so.....violated!

Vampires were killed with wooden stakes through the heart or you could drag them out into the sunlight. Crosses and garlic would drive them away. Stones had abosolutely nothing to do with it!

Does this mean that the Wolfman could have been killed with something else not involving silver? Did Frankenstein always have to burn to death, or get buried in ice? And what about The Mummy? Is it really necessary to have a golden book written in hieroglyphics and someone that can actually speak ancient Eygptian to get rid of him?
 

[HungarianGypsy]

I have begun to suspect that vampires are really just anemics owho have been taking St. John’s Wort.

[Darksheare]

Now I’ve had my coffee and have returned to my jovial normal self.
*Rejoice for bad things are about to happen!* -Richard from “Looking for Group”

[Conspiracy Guy]

“When buried, the dead man was weighed down with two big stones, one on his chest and the other on his head.”

Mick and Keith?

[weegee]

Did Frankenstein always have to burn to death, or get buried in ice?

Frankenstein's monster was a metaphor for global climate change. As Frankie is burned or frozen, so are we all. < /sarc >

[SunkenCiv]

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[BGHater]

Commentary and additional Vampire lore in Celtic Tradition.

Vampires: the Celtic Connection
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.2403692.0.vampires_the_celtic_connection.php

[Domestic Church]

“...vampires are really just anemics owho have been taking St. John’s Wort.”

Only depressed or menopausal vampires take that stuff.

[HungarianGypsy]

“...vampires are really just anemics owho have been taking St. John’s Wort.” Only depressed or menopausal vampires take that stuff. but it would explain the sensitivity to bright light

[Grimmy]

WWBD? (what would Buffy do?)

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