Villagers talk about the “creatures by the hill”. A long time ago, the village was moved because of the strigoi. According to a villager:”The evil spirits haunt us at both day and night. Nobody dares to go up the hill because of the vampires. A neighbour has paralyzed many years ago when he bumped into one of the evil spirits. He couldn't find his peace and does bad things to all those around him” .

The Romanian poet Marin Sorescu, born in the commune, mentioned the legend in his poem “Dumneata”: One night, here, by the fountains, / Where homes are rare, due to the ghosts / Who they say have showed around / And the people were strained to put houses there, for the ghosts to have their place.(…)

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