alright this is for all those believers of vampires, i have a very wierd story that i actually think a vampire might have tried to bite me but didn't suceed only because my friend had came back for me, if u belive in vampires then boy do i have a story for u, if u wanna hear it then just write i belive in vampires and i'll post it

Mm-hm. This from the guy who has a ghost in his room and can "heal" people. Odd how most people don't get any paranormal stuff happen to them, but a select few teenagers get enough to even it all out.

Anyway, Vampires don't exist. Zombies do, however. Prepare now!

http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/zombiesurvivalguide/

alright this is for all those believers of vampires, i have a very wierd story that i actually think a vampire might have tried to bite me but didn't suceed only because my friend had came back for me, if u belive in vampires then boy do i have a story for u, if u wanna hear it then just write i belive in vampires and i'll post it
...when i was a kid--bout cant remember 9,,,,my mum had been to te cinema to see Dracula. she told me about it.
she told me how the women in te film wore tese high neck dresses and how Dracula would peel tem back and suck their blood.
wen to bed, and was so freaked i pulled the covers right up to my ears. not moving. i ended up lying in a pool of sweat!!haha....me mum found me in that state. was her bleedin fault

that is exactly how I feel when I read your posts duendy

lolol yeah i wasn't ever really afriad of them i thought they could exist but yeah one night it was 2 days after my borthday it was about 9:50 almost 10:00 and me and my friend decided to go for a walk so yeah we were walking in the woods bc i live in p.a the only lights were from our flashlights when suddenly i thought i heard somone else walking besides us so i told her to stop and we heard a footstep echo then stop and so i looked at her and i was like run? and she was like yeah! so now were running but i have like asthma so i stopped but she didn't notice i did so she kept on going, i slumped against a tree and closed my eyes for a second, thats when my flashlight went out and i heard slow footsteps and i thought maybe it's my older bro playing a trick on me so i stand up and yelled "heyy johnny it's not funny come on out now i know it's u!" but nothing happend then all the sudden the footsteps stopped and i looked around and then suddenly i saw like a shadow wiz passed me really fast that i turned around and fell to the ground then shakily stood up and was like wtf! then i saw it again only right in front of me then everything sort of went black for a lil bit until i heard my friend yelling at me as to where i was so i told her what happend she got freaked out and helped me back to the house bc i was really dizzy so i told her i was gonna go brush my hair and stuff so when i looked in the morror i was beginning to bleed right like on my collar bone so i whiped it away and there was litterally two marks that looked like bite marks i still have scars and now i will never go into my woods at night lololol

Psychic vampires are real, people who get a kick out of draining your spirit. No supernatural phenomenon are required, though.

And Iam Not A Guy!!!!!!!

that is exactly how I feel when I read your posts duendy
good to know i freak yer out...read on!

Mm-hm. This from the guy who has a ghost in his room and can "heal" people. Odd how most people don't get any paranormal stuff happen to them, but a select few teenagers get enough to even it all out.

Anyway, Vampires don't exist. Zombies do, however. Prepare now!

http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/zombiesurvivalguide/


Interesting...I wouldn't be surprised if this were true at all, the Government still thinks it can cover up UFO's and Roswell and stuff...

My dear young maiden clingeth
Unbending. fast and firm
To all the long-held teaching
Of a mother ever true;
As in vampires unmortal
Folk on the Theyse's portal
Heyduck-like do believe.
But my Christine thou dost dally,
And wilt my loving parry
Till I myself avenging
To a vampire's health a-drinking
Him toast in pale tockay.

And as softly thou art sleeping
To thee shall I come creeping
And thy life's blood drain away.
And so shalt thou be trembling
For thus shall I be kissing
And death's threshold thou' it be crossing
With fear, in my cold arms.
And last shall I thee question
Compared to such instruction
What are a mother's charms?

