| VAMPIRES |
| Vampires Princes of the Dark / Lord of the Undead often those who had not had a proper burial & believed that the spirit, unable to go to heaven or hell, remained active in the corpse. Therefore known as the "undead". puncturing the skin at the neck, with fangs until the blood flowed. - the blood preserved the vampire's body. can supposedly be destroyed by a stake through the heart, killed with a silver bullet & routed with a crucifix or sunlight. The 7th son of the 7th son A cat jumping over corpse turns the corpse into a vamp (England); in Romania the same but the cure (antidote) is to put a piece of iron into the corpse's hand or place Hawthorn in the coffin A baby born with teeth or a caul or stillborn A dead body that has been reflected in a mirror Someone bitten by a vamp Suicides People who die suddenly & violently Wild dogs jumping over a corpse Never leave any KNOT in the coffin -- a tie or a rope since it was thought to prevent the corpse's decay and to disturb the dead person's ability to make the transition into another life Did vampires really existed ??? Till now, thousands of people all over the world believe that they did. However, there are several contradictions provided by sceptics and scientists to deny their existence. In the olden days, people were more superstitious, but their belief in vampires was based on "evidence" which did not seemed to have any other explanation. These incidents mostly revolved around cemetries. Frightening noises were heard coming from graves and often, strange "forms" were seen wandering around the tombstones at night. When investigated, some graves were found open and empty! There were also blood-stained corpses found and even some which remained quite undecomposed. They were thought to be vampires! However, they were more likely to be victims of a "live" burial. Premature death was common in the past and present. A rare illness called catalepsy puts victims into suspended animation (meaning death-like trance) which could last for quite a period of time. However if he/she is buried in this condition might wake up in the coffin only to die of starvation or suffocation. In a bid to save their own lives, they might had bitten at their own flesh in hunger...perharps this could explain the blood-filled coffins and corpses. As for those corpses that were missing from the graves, they could have been stolen by body snatchers to sell to doctors who wanted them for medical research. |
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