EVER wondered why you’ve never been attacked by a vampire?
Well, the reason has literally just been unearthed by builders digging up a village during some roadworks.
They discovered a mass grave containing 450 skeletons of suspected vampires who had all been decapitated.
Not only had the bloodthirtsy garlic haters had their heads chopped off, but their skulls had been placed between their legs and a coin placed in their mouths.
The gruesome practice was apparently popular in the 19th century as a way of making sure the undead would now stay dead.
Fortunately for those potential crucifix dodgers, the beheading and frankly humiliating process of having your head stuffed up by your genitalia for the rest of eternity took place after you were dead and buried.
People were only suspected of being secret Dracula fans if a relative died shortly after their funeral.
The corpse, quite rightly, would then be dug up for the decapitation and rearranging of the body to take place.
The grave was discovered in the Polish village of Luzino.
Archaeologist Maciej Stromski was reported in the Daily Mail as saying afterwards: ‘We discovered examples of belief in the dead returning from the grave, which could only be stopped by decapitation.
‘It was believed that if a member of the deceased’s family died shortly after the funeral, then he or she could be a vampire.
‘Therefore, after burial, the grave was dug up and the deceased’s head was cut off, which was then placed in the legs.
‘We also discovered an example of a woman after decapitation.
‘The skull of a child was laid on her bosom.’
While the discovery was no doubt terrifying, it’s surely nothing compared to finding there’s a giant model railway track hidden in your back garden?