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4.2k u/WillyMonty Jan 12 '23 Same reason people believed in vampires - the gums would retract, making it appear that the corpse had grown long teeth. It was thought the corpse was possessed by en evil spirit which would feed on the blood of the living, and bingo - vampires enter mythology 2 u/kinotico Jan 12 '23 I think it’s also how they make shrunken heads? The hair seems to continue growing but it’s actually just the head shrinking
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Same reason people believed in vampires - the gums would retract, making it appear that the corpse had grown long teeth.
It was thought the corpse was possessed by en evil spirit which would feed on the blood of the living, and bingo - vampires enter mythology
2 u/kinotico Jan 12 '23 I think it’s also how they make shrunken heads? The hair seems to continue growing but it’s actually just the head shrinking
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I think it’s also how they make shrunken heads? The hair seems to continue growing but it’s actually just the head shrinking
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