Becoming a real life vampire may not be as hard as one would think. Aside from donning a vampire costume, popular folklore suggests that vampires do indeed exist. For example, in 1725, a Serbian peasant in eastern Europe who died at the age of sixty-two was believed to lurk about during the night after he had been buried. As a result of his sightings, nine people were reported dead.
The villagers soon dug up Peter’s body. They found that his body showed little decomposition after three months in the ground.He also appeared to have new skin growth. But most alarming were the signs of fresh blood around his mouth.
The villagers lost no time in driving a wooden stake through Peter’s heart, one of the common ways believed to kill a vampire. They also burned his body. While we will never know if Peter died a second death, the attacks on the villagers stopped.
Fact or fiction? Nobody knows. But, at least it makes a great story to tell if you plan on dressing in a vampire adult costume for Halloween.
