Date: august 1999 Location: Suffolk, England Type: Homo wampyrus draco Sex: Male Cause of death: Prolonged exposure to sunlight Case notes:
This unfortunate individual was found in the back garden of a terraced house in Suffolk. He had been wrapped in fencing wire to restrain him then his arms had been pinned to the soil with bamboo stakes inserted between the radius and ulna bones of the forearm. The attackers then impaled the hapless Vampire through the throat with a garden fork thus pinning his head to the ground and severing his vocal chords. The Vampire did not die from this treatment as a human might due to the Vampire's superior clotting and healing capabilities. It seems that the restraining wire was then removed and the Victim was left to cook in the sun. Wampyrus draco has a moderate intolerance to sunlight but prolonged exposure of this kind is fatal after around nine hours of bright sun. The vampire would have been conscious for about the first few hours of this during which his skin would have first blistered then flaked and blackened, peeling away to expose the raw flesh and fat below which would in turn slowly burn. Death most likely occurred as the sunlight entered the brain through the eye sockets as the eyes were boiled away causing at first fits, then unconsciousness and finally brain death. The body would have continued to smoulder for a further hour or so as the tissues died and ceased metabolic action. The individuals who perpetrated this execution have to this day never been caught although as yet no other Vampires have been put to death in this way in the local area leading me to believe that was either a one off chance encounter or, on a more sinister note that it was a contract killing paid for by one of the many misinformed Anti-Vampire groups.