Blutsaugr

The Blutsaugr is a vampiric form of undead from the mythology of Austria, Germany, and Bosnia-Herzegovina. The name translates to “blood sucker” and they have pale skin, rotten flesh, and emaciated frames. They are mostly mindless, only smart enough to avoid capture or death. In Bosnia specifically, the Blutsaugr is thought to have no skeleton and is covered in stiff dark hair. This version can turn someone else into a Blutsaugr by tricking someone into eating a bit of dirt from its grave, and can also turn into a rat, wolf, or hunting dog. Eating the meat of an animal killed by a wolf can turn someone into a Blutsaugr after death. They sleep in their graves during the day and emerge to hunt at night, though they have no fear of the sun. They can be kept from a house by placing a paste of garlic and hawthorn oil at the windows and doors and can be kept from a sleeping person by placing scissors under the pillow facing the head of the bed. If petals from hawthorn flowers are placed along a road near the grave, the Blutsaugr is compelled to count it, keeping it busy until dawn when it retreats to its grave in frustration. To kill a Blutsaugr, their grave needs to be found during the day. The coffin is opened with several people surrounding it to dump large amounts of garlic in to keep the creature immobile. They then need to be pinned to the coffin with a hawthorn stake driven through the abdomen and once restrained, the Blutsaugr can be destroyed with exorcism. This exorcism consists of cutting off their head, stuffing their mouth with garlic, turning the coffin upside down, and finally sealing and reburying the coffin. 

Citations:

Maberry, Jonathan. Vampire Universe: The Dark World of Supernatural Beings That Haunt Us, Hunt Us, and Hunger for Us. United States, Kensington Publishing Corporation, 2006.