Atlas Obscura posted a short article about Greece's "Vrykolakonisia," or vampire islands, located off the coast of Skyros.
At first I was upset that I'd never heard about these islands. Then I was upset that the "vampires" who were allegedly abandoned on the islands to die of exposure were supposedly plague victims.
I know Ancient Greece has a bit of a reputation for coldhearted treatment of the sick and weak--most infamously the story about Spartans throwing "ill-born" infants off a cliff (for which there's no actual evidence), but abandoning suffering people to die horribly seems far-fetched.
There's no evidence for this, either, beyond local stories. Apparently a "...1918 account says that the citizens of the nearby Skyros heard howls and screams coming from the islet, believing that the dead from the plague buried there many years ago had risen."
Or it could have been the wind, which seems a lot more likely.
Do you know of any other places (besides Transylvania) connected with vampires? Share in the comments...
You can read my post about lesser-known vampires, including the Vrykolakas here.
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