People have always been interested in the unknown: UFOs, black magic, werewolves, vampires, etc. As long as there are those who want to touch the other world, there will be those who will make money on these desires. The Serbs, for example, decided that it would be enough for Transylvania alone to lure tourists with legends about Dracula, because a real vampire also lived near Belgrade
Sava Savovic is a native of the town of Valjevo, which is located 70 kilometers from the Serbian capital. In the 17th century, this miller kept the entire local population in fear with his vampire antics. The novel by Milovan Glishich, Posle devedeset godina ("Ninety years later"), glorified Savovich.
It is clear that by the 19th century the bloodsucker had been successfully forgotten, but not forever. Recently, representatives of the country's tourism industry decided to bring out the legend of Savovich in order to attract more guests to Valjevo.
They even made a presentation for the vampire at the City's Tourist Exhibition - Savva in the flesh walked around the fair with an ominous smile on his face and a pair of fake fangs.
What awaits guests of Valjevo? According to the "Service of the Continents", special excursion programs with a miller are in store for fans of chilling stories, which even include a visit to a local brewery, as well as a SPA weekend with Sava Savovich.
However, there are also those who are dissatisfied with the invention of the Valjevo authorities. For example, a local priest believes that the parishioners have chosen a "strange creature" to worship, but cannot do anything about the growing popularity of the vampire - after all, as long as the flow of tourist euros and dinars into the city increases, the "Sava cause" will live and prosper.
There are also dissatisfied people in the town of Bayina Bashta. Locals believe that the legend of Sava belongs to them, and not Valjevo at all.
However, Serbia cannot boast of Savovich alone. Vampires and more famous lived here. The vampirism of Petar Blagojevic and Arnold Paole was even documented by the local authorities.
This priest calmly spent his pious life in Kisievo, 100 kilometers east of Belgrade.
According to the legend, Blagojevich died at 62, but after death he returned several times and demanded that his son feed him. The son refused. For which he paid very soon - one morning his lifeless body was found. The priest did not stop there: He returned and attacked several neighbors who died of blood loss.
The story of Arnold Paole is no less interesting. In 1729, a young Serbian soldier came to Greece, where he was attacked by a vampire. The Serb knew what such a meeting was fraught with, and took all the necessary measures, but they did not save him. Paole died shortly after returning to his homeland. On this, the story, of course, did not end, but only began.
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After about a month, the villagers began to meet Arnold wandering at night. Those who happened to see his ghost fell ill, and four of them died a few days later. Panic began, and it was decided to excavate Arnold's grave and examine his corpse. The gravediggers dug the coffin under the supervision of officials from the capital, as well as military doctors and local elders. When the coffin was opened, it became clear to everyone present that they were dealing with a vampire.
Arnold lay on his side in the coffin. His hair and nails had grown noticeably, and his mouth was red with fresh blood. He looked like a living person. To stop the deadly adventures of the former soldier, an aspen stake was driven into his chest, and the bodies of his victims were burned.