Vampire lore comes from a time when people didn't understand certain illnesses, which led to superstition around wooden stakes, garlic and bats.
, associate professor of Anthropology Emeritus at the University of Buffalo. People once believed that the "vampyr" — a name to some that is synonymous with vampire or witch, according to Stevens — would fly into a sleeping victim's room at night and suck out their life force.
As a victim died, their family and members of the surrounding community feared that the spirit would return to haunt them. They thought the victim would have some sort of unfinished business and would attack their family, or the people close to them. Their suspicions were often confirmed because of how the bodies decayed.
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