I am sure they existed... I am even sure that they still exist.

http://www.bitpuddle.com/images/2004/08/experience2.jpg

ok this is to dragon.......... *major twitch* the poem is god but creepy lol

lolol yeah i wasn't ever really afriad of them i thought they could exist but yeah one night it was 2 days after my borthday it was about 9:50 almost 10:00 and me and my friend decided to go for a walk so yeah we were walking in the woods bc i live in p.a the only lights were from our flashlights when suddenly i thought i heard somone else walking besides us so i told her to stop and we heard a footstep echo then stop and so i looked at her and i was like run? and she was like yeah! so now were running but i have like asthma so i stopped but she didn't notice i did so she kept on going, i slumped against a tree and closed my eyes for a second, thats when my flashlight went out and i heard slow footsteps and i thought maybe it's my older bro playing a trick on me so i stand up and yelled "heyy johnny it's not funny come on out now i know it's u!" but nothing happend then all the sudden the footsteps stopped and i looked around and then suddenly i saw like a shadow wiz passed me really fast that i turned around and fell to the ground then shakily stood up and was like wtf! then i saw it again only right in front of me then everything sort of went black for a lil bit until i heard my friend yelling at me as to where i was so i told her what happend she got freaked out and helped me back to the house bc i was really dizzy so i told her i was gonna go brush my hair and stuff so when i looked in the morror i was beginning to bleed right like on my collar bone so i whiped it away and there was litterally two marks that looked like bite marks i still have scars and now i will never go into my woods at night lololol
If that was your English Assesment, you get a U.

You notice no one said they believed in vampires and she told the story anyway? Conviction is questionable at best...interesting story, though...

I BELIEVE IN VAMPIRES...they are amongst us
http://www.askwhy.co.uk/analogiesandconjectures/Blood.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/helldragonflie/blood.gif
http://www.rapeme.org/mt/bloody/archives/bloody-thumb.gif

We can only see their actions...

*twitch* yes indeed they are some interesting pictures lol

Do I believe in vampires? Evil blood sucking creatures, inhabiting the dark underbelly of society, preying on the weak, corrupting the innocent, acting destructively, with a wanton disregard for human life and dignity? Of course I beleive in them. In my country we call them lawyers.

Cool, I like the last picture. :cool:

In my country we call them lawyers.
hehe
btw, we share one campus building with the faculty of theology :p

Are you trying to make lawyers look better or something?

If you lack the mental ability to tell, I encourage you to improve your logical interpretation skills.

No, I'm saying that was almost a compliment considering what scum sucking bottem dwelling parasites most lawyers are...

I'm quite confident they exist but prefer not to say why.

I don't know if they are freindly or discontented or if they even have a common temperment.

I would love to exchange ideas with one someday but I am very horrified of blood and adverse to heat so that will probably not happen, at least, in person.

I would not joke about them.


my 2 cents worth . . . .

I would not joke about them.
Q. What is a vamire's favorite fruit?
A: A necktarine

They don't exist.

vimpires hmm well i no they exist for a fact hey does anyone get this when they are sitting somewhere around a group of poeple ie a bus? and then your heart starts to pound very ahrd and your breathing rate increases... nex thing you know wiht your minds eye you see a light greenish white aura around people and it starts getting pulled into your arua... and then after that you feel alot more awake/more energetic?

this has happened to me more then about 100 times and when it first started it was really faint but now that its happened mroe it seems to be stronger liek i get more enrgy from people would this be consiterd phycic vampirism... for some reson after reading this theard it makes sence to me lol very intresting

Q. What is a vamire's favorite fruit?
A: A necktarine

They don't exist.

Are you sure????? Vampire in what sence? There are some people that like drinking and eating blood. No their not immortal and no they don't go around biting people's neck and yes they can walk in daylight, but would they be considered a vampire then?

hehe
btw, we share one campus building with the faculty of theology :p

in "The Devil's Advocate", al pacino even says that lawyers are the "new priesthood". i suppose he is right, after a fashion. ;)

If that was your English Assesment, you get a U.
*falls out of his chair, laughing until he pisses his pants*

indeed, my red comrade.

Q. What is a vamire's favorite fruit?
A: A necktarine

They don't exist.

lol hamster

There are some people that like drinking and eating blood. No their not immortal and no they don't go around biting people's neck and yes they can walk in daylight, but would they be considered a vampire then?

They are a bunch of sad cases pretending to be Vampires.

And according to the Bram Stoker Vampire mythos, vampires can walk around in daylight, they just can't change form. The daylight thing was introduced with the film 'Nosferatu' I believe, and then reinforced with various 'Hammer House of Horror' films.

Bram Stoker invented Vampires, based on an interpretation of the Egyptian 'Book of the Dead', dealing with re-incarnation. Egyptology being very trendy in his era. He even borrowed a Mummy from Lord Carnavon at one point.

