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Word: tocinski (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Screaming, fighting like a wildcat, he was carried to Ciechanow police station and soon identified as Casimir Tocinski, 9. He was physically far more mature than his age. His mother, a halfwit, herds cows in summer, sleeps in the barns of friendly farmers during the winter. Her son was taken to Warsaw, where psychiatrists reported him "a complete idiot possessing nothing but animal instincts." In the back country farmers crossed themselves and knew that doctors could do nothing to help Casimir Tocinski...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: Vampire | 5/28/1934 | See Source »

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