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Vampires

Vampires

Vampires have been seen and documented throughout history. The history

of vampires goes further back in time than most people realize. The chaldeans,

who lived near the Euphrates river in the southwestern part of Asia more than

five hundred years before the time of Christ , feared vampire or creatures

similar to vampires enough so that they created charms to protect themselves

from being attacked by such creatures.

The Assyrians and the Babylonians feareda creature similar to a vampire known as an Ekimmu.

These creatures known asEkimmus were believed by the Assyrians to roam the planet searching for food

although it was not always a persons blood but rather a persons' vitality  or

that persons' energy force. It was believed that if such a creature would enter
someone's house that person along with his or her family would slowly weaken,
get sick and probably die. In the countries of Syria and Palestine references
were made to such blood sucking monsters on ancient carved tablets. In  Ireland
the people believed in these creatures, which they affectionately came to call
"red blood suckers" . Due to their belief in these mythical creatures they began
the practice of placing stones on these vampires graves to kep them from
escaping.This then became standard practice and is still

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