Female 'vampire' in Venice

[Will E Worm]

Italy dig unearths female 'vampire' in Venice.

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.

The well-preserved skeleton was found in 2006 on the Lazzaretto Nuovo island, north of the lagoon city, amid other corpses buried in a mass grave during an epidemic of plague that hit Venice in 1576.

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[Ravenholm]

They found a brick in her gob?. Imagine being forced to eat a brick. Teeth spitting stuff or what.

 

[Violator79]

Vampires kick ass, no doubt. People have said they "exist" in some form or another, maybe that's proof of one.

 

[warman2442]

Vampires <3

 

[STDiva]

Vampires kick ass, no doubt. People have said they "exist" in some form or another, maybe that's proof of one.

the only proof this article shows is that people had no common sense back then. people used to say witches exist too. if you were deaf, and couldnt deny the accusations against you because you couldnt hear them, you were a witch. and hanged. i''m sure this is the exact same thing.

 

[Lacey Black]

It'd be awesome to be a vampire.

 

[Wainkerr99]

Whodathunkit. So much for the whole no water/garlic/wooden stake/ light/cross/Aqua Velva/Buffy The Vampyre Slayer thing.

 

[D-rock]

I can't imagine how unpleasant it would be to have a brick forced into your mouth. I hope it was at least a small brick.

 

[Dean Wormer]

The individual was not alive when the brick was forced into it's mouth. That took place long after death when the body was dug up.

 

[D-rock]

The individual was not alive when the brick was forced into it's mouth. That took place long after death when the body was dug up.

I wasn't being serious.

 

[robbied196]

If I met a real vampire, I'd shit a brick, so it must have come from somewhere?

 

[Ravenholm]

If I met a real vampire, I'd shit a brick, so it must have come from somewhere?

If I met a Vampire [or should that be Vampyre?] truth be told, in my mind, it would be Rimmer Time [time to run].