Case file · Folklore / legend
The vampire of Blow
Around 1336, a dead shepherd named Myslata near Kadaň in Bohemia was said to rise from his grave and call people's names, who died within days; he was staked and finally burned.
1336 CE · 50.36, 13.22 · status: account
The account
The account appears in a 14th-century Bohemian chronicle and is one of the earliest dated revenant cases in Central Europe.
The sceptical view
Epidemic deaths blamed on a recently buried man; the 'living' corpse fits normal decomposition.