So, anyway, how it is possible to think that something we know the creator of, and the method creation, is real?

Will people think Teletubbies are real in 100 years?

Well, he did say he wouldn't joke about them.

Will people think Teletubbies are real in 100 years?I don't like the underlying implication here. Why should they not still believe in one hundred years, for have we not seem them manifest?

heres the low down

THERE IS GENUINE MEDICAL CONDITION that carries the traits associated with vampirism, it may be that this disease is where the myths originated, some details below:

"Of all the disorders and diseases even loosely linked to vampirism, the most bizarre must be porphyria. It is a rare hereditary blood disease; its symptoms so closely match the myths associated with our modern conception of vampirism it's eerie. A victim of porphyria cannot produce heme, a major and vital component of red blood. Today, this disease is treatable with regular injections of heme into the body. However, as little as fifty years ago, this treatment was unavailable and the disease unknown.

In the past, a porphyria sufferer would show symptoms that include;



-Extreme sensitivity to sunlight

-Sores and scars that break open and will not heal properly

-Excessive hair growth

-Tightening of skin around lips and gums (which would make the incisors more prominent)



This disease would likely cause the victim to only go out at night, in order to avoid the painful rays of the sun. In addition, while garlic stimulates the production of heme in a healthy person, it would only cause the symptoms of porphyria to become more painfully severe. Porphyria was eventually discarded by scientists as a reasonable explanation of the vampire myth that has pervaded our history. Although vampire accounts of the past bear little resemblance to the dashing figure we romanticize today, these qualities may have contributed to our look at the vampire in film and fiction: pale skin, extended incisors, even the fear of the sun!"

Further the 'dashing figure' vampires are associated (Dracula) was a real person! A sick weirdo who did vile things associated with virgins and blood , there was also a female that indulged in some horrible pelasures, bathing in baths of virgins blood. I'll dig out the details.

So summarising:

There is genuine medical condition that may be where the vampire stories originated from, the elaboration then went to include virgins and murder re the sick weirdos in past history.

Here's the Vlad Dracula link! The truth is worse than the myth!
http://members.aol.com/johnfranc/drac05.htm

"Vlad became quite known for his brutal punishment techniques; he often ordered people to be skinned, boiled, decapitated, blinded, strangled, hanged, burned, roasted, hacked, nailed, buried alive, stabbed, etc. He also liked to cut off noses, ears, sexual organs and limbs. But his favorite method was impalement on stakes, hence the surname "Tepes" which means "The Impaler" in the Romanian language. "

At least Dracula the myth only gave 'em a little bite!

Further the 'dashing figure' vampires are associated (Dracula) was a real person! A sick weirdo who did vile things associated with virgins and blood , there was also a female that indulged in some horrible pelasures, bathing in baths of virgins blood. I'll dig out the details.
You are refering to Vlad the Impaler and Elizabeth Bathory.

Thanks Avatar

I introduce Elizabeth Bathory, responsible for disappearance of 600 virgins!

"Countess of Transylvania, vampire: Born 1560/61; died, August 21, 1614.

In order to improve her complexion and also to maintain her failing grasp on her youth and vitality, she slaughtered six hundred innocent young women from her tiny mountain principality...

The noble Báthory family stemmed from the Hun Gutkeled clan which held power in broad areas of east central Europe (in those places now known as Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and Romania), and had emerged to assume a role of relative eminence by the first half of the 13th century. Abandoning their tribal roots, they assumed the name of one of their estates (Bátor meaning 'valiant') as a family name. Their power rose to reach a zenith by the mid 16th century, but declined and faded to die out completely by 1658. Great kings, princes, members of the judiciary, as well as holders of ecclesiastical and civil posts were among the ranks of the Báthorys.

Adopting an exalted name did not alter some basic familial preferences among lesser lights however, and in order to consolidate more tenuous clingings to influence there was considerable intermarriage amongst the Báthory family, with some of the usual problems of this practice produced as a result. Unfortunately, beyond the 'usual problems' some extraordinary difficulties arose (namely hideous psychoses) and several "evil geniuses" appeared, the notorious and sadistic Erzsébet the most prominent of them.

Truly, she was evil enough to be recognized as one of the original "vampires" who later inspired Bram Stoker to write the legend of Dracula -- but unlike Stoker's story, she was real.

