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Skeleton of female “vampire” unearthed at cemetery in Poland: “Pure astonishment”

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Daniel Tom

The remains of a female “vampire” have been unearthed by archaeologists at a cemetery in Poland, researchers announced this week.

The Polish researchers came across the remains of a woman with a sickle around her neck and a triangular padlock on her foot at a gravesite in the village of Pień. The farming tool, according to ancient beliefs, was supposed to prevent a deceased person thought to be a vampire from returning from the dead.

The research team, led by Professor Dariusz Polinski of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, made the unique discovery in late August.