as a sinister safeguard to keep it eternally sealed in its tomb and prevent it from re-emerging from the shadows.

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An iron bar was buried next to the “toothless vampire skeleton” of Sozopol, as a sinister safeguard to keep it eternally sealed in its tomb and prevent it from re-emerging from the shadows.

In the late 18th century, the remains of eight human skeletons were found with stones placed in their mouths – something researchers believed locals had done to prevent the dead from returning to walk the Earth as zombies. The investigation began more than six years ago at what was believed to be a medieval cemetery […]