Baos Mykonos - The island of pirates and vampires

A cinematic fpv drone video of the small island on the west side of Mykonos. The Baos island, with the single white church of Saint George which was actually built to honour a pirate named Pirate George Bao, a legendary defender of Mykonos during the first revolution of 1770, who chose this small island as a strategic position to fight against the Turks. Later the chapel of Saint George was built on the island honoring the man who guarded Mykonos so well. During the 1700’s the belief in spirits, ghosts and vampires in Europe was quite common. According to legend, Mykonos had its very own vampire living on the island. The story suggests that a Mykonian islander was killed by a stranger while working in his fields. Although buried, he continued to roam the island. In the beginning he appeared harmless, simply knocking over furniture and hugging people. Eventually the islanders became annoyed, buried him and removed his heart. This provoked the vampire to create more havoc on the island. In turn the islanders had him removed to the island of Baos and burned. Some say that since the island is surrounded by salt which vampires are not supposed to like, it would keep him at bay. FILMED with DJI Avata EDITED with DJI Mimo and DaVinci Resolve