Serbs are worried about vampires again! The Bor police department received a statement from a local resident with a complaint about regular visits to blood-sucking monsters. The guards unofficially confirmed the information, but declined to give details. Therefore, the case immediately became overgrown with incredible details. So, the newspaper "Blitz" reported that the vampire has allegedly been coming to a woman at night for a month, goes to bed with her, talks until dawn, and disappears with the first rays of the sun. Other sources claim that a man was injured by intruders at night. And the vampire was not one, but many, as indicated in the statement.
One way or another, the Serbian districts bordering Romania are agitated. After all, here the belief in mystical forces is incredibly strong. So, for some Vlachs living in the vicinity of Lake Bor, putting a chicken's foot on an enemy's porch is more familiar than litigating with him in court. It is not always possible to find a church in the local villages. But there are special arches, under which various rituals are performed.
The archive contains documentary evidence of how about a century ago, residents of one of the villages dug out of the grave of their neighbor Milisav Rakanovich, who was suspected of vampirism. After making sure that the dead man “looks like a vampire,” they burned him at the stake, as stated in the report to the Minister of Internal Affairs Iliya Garashanin. The minister, in turn, demanded that his subordinates actively fight superstitions.
By the way, modern policemen are completely inclined to be ironic about signals about the invasion of otherworldly forces. So, last spring, law enforcement officers from the city of Trstenik themselves turned to the church for help. They asked the priest to re-consecrate the police station after a ghost was seen in its corridors, which, according to local residents, even got into the camera lenses. The priest entered the position and consecrated the site.
However, not only residents of Serbian villages are inclined to mysticism. Newspapers now and then report that strange home-made altars are found in one of the Belgrade parks in the Zvezdara area. Who builds them and why remains a question.
The prospect of turning the vampire theme into a tourist "chip" of Serbia is also questionable. Within the framework of a major forum in the field of tourism, held recently in the republic, the Romanians demonstrated a successfully played card of vampires: tours to Transylvania are in stable demand. During the days of the forum, the central channel of Serbia devoted a lot of time to discussing who Count Dracula really was, and why he is so famous, unlike his Serbian "colleague" - the vampire Sava Savanovic, who lived in the 18th century in an old mill in the western part of the country and awe the surroundings.
In any case, interest in vampire themes in the country has grown significantly. Scientists are studying archival materials related to the so-called "vampire epidemics" recorded several centuries ago. Who knows, maybe in a few years Serbia will make the Slavic vampire its brand along with quality wine and delicious meat.
Svetlana Ivanova
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