You've got a point. Juxtapose this with contemporary Eastern European corpse mutilation practices which are purported to serve as protection against recently de

You've got a point. Juxtapose this with contemporary Eastern European corpse mutilation practices which are purported to serve as protection against recently deceased relatives morphing into a vampires and feeding on their kinfolk: see video (Vampire Legend) at: http://www.pbs.org/topics/history/world-history/ http://www.pbs.org/topics/history/world-history/ And note in this PBS documentary how the local villagers sanctioned the fugitive's behavior and motives. Curious also how the old 'deviant' burial evidence in Britain and elsewhere imply these same practices have been going on for millennia throughout Europe. This suggests, given suitable context (as in Salem, US not that long ago), such 'unenlightened, uneducated PNG primitives' conditioned behavior could manifest anywhere at any time. /s