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I was reading a book that mentioned back in 1830, Vermont (USA) had a vampire attack. It involved the Corwin family. It states that a man (vampire) fed upon his brother and was caught. Then his body was burned and the ashes were placed in hole in the ground. On top of the ashes was laid a solid granite stone weighing 7 tons and then filled with dirt. THe blood of a bullock was then sprinkled on the fresh earth. The towns people thought this was a way to rid their town of vampirism. Has anyone ever heard of this being done before?
I read it in: The Encyclopedia of Vampires, Werewolves and other Monsters by: Rosemary Ellen Guiley

I haven't heard of that being done before. Sounds like it might work though.

Lol sounds like the burning mighta done it alone for him lol...overkill maybe?

Yeah I thought the burning wold be enough as well. I was wondering why they put that much stone on top of the ashes? Wierd.

My best bet is fear. People would rather over-do than run any risks...

I must admit that the burning should have been sufficient, but I have to ask why/how the bullock entered the picture! *mystified expression*

Sounds like Paranoia to me...Kinda like a "Just in case" scenario lol.

I have not heard of that being done either, I live near Woodstock about 20 minutes, Woodstock is more for witches they practice alot there.

I always associated hippies with woodstock...unless it's a tofu eating vampire

well i think the burning will have done it for him lol
but i also think that it was another murderer who just wanted to give it a vampyric signature

I have to agree, Lordvampiro. I would guess most supposed vampire attacks through out history are much of the same.

exactly danzig. its just someone who wanted to become immortal for his way of killing. probably just a lunatic who claimed to be a vampyre.

why is it that everytime a recollected history of supposed vampiric killings is brought up the "vampires" of this site chose to defunct it...Why is this.

scary why all that? what was it supposed represent?

Don't understand what it is supposed to represent...?

ok...does a woodstock vamp get confused when picking a victim the same way a stoner gets confused at the grocery store?

But in all seriousness....I believe it could have been a vampire that slayed those people. We give acknowledgement to actual vampires except when there is a case involving murder or something horrific. Why is that? Is it because we refuse to believe that vampires are evil? Or are we all just being hypocrites when we claim to be and believe in vampires?

..shame..should of kill the town and he would of lived...

you know...I heard several times if you don't crush the bones into dust they can come back. Ihave heard that even a drop of blood on the bones or ashes of a vampire will rejuvenate them, so I think it wasn't an over kill, but a safety precaution

I've never heard of that done before. But it might work. We are on a site trying to learn more about vampires. why not let it possibly be true and try not to degrate it. Think of it as a learning experience!

I agree. Instead of blindly drawing away from such a horrific story, think of it as something to learn from so that maybe we can prevent it from happening again.

i have read that but it was for the same book

I remember being a kid and the underground occult films also mentioned the tale of a vampire can be brought back by a mere drop of fresh blood.

i never heard of it...but...i think that they exagerated...

Murderer with Vampyric tendencies.

Very interesting.

Sounds like medieval mentality;)

interesting....... some of those things I've heard more of with witches, like the 7 tons....

"On top of the ashes was laid a solid granite stone weighing 7 tons and then filled with dirt."

Ok, in 1830... a solid granite STONE, not stoneS... weighing 7 tons... Um, no way is that possible. First off, I will admit that after a little researching, VT has a load of granite. But 7 tons? 14,000 pounds? Of a solid stone? Back then, that would have been next to impossible, right?

Or was it 7 tons of granites stones? Makes me wonder...

Many towns did that back then all of the time. . .

Can we say overkill much...burning enough

it think for the bullok blood thing was just an excuse for the townspeople to have steak for dinner

I saw something either very similar or this exact thing on a biography once~

you wouldn't have. Your vampire knowledge seems to be that of Vampire the Masquerade

LOL....no, moving 7 tons of stone wasn't impossible back then...it was done quite frequently in fact....#2, if in fact it was done by a vampire, then good for them for taking the precautions necessary to protect themselves....#3, thank you lucious for saying what I think so often...LOL

Never heard of the mentioned attack but I too would think the burning would have been enough.

sounds about acurate they took all the precautions so there wouldnt be any chance of the vampire coming back

I have to ask one question: how do you move a 7 ton rock in 1830? Thats Fourteen thousand poumds you know.

well if you think of Blade II when they make the autopsy and prov ethat even dead th ebody still tried to feed if blood was dropped...maybe the theory that any drop of blood could bring the vampire back isn't that impossible. How about the awakening in Underworld...that was made by dropping blood into the grave....

sounds like over kill to me...no pun intended

lol yeah sounds like they went a little over board

I wish I could have been there

If you go by the common myths scattering the ashes would have been better and putting any type of blood on the grave risks re-animation. Not sure if that town at that time had the ability to get a single piece of granite that size and move it. would have been very expensive. The technology was available at that time. The Egyptians moved much larger stones to build the pyramids.

Ahh but than with the Egyptians is different...we don't know how was it possible fo rthem to do that exactly..there are only theories. I a sure that the villagers at that time might have found a way to lift that stone, but i think scaterring the ashes would have been much better...why burry?

im sure it was a way for the townspeople to think they got rid of the vampires, they probably just needed peace of mind...im sure ill have to read the book sometime thatnk you for the nice advice

One thing is to speculate, another is to judge ...

We have done many silly things throughtout our time on this planet, and many of these things were motivated by ignorance and fear ...

Whatever motivated this poor fellow to commit this act ... Whatever motivated the town to do the things that they did, is now part of history ...

I think, what is of value, is the fact that this is now part of our history, as members of the Vampiric community ...

Rhiakath

Hhmm, interesting. I've heard tales of attacks in forts and the like-- I'd just as assume it was indians (not to sound derogatory) scalping or just all out killing others.

I'm going to have to read up on this method.