Comments on: Vampire Found in Italy http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/06/vampire-found-in-italy/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:32:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: giselle http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/06/vampire-found-in-italy/comment-page-1/#comment-1899550 giselle Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:12:31 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=23206#comment-1899550 doorealll vampire exist , and are they strong, fast, and here ayes change color ? you think i can became one doorealll vampire exist , and are they strong, fast, and here ayes change color ? you think i can became one

]]> By: AT http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/06/vampire-found-in-italy/comment-page-1/#comment-1565463 AT Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:13:16 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=23206#comment-1565463 Although Dr Borrini's discovery is interesting, he will need to support it with archaeological, anthropological, forensic and literary facts. I have devoted my PhD research and career in the study of unusual burials, including the so-called 'vampire burials', and the standards required to prove such cases are very high and demanding (see e.g. http://bioarchaeology-palaeopathology.blogspot.com/2007/06/phd-thesis-abstract.html). I have never heard of the tradition of placing a brick in the mouth, so a scientific bibliographic reference by Dr Borrini would be most welcome . On the photo, it is not clear that this is a brick and not a stone either. In addition, Dr Borrini is mistaken to claim that this is 'the first such "vampire" to have been forensically examined'. I had presented a paper on the subject at a conference in Chieti, Italy, in 2000 and subsequently published it in 2001: http://bioarchaeology-palaeopathology.blogspot.com/2007/06/vampires-beyond-legend.html. It is a fact that there have been previous such cases discovered and examined by e.g. Dr Sledzik and Dr Bellantoni in New England in 1994, Prof. Hector Williams and Dr Sandra Garvie-Lok in Greece in the late '80s and myself in Greece during my PhD research. Although Dr Borrini’s discovery is interesting, he will need to support it with archaeological, anthropological, forensic and literary facts. I have devoted my PhD research and career in the study of unusual burials, including the so-called ‘vampire burials’, and the standards required to prove such cases are very high and demanding (see e.g. http://bioarchaeology-palaeopathology.blogspot.com/2007/06/phd-thesis- abstract.html). I have never heard of the tradition of placing a brick in the mouth, so a scientific bibliographic reference by Dr Borrini would be most welcome . On the photo, it is not clear that this is a brick and not a stone either.

In addition, Dr Borrini is mistaken to claim that this is ‘the first such “vampire” to have been forensically examined’. I had presented a paper on the subject at a conference in Chieti, Italy, in 2000 and subsequently published it in 2001: http://bioarchaeology-palaeopathology.blogspot.com/2007/06/vampires-be yond-legend.html. It is a fact that there have been previous such cases discovered and examined by e.g. Dr Sledzik and Dr Bellantoni in New England in 1994, Prof. Hector Williams and Dr Sandra Garvie-Lok in Greece in the late ’80s and myself in Greece during my PhD research.

]]> By: Avarana http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/06/vampire-found-in-italy/comment-page-1/#comment-1547212 Avarana Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:51:08 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=23206#comment-1547212 Just in case, don't remove the brick. Just in case, don’t remove the brick.

]]> By: Johnny Cat http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/06/vampire-found-in-italy/comment-page-1/#comment-1541997 Johnny Cat Sat, 07 Mar 2009 02:34:22 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=23206#comment-1541997 "Grave-diggers put bricks in the mouths of suspected vampires to stop them doing this" That's just so wrong, yet so believable. “Grave-diggers put bricks in the mouths of suspected vampires to stop them doing this”

That’s just so wrong, yet so believable.

]]> By: Evilbeagle http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/06/vampire-found-in-italy/comment-page-1/#comment-1541794 Evilbeagle Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:56:33 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=23206#comment-1541794 What a fascinating find. :) What a fascinating find. :)

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