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The Lafayette Vampire

By Cain January 16, 2015 5:01 PM

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Is there a vampire buried in Lafayette Cemetery?

I’ve driven past the I-25 exit to Lafayette a thousand times and I’ve never given it a second thought. But I will now. Apparently, there might be a vampire buried in this historic Colorado town!

Lafayette was a booming mining town in the late 1800s, attracting fortune seekers from all over the world. One of them, a man named Fodor Glava, (such a badass name) came all the way from Dracula’s hometown… Transylvania.

Mr. Glava died (mysteriously?) in 1918 and was buried in the Lafayette cemetery. A tree has now grown up from where his heart would have been. Some believe that it was planted there somehow, seeded from a stake that might have been driven through his heart.Which is, as everyone knows, the very best way to kill a vampire.

Also, in the summertime, blood-red roses grow along the grave.

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There's a vampire buried in Lafayette?

http://www.9news.com/story/news/2015/01/16/vampire-in-lafayette/21863281/

There's a vampire buried in Lafayette? 9NEWS at 4 p.m. 01/16/15.

Kevin Torres, KUSA5:26 p.m. MST January 16, 2015

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LAFAYETTE – There are a lot of historic stories in Lafayette. Some are full of facts, others are full of fiction. But none are as bizarre as the "Lafayette Vampire."

Back in the late 1800s and early 1900s, Lafayette was a bustling mining town. It attracted men from all over who were looking for a mining job.

Some workers came from foreign lands, including the man who is now known as the Lafayette Vampire.

"Supposedly [he was] a miner that came from Transylvania. And that part of the world has always had a certain history behind it. Particularly the Dracula story and everything," explained Claudia Lund, curator of the Lafayette Miner's Museum.

The man's name is Fodor Glava. His homeland of Transylvania made him mysterious. At the time of his death in 1918, stories started swirling.

Some folks assumed Glava was a vampire. Therefore, people started talking about the vampire buried at the Lafayette Cemetery.

"People believe it's more myth than anything else," Lund said.

As the story goes, the tree near his grave played an important role in the myth.

"A tree, supposedly, mysteriously grew up from the grave where his heart would have been, and people wondered if there wasn't a stake driven through his heart because they thought he was a vampire," Lund said.

Apparently blood-red rose bushes grow along his grave during the summer months also.

There's a vampire in Lafayette? (Photo: Kevin Torres/KUSA)

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"Well, if you've lived as long as I have and heard people recite history, there's an awful lot you can't believe," Chuck Waneka, a 94-year-old resident of Lafayette, said.

Nonetheless, it's a fun local legend many enjoy.

To learn more about other legends in Lafayette, visit the town's mining museum:http://www.colorado.com/museum/lafayette-miners-museum

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