When Jennifer Grey ’s character Baby express the seam , " I carried a watermelon " in the fad 80 picture show " Dirty Dancing , " we doubt she expected that melon to afterwards turn into a vampire . ( If she did , we ’re guessing it would have been a all different moving-picture show . )
Believe it or not , though , some people believed – and perhaps still do – that if you leave a watermelon vine out overnight , it would turn into a terrifyingvampire . really , not allthatterrifying , but we ’ll get to that in a moment . Where on Earth did this legend come from ?
Although passed down bygypsies(officially referred to as the Roma ) in southeastern Europe for unknown propagation , ethnologist Tatomir Vukanovic first document the story of the vampire watermelon in the 1930s [ source : Stewart ] . Several interlingual rendition of this legend exist and include not only watermelons , but also pumpkins .
The first interpretation of the fable claim that watermelon and pumpkins will transform into vampires when they fight each other . We ’re not precisely sure what it looks like when watermelons and pumpkins struggle , but we imagine it involves a lot of rolling around . Another caption says that these melon turn into vampires after being entrust out for more than 10 days , and a third enunciate that vampire will take over the fruits if they ’re left out after Christmas . However , it seems that no matter how your watermelon call on into a vampire , it behaves the same way .
Here are the signs to look for to see if your Citrullus vulgaris or pumpkin has turned into a vampire . Your melon vine will start stirring and shaking , and then it will get down make a noise that sounds like " brrrl ! brrrl ! brrrl ! " Sometimes you ’ll even see traces of blood on the rind . Vampire melon vine will apparently travel to house and stables , harming people . Vukanovic is n’t absolved on what sort of harm , but he does state that most citizenry were n’t afraid of these Dracula - esque yield [ Perkovski ] . Perhaps it ’s because these watermelon vine and pumpkin vine vampires have no tooth , or that you could likely give it a good , swift kick and then make your escape .
If your watermelon has turned into a vampire , have no fear . According to caption , to get free of your bloodsucking melon vine you simply boil it , then scrub it with a broom . Do n’t forget to cauterise the Scots heather subsequently [ reservoir : Les Vampires ] .
