Case: GG-2026-179
Status: Historic
Documentation rating: B
Location: Mărótinu de Sus, Dolj County, Romania
The Strigoi of Mârotinu de Sus concerns the 2004 exhumation of Petre Toma, a 76-year-old resident of Mârotinu de Sus in Dolj County, Romania, after relatives became convinced that he had returned from the dead as a strigoi. Family members associated illnesses, weakness, dreams, and reported nocturnal visitations with the deceased and concluded that traditional intervention was necessary. Six men subsequently opened Toma's grave, removed and burned the heart, and mixed the ashes with water that was given to affected relatives, who reportedly said their illnesses improved afterward. The exhumati…
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