"Vampire" discovered in mass grave

"A skeleton exhumed from a grave in Venice is being claimed as the first known example of the "vampires" widely referred to in contemporary documents..."

So that's what you're supposed to do: ram a big stone in the mouth of the vampire to prevent them from chewing others' shrouds and spreading disease.

Full story in New Scientist:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126985.200-vampire-discovered-in-mass-grave.html

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