Unusual for one of her social status, she was a fit and active child. Raised as Magyar royalty, as a young maid she was quite beautiful; delicate in her features, slender of build, tall for the time, but her personality did not attain the same measure of fortuitous development. In her own opinion her most outstanding feature was her often commented upon gloriously creamy complexion. Although others were not really so equally impressed with the quality of her rather ordinary skin, they offered copious praise if they knew what was good for them, as Erzsébet did not accept unenthusiastic half-measures of adulation; and she was vindictive.

She was only 15 when she was 'married off' for political gain and position to a rough soldier of (nevertheless) aristocratic stock and manner. By reason of the marriage, she became the lady of the Castle of Csejthe, his home, situated deep in the Carpathian mountains of what is now central Romania, but which then was known only as Transylvania. Located near no exciting urban center, the castle was surrounded by a village of simple peasants and rolling agricultural lands, interspersed with the jagged outcroppings of the frozen Carpathians.

While the picturesque setting embraced a bucolic tapestry of ideal small fields, meandering stone walls, quaint cottages, a few satisfied brown cows, and goats with tinkling bells about their necks scampering amongst the chickens, life here was uneventful. The castle was typical for its day and place: cold, dun, gloomy, damp, dark; unlike the cozy thatched houses of the peasants below.

While her husband was pursuing his passion, the soldier business, and off on various campaigns, for Elizabeth -- who did not wish to amuse herself in the out-of-doors where those loutish peons were grubbing in the mud -- life became poundingly boring in very short order. Being an energetic teenager, although one with a view and experience of life which was 'special,' she set about finding novel amusements to occupy her days.

Her tastes were of a certain slant, and consequently she began to gather about herself (as her ample financial resources readily accommodated) persons of peculiar and sinister arts. These she welcomed into her presence, affording them commodious lodging and lavish attention to each of their most singular needs and interests. Among them were those who claimed to be witches, sorcerers, seers, wizards, alchemists, and others who practiced the most depraved deeds in league with the Devil and too painful to mention even in a story such as this. They taught her their crafts in intimate detail and she was enthralled. But learning such unspeakable things was not enough.

War in the 16th century was a brutal affair. While fashionably fighting the Turks and attempting to gain information from prisoners captured, her husband employed a horrid device of torture: clever articulated claw-like pincers, fashioned of hardened silver; which, when fastened to a stout whip would tear and rip the flesh to such an obscene degree that even he, a cruel man, abandoned the apparatus in disgust and left it at the castle as he departed on yet another heroic foray.

Elizabeth was not alone in her 'unusual' interests. Aware of Elizabeth's complex preoccupations, and amused by them, her aunt had introduced her also to the pleasures of flagellation (enacted upon desolate others of course), a taste Elizabeth quickly acquired. Equipped with her husband's heinous silver claws, she generously indulged herself, whiling away many lonely hours at the expense of forlorn Slav debtors from her own dungeons. The more shrill their screams and the more copious the blood, the more exquisite and orgasmic her amusement. She preferred to whip her 'subjects' on the front of their nude bodies rather than their backs, not only for the increased damage potential, but so that she could gleefully watch their faces contort in horror at their most grim and burning fate.

Her husband died in 1604 (some say 1602) of stab wounds imposed on him by a harlot in Bucharest whom he had not paid, and Elizabeth immediately dreamed of a lover to replace him, since she never cared for him in the first place -- so much for her mourning. However, the mirror showed her that her prurient indulgences, as well as time, had taken their toll on her appearance. Her 'angelic' complexion had long since faded to something less than perfection; she had reached 43. Her desire for a lover did not fade; she raged deep within, cursing time.

Such a simple interest as a new husband was not to rule the day, it was merely a detail. With the demise of her husband, prowling highly placed men began to smell a ripe opportunity to seize the power and influence encapsulated in the Báthory name; likely by acquiring her and then eliminating her. As well, she was next in line to become King of Poland, and she wanted the job. This seeming anomaly was possible within the governing constructs of the time, and the office of queen held no political weight. At the same time, she was educated beyond all those around her, reading and writing four languages while the prince of Transylvania was an illiterate boor (who bathed regularly -- every year on his birthday).

Maintaining her youth and vitality became central to this developing plot; the absolute divine right to power she understood was hers to keep and protect would be essential to the attainment of all that she sought. Vanity, sexual desire, drive for political power all were seamlessly blended into a central primordial passion. If she lost her youth, she could forfeit all.

