{"id":3150,"date":"2012-06-20T00:00:38","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T03:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=3150"},"modified":"2012-06-20T00:00:38","modified_gmt":"2012-06-20T03:00:38","slug":"researchers-debate-vampire-remains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/researchers-debate-vampire-remains\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers debate &#8216;vampire&#8217; remains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vampire remains of Venice have sparked a scientific debate in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/global.christianpost.com\/region\/italy\/\">Italy<\/a>, as some feel a corpse found with a brick in its mouth was evidence of an exorcism. Other scientists, however, discount the theory as sensationalism.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;vampire&#8221; remains, found in Nuovo Lazzaretto, Venice was among other bodies in a mass grave of 16th century plague victims. Researchers suspect that gravediggers at the time thought vampires existed because one corpse of a woman had a brick shoved into its jaw. The rock could have been used to prevent the bones from chewing through the shroud and biting others.<\/p>\n<p>One thing is for sure- there&#8217;s no such thing as vampires. <strong>A University of Central Florida physics professor, Costas Efthimiou, debunked the claim with mathematics.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jan. 1, 1600, the population of the world was 536,870,911. By his calculations, if one vampire bit one person a month- who would then be turned into a vampire themselves- there would be two vampires by February. Four would be around by March, eight by April, and so on. In only 2-and-a-half years, every human on earth would be a vampire.<\/p>\n<p>To read the full story on the remains found in Venice, please click <a href=\"http:\/\/global.christianpost.com\/news\/vampire-remains-venice-researchers-debate-exorcism-in-1600s-75892\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vampire remains of Venice have sparked a scientific debate in\u00a0Italy, as some feel a corpse found with a brick in its mouth was evidence of an exorcism. Other scientists, however, discount the theory as sensationalism. 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