Vampire Burial
The skeleton of the child was nearly 1,550 years old, and had an enormous rock stuffed into its mouth. It is believed by researchers that the stone was placed in the mouth of the child after their death during a funeral ritual, often referred to as a “vampire burial.” Soren noted that he’d never seen anything like it, before. “It’s extremely eerie and weird,” he said. “Locally, they’re calling it the ‘Vampire of Lugnano.'” But why would the villagers insert a rock into the mouth of a child…