SIX Romanians have been jailed for digging up the corpse of a cancer victim, ripping his heart out and eating it because they thought he was a vampire.

[Vic Vega]

SIX Romanians have been jailed for digging up the corpse of a cancer victim, ripping his heart out and eating it because they thought he was a vampire.

The men, who have each been sentenced to six months in jail, waited for seven weeks after the 76-year-old former schoolteacher died before exhuming the corpse and mutilating it. After cutting the deceased’s heart out they burned it, mixed it with ash and water to make a "meaty drink". They told the court in the southern Romanian town of Craiova they all felt "much better" afterwards.

The six men all came from the remote village of Marotinul de Sus and told the court it was "well known" that such a remedy was the only protection against the undead.

All were sentenced for violating a grave. All claimed that they acted in self-defence from "a well-known vampire".

Romania, which encompasses Transylvania, was the setting for Bram Stoker’s Dracula novels.

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NB: this is old news (2005) but i just now ran across it when looking for something else and thought it interesting so post it here in the chat bar. 

[Chatman]

3 hours ago, Vic Vega said:

SIX Romanians have been jailed for digging up the corpse...

Such a idiots are all over the world.

Hungary - Jewish Graves Desecrated

http://www.xpatloop.com/news/jewish_graves_desecrated_in_hungary

UK - Two held for desecrating woman's grave

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/mar/17/richardjinman

France - Five teenagers questioned by police after desecration of hundreds of Jewish graves

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/five-teenagers-questioned-by-police-after-desecration-of-hundreds-of-jewish-graves-in-french-10050139.html

US - 10 Gruesome Cases Of Cannibalism In Modern-Day America

http://listverse.com/2015/02/28/10-gruesome-cases-of-cannibalism-in-modern-day-america/

 

For your knowledge:

- Maritonul de Sus is a village from Celaru commune, in Dolj County, located in the south of Romania. It has nothing in common with Transilvania.

- Bram Stoker’s ”Dracula” was and remained a fiction novel.

[Recruit]

 

@Vic Vega

 

If I were you, I wouldn't sleep this night.... 

[Vic Vega]

[jbleck]

11 hours ago, Chatman said:

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- Bram Stoker’s ”Dracula” was and remained a fiction novel.

True, but some people aren't schooled enough (not that it takes a lot of it) and they hear things here and there (many times these things are intentional for the sake of a joke at a beer/wine/whiskey/etc. glass, which some don't get) and some of them are developing a "theory" with the available knowledge (things must be simple and logical and the blame for some "inexplicable" bad thing usually has to be thrown on some individual/s which in most cases is missing because he/they can't defend himself/themselves ) which becomes "sticky" for isolated masses (like: "Shhh...I'll tell u some stuff, but u aren't supposed to tell someone else 'cause it's a secret!... bla, bla, bla"... and most romanians are bad with secrets  mostly 'cause they're too funny not to "improve" and share)  as we call it here.

 

btw... for me it was/is funny