Vampire Hunters Stalk Milosevic's Corpse

by Jordan Yerman | March 14, 2007 at 08:52 am

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Since Slobodan Milosevic died before facing justice, there is, no doubt, quite a bit of pent-up rage and hatred for the deceased despot. One outlet for this anger seems to tie in to the one legend that exists in every culture: that of the vampire: a creature that terrorizes communities until none are left alive.

The self-styled vampire hunters have already made one attempt at driving a wooden stake through the former dictator's heart to 'stop him returning from the dead'.

Milosevic is buried in the front garden of his former home in the northern Serbian town of Pozarevac.

His daughter Marija said local police had refused to act to protect the grave even though they knew it was being targeted.

The vampire hunters' first attempt failed after they drove the stake into the ground without digging up the coffin, and missed the heart.

Vampire hunter Miroslav Milosevic said they believed the spirit of the former dictator could return to haunt the country if the ritual was not performed.

Incidentally, traditional vampires don't have fangs. Bram Stoker pretty much made that up. Did you know that Stoker was crippled as a child by an illness that was never diagnosed? His apparent obsession with undiagnosed disease and the fear that it brings to the family of the stricken supposedly gave birth to the story of Dracula. As in the classic novel, the undercurrent of this particular vampire hunt springs not from the supernatural but from real-life fear and malaise.