Attached Link: http://www.world-productions.com/wp/content/shows/other/uv/uvintro.htm

Hmmmm...the website has a clue:

"Stakes and garlic do work but it's the chemicals inside - carbon and allicin that are the key."
"They can be neutralized by exposure to sunlight or by introducing carbon into the chest cavity (projectile, probe or explosive). Resulting immolation releases enough energy to start fires."

Message edited on: 10/12/2004 11:38