Vampire skeleton goes on display
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This picture taken on June 14, 2012 shows a skeleton with an iron piece before being exposed at the National History museum in Sofia.The ancient skeleton of a man, pinned down in his grave in order not to turn into a vampire, piqued interest in Bulgaria this week, where vampire tales and rites still keep their bite even nowadays. The 700-year-old skeleton unearthed in the necropol of a church in the Black Sea town of Sozopol earlier in June -- was stabbed in the chest with an iron rod and had his teeth pulled before being put to rest. (NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV/AFP/GettyImages)
