Kringa, Croatia (folk tale)

The Štrigon of Kringa: Jure Grando

Folklore — not a documented case

A stonemason from Kringa in Istria is said to have knocked on doors at night for sixteen years after his death; it is one of the oldest recorded vampire stories.

The small village of Kringa on Croatia's Istrian peninsula is home to one of the oldest vampire stories ever written down in Europe. According to the tales, Jure Grando, a stonemason who lived in the village, died in 1656, yet soon afterwards he began to be seen in the village lanes at night. In the local dialect such a being is called a štrigon.

The stories in this section are folk tales and legends; they are not verified, real events and should not be confused with the rest of the archive.

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