The exhibition, which will feature the remains of a vampire with a stone gag in his mouth, will open in the town of Kamen Pomorski (West Pomeranian Voivodeship). And although the vampire may not be real, he will become the main exhibit of the exhibition.
The remains of a vampire were found in 2014 where the local church cemetery was once located. The deceased was buried with a stone gag in his mouth. His leg was punctured, apparently with metal nails. Once it was done so that, already buried, the vampire could not get out of the coffin and drink blood.
Moreover, according to scientists, such measures were taken some time after the vampire was buried. Namely, when only a skeleton remains of it, i.e. more than one year has passed since the funeral.
The blood drinker was probably buried in the 16th-17th centuries in the cemetery, which at that time existed near the church. Since the 18th century, no one was buried there.
Archaeologists stumbled upon the remains while working on the old market. “According to my theory, the deceased could have received damage to the skeleton from gravediggers. Who knows, maybe they were drunk and frightened by the sight of the bones? Maybe it was that the skull has an additional suture that divides the frontal bone into two parts, and it looked strange?.. The fact remains that the bones were punctured so that the vampire could not get out of the coffin, says Professor Carol Pyasecki, an anthropologist at the University of Szczecin.
An aspen stake was not found with the remains, which, as is known, was considered the most effective way to kill a vampire. “This is because when the remains were dug up, only bones were left of them, without soft tissue. It would be unclear where to drive the stake,”says the anthropologist.
Despite different versions, archaeologists spent a lot of time to make the remains presentable. And the Museum of the History of Kamianske Land (Muzeum Historii Ziemi Kamieńskiej) organizes a special exhibition, where the vampire will become the main exhibit.
Victoria Terina
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