[1/5] FILE PHOTO:Anthropologist from Nicolas Copernicus University Urszula Okularczyk works by the remains of a woman found at the 17th century cemetery for rejected people in Pien, at Nicolas Copernicus University in Torun, Poland, October 27, 2023.
"These are people who, if it was done intentionally, were afraid of ... contact with these people because they might bite, drink blood," Polinski said.
The child's grave was desecrated at some point after burial and all bones removed apart from those in the legs.
Archaeologists have found other methods used to stop the living dead, with Polinski describing strange practices found in some burials.
Reporting by Thomas Holdstock and Hedy Beloucif; Writing by Alan Charlish; Editing by Clarence FernandezOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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Pien, Torun, Poland