Her mood deteriorated markedly and one day, as she viciously struck a servant girl for a minor oversight, she drew blood when her pointed nails raked the girl's cheek. The wound was serious enough that some of the blood got onto Elizabeth's skin. Later, Elizabeth was quite sure that that part of her own body - where the girl's blood had dropped - looked fresher somehow; younger, brighter and more pliant.

Immediately she consulted her alchemists for their opinion on the phenomenon. They, of course, were enjoying her hospitality and did not wish to disappoint, so, fortunately, they did recall a case many many years before and in a distant place where the blood of a young virgin had caused a similar effect on an aged (but generous) personage of nobility and good grace.

With such clear evidence at hand, Elizabeth was convinced that here was a brilliant discovery; a method to restore and preserve her youthful glow forever, or at least until she got what she wanted. The advice of her 'beauty consultant,' a woman named Katarina, concurred that her clever realization was most surely sound.

Elizabeth reasoned that if a little was good, then a lot would be better: she firmly believed that if she bathed in the blood of young virgins -- and in the case of especially pretty ones, drank it -- she would be gloriously beautiful and strong once again.

For years, Elizabeth's trusted helper in her various secret pleasures had been Dorotta Szentes. Now with her, and other 'witches' to help carry the load, Elizabeth roamed the countryside by night, hunting for suitable virginal girls as raw material for her difficult quest.

When back in the castle, each batch of young girls would be hung, alive and naked, upside-down by chains wrapped around their ankles. Their throats would be slit and all of their blood drained for Elizabeth's bath, to be taken while the heat of their young bodies still remained in the thickening and sticky crimson pool.

And every now and then, a really lovely young girl would be obtained. As a special treat, Elizabeth would drink the child's blood: at first from a golden flask, but later, as her taste for it increased, directly from the stream, as the writhing and whimpering body hung from the rafters, turning pale.

Although she had held off her political foes, after five years of this enterprise Elizabeth at last began to realize that the blood of peasant girls was having little effect on the quality of her skin. Obviously such blood was defective and better blood was required.

In early 17th century Transylvania, parents of substantial position wished their daughters to be educated in the appropriate social graces and etiquettes, so that they might gain the 'right' connections when ripe. Here was an opportunity.

In 1609, Elizabeth established an academy in the castle, offering to take 25 girls at a time from proper families, and to correctly finish their educations. Indeed, their educations were finished.

Assisted by Dorotta Szentes (known also by the graceful diminutive "Dorka") these poor students were consumed in exactly the same beastly fashion as the anguished peasant girls who preceded them. This was too easy, and Elizabeth became careless in her actions for the first time in her dreadful career. During a frenzy of lust, four drained bodies were thrown off the walls of the castle.

The error was realized too late, for villagers had already seen, collected, and begun to identify the girls. The disappearance of all those young women began to be solved; the secret was finished.

Word of this horror spread rapidly and soon reached the Hungarian Emperor, Matthias II, who immediately ordered that the Countess be placed on public trial. But, her aristocratic status did not allow that she be arrested. Parliament at once passed a new Act to reverse this privilege of station (lest she slip from their hands) and Elizabeth was brought before a formal hearing in 1610. Interestingly, no authority seemed inclined to offer any form of attention to these matters when merely peasant girls had been the subject of Elizabeth's blood-letting for five years previous.

By the final count, 600 girls had vanished; Elizabeth admitted nothing. Dorka and her witches were burned alive, but the Countess, by reason of her noble birth, could not be executed. Katarina was somehow seen as another victim, and was set free.

So, Elizabeth was damned to a death while alive. Sealed into a tiny closet of her castle -- and never let out -- she died four years later."


ANY OF YOU PEEPS STILL HAVE TROUBLE FIGURING OUT WHERE THE VAMPIRE STORIES CAME FROM & WHETHER VAMPIRES ARE REAL (DO ME A FAVOUR) ARE NUTS, ITS ALL HERE, THE BLOOD , THE VIRGINS, THE GARLIC, DRACULA DN TRANSILVANNIA.

Unless of course, we are able to manifest that which we imagine?

I did have bat in my room other night, having a little nibble, but I just figured it was cold out? Meanwhile damn this sun! Soooooooooo bright,

snap wow this is interesting indeed

I don't like the underlying implication here. Why should they not still believe in one hundred years, for have we not seem them manifest?

