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‘Vampire child’ with padlocked ankle dug up in 17th-century cemetery: ‘Feared during life’

‘Vampire child’ with padlocked ankle dug up in 17th-century cemetery: ‘Feared during life’

Archaeologists have found the remains of a so-called “vampire child” dating back to the 1600s in a Pień, Poland, cemetery.

The skeletal scraps were estimated to be from a child approximately aged between 5 to 7 years old.

The remains were discovered lying face down with a triangular padlock attached to one of its feet.

Archaeologist Dariusz Poliński from the University of Nicolaus Copernicus recently gave some insight into his exploration and why the corpse was bonded to the lock.

Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/08/07/vampire-child-with-padlocked-ankle-dug-up-in-17th-century-cemetery/

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