Mysterious: they find fossil remains of a vampire child in a cemetery in Poland

2023-08-25 19:12:41

While they were doing work excavation in a 17th century Christian cemetery located in the town of Trunk, in the southeast of PolandA team of archaeologists got the scare of their lives to find no less than several fossilized bones which, they claimed, belonged to a vampire boy.

As reported by the authors of this surprising discovery that was in charge of Darius Polinskiprofessor of archeology at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torunthe fossil remains belonged to a boy about 5 to 7 years oldwho, at death, was buried face down and in a triangular shackle on one of his ankles, which was a burial practice against vampires widely used in many Eastern European countries since the 14th centuryand which had as its main objective prevent them from living again,

It should be noted that, just a couple of meters away from the recently found remains, last year archaeologists had found the remains of an adult female vampire what was it buried with a padlock on her left big toe and with a sickle on the neckdestined to cut off his head in case he tried to rise from the dead.

“He place in which we have found both the remains of the vampire woman and that of this vampire child was surely a graveyard for the excludedfor all those who for various reasons they were not accepted in Christian cemeteries”Poliński commented.

Archaeologists believe that a large number of people who were buried in that polish christian cemetery caused a lot of fear and fear among the inhabitants of the areanot only throughout his life but, even, until after their deathshence They were buried following the rites with which it was believed that their resurrection could be avoided.

“Burying someone upside down represented anchor you to the earth. He fetter on the foot symbolized the closure of a stage of lifeand, furthermore, it was believed that prevented the return of the deceased to the world of the living,” said the specialist.

“Ways of guarding against the return of the dead included cut off the head or legs of the deceased, bury the body face down, burn it or crush it with stones“Poliński concluded.