Serbian vampire hunters have acted to prevent the very remote possibility that former dictator Slobodan Milosevic might stage a come-back - by driving a three-foot stake through his heart.
According to Ananova, the politically-motivated Van Helsings, led by Miroslav Milosevic (no relation), gave themselves up to cops after attacking the deceased despot in his grave in the eastern town of Pozarevac. Milosevic popped his clogs back in 2006, while on trial in a UN war crimes tribunal for various unsavoury activities connected with the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia.
Miroslav Milosevic said "he and his fellow vampire hunters acted to stop the former dictator returning from the dead to haunt the country". His team explained that the wooden stake had been "driven into the ground and through the late president's heart".
Slobodan Milosevic's Socialist Party of Serbia naturally condemned the desecration, while his daughter-in-law Milica Gajic said she "planned to sue the vampire hunters and accused the police of failing to protect the grave properly".
I admire any publication that freely uses the expression, "popped his clogs."
Milosevic is as good a candidate as any for undeath. I trust similar crack teams are fanning out across the globe to administer the same treatment to the likes of Pinochet and Mobutu (one assumes the heavy hitters like Hitler, Stalin, and Mao would've risen by now if they were going to).
In other news, yes - I'm back from SXSW. No, I'm nowhere near caught up on my sleep or sobriety.
Pinochet actually died in 1992, and he had been living in a state of undeath for years in his lightproof sanctuary in London. He refused to be extradited back to South America, not because of justice-related concerns, but because of his fear of crossing open water.