Day 25: The Monster Mix...Not the Monster Mash! #CoundowntoHalloween2021

Credit to the cartoonist

My monster friends, 

It seems somewhere along the October time line, I seemed to have crashed and burned. It seems there was some sort of monster mix up and I got into the middle of it and got lost.

Yeah, that is the excuse I am going to use.

Anyway, I am on the final push to Halloween before my crypt closes until 2022! WOW!

So, since the monsters are walking around a muck, I will give an eclectic mix this week as well. Let's go!

I was thinking tonight that I should share some facts that I have found around the blogsphere.

VAMPIRES:

Folklore vampires can become vampires not only through a bite, but also if they were once a werewolf, practiced sorcery, were excommunicated, committed suicide, were an illegitimate child of parents who were illegitimate, or were stillborn or died before baptism. In addition, anyone who has eaten the flesh of a sheep killed by a wolf, was a seventh son, was the child of a pregnant woman who was looked upon by a vampire, was a nun who stepped over an unburied body, had teeth when they were born, or had a cat jump on their corpse before being buried could also turn into vampires. ~source: www.factretriever.com/vampire-facts

ZOMBIES:

Zombies may have the trademark zombie limp because their bodies are affected by the same decomposition process as any normal corpse. Additionally, rigor mortis would cause serious tissue and muscle damage at the zombie’s each step. Since zombies do not regenerate or heal, any damage is permanent. Eventually, a zombies’ top speed would be reduced to a crawl and perhaps even slow to the point where it could not move. ~Source: www.factretriever.com/zombie-facts

Bonus : There is a law in Haiti that makes it a crime to turn someone into a zombie. Article 249 states that if someone drugs another person, buries him as though he were dead, and then digs the person up and brings him back to life, it is still considered murder.

WITCHES:

People who practiced witchcraft experimented with herbs and potions in rituals that may have used the mandrake plant. Mandrake contains scopolamine and atropine, two alkaloids that cause feelings of euphoria in low doses and hallucinations in higher doses. The rituals—performed in the nude—called for the participants to rub an herbal ointment containing the mandrake on their foreheads, wrists, hands, and feet as well as on a staff aka broom that they would “ride.” The friction of the ointment-coated staff on the witches', uh, lady parts would absorb the ointment into their system and cause a floating sensation—and their description of that feeling is what perpetuated the symbol of the witch flying on a broomstick. ~ source: Weird Facts About Witches | Mental Floss