Sorry, I am a Heretic. I shall prostrate myself before the handbag of Tinky Winky and beg for forgiveness. And then do it again.

Have u leanred nothing? Tinky Winky is all powerful and unforgiving! She will feed u toast and custard and force you to sleep in a short dome bed with your feet dangling over the edges, forcing the blood to your extremeties, till your nob falls off!

actually, elizabeth bathory was hungarian...but close enough. :)

actually, elizabeth bathory was hungarian...but close enough. :)

er, here's the facts Monsieur Devil

"The noble Báthory family stemmed from the Hun Gutkeled clan which held power in broad areas of east central Europe (in those places now known as Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and Romania), and had emerged to assume a role of relative eminence by the first half of the 13th century."

"She was only 15 when she was 'married off' for political gain and position to a rough soldier of (nevertheless) aristocratic stock and manner. By reason of the marriage, she became the lady of the Castle of Csejthe, his home, situated deep in the Carpathian mountains of what is now central Romania, but which then was known only as Transylvania."

oooooo my great grandparents were from transylvania

so are the cheeky girls

?????

I am sure they existed... I am even sure that they still exist.

http://www.bitpuddle.com/images/2004/08/experience2.jpg
What's the point of this image, draqon? Can't find a reflection?

i'm just confused as u r pete lol

What's the point of this image, draqon? Can't find a reflection?
Isn't it obvious Pete? Even though the chap in the foreground only has the one arm, the arm that he does have remains inhumanly long and he's about to grab the chap with the camera by the face and feast on his his still living brains!

I believe now absolutely. Oh yes. Oh yes I do.

ooooooooo okay now that i wasn't exspecting at all.......

No one expects the inhumanly long and bendy arm of the Vampyre Siren, that's why it works.

er, here's the facts Monsieur Devil

"The noble Báthory family stemmed from the Hun Gutkeled clan which held power in broad areas of east central Europe (in those places now known as Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and Romania), and had emerged to assume a role of relative eminence by the first half of the 13th century."

"She was only 15 when she was 'married off' for political gain and position to a rough soldier of (nevertheless) aristocratic stock and manner. By reason of the marriage, she became the lady of the Castle of Csejthe, his home, situated deep in the Carpathian mountains of what is now central Romania, but which then was known only as Transylvania."

her husband was romanian, yes.
but the place where she was born, and the place where she committed most of her atrocities was actually in hungary.
as a teen, this kind of macabre subject was a favorite of mine.

Under strictly analytical perspective you can determine that while Vampires are folklore, in some sense they may have basis in facts. There can be no doubt that blood loss the kind of which Vampires are known for may in actuality have taken place in varying countries, the reason is however left to speculation.

I myself think based on what I've seen of alien sketches that the original Vampire, or Nosferatu looked remarkably like that of a Grey alien. This leads me to speculate that perhaps these were really abductions which left behind trace evidence in the form of scoop marks, etc. It's a fascinating concept really...

What is that "original" vampire and nosferatu look you are talking about?
Would that be, perhaps, from the illustrations of "Dracula" by Bram Stoker (fiction) and that silent, b/w movie "Nosferatu" (fiction too) (which, by the way, I have the pleasure to own).

So you are comparing one work of fiction (early 20th, late 19th century) with that of later Hollywood alien movies.
Oh, please..., you can't be that pathetic in your reasoning.

Under strictly analytical perspective you can determine that while Vampires are folklore, in some sense they may have basis in facts. There can be no doubt that blood loss the kind of which Vampires are known for may in actuality have taken place in varying countries, the reason is however left to speculation.

I myself think based on what I've seen of alien sketches that the original Vampire, or Nosferatu looked remarkably like that of a Grey alien. This leads me to speculate that perhaps these were really abductions which left behind trace evidence in the form of scoop marks, etc. It's a fascinating concept really...
I'm really scratching my head on this. Although the first paragraph starts well.

The idea that by drinking the blood (and/or eating the flesh) of your slain opponent one gains the strength and life force of it is very ancient and has next to nothing to do with vampires, just one more (rather diluted) manifestation of that archetypal idea (from Inuit seal hunters in NA, to head hunters in Africa). It occurs in many cultures throughout time and has all that there is to do with human psyche and how our mind works.

check this. In Africa certain tribes still drink raw cow blood for breakfast. Check Masai tribe. I wonder if they have garlic with that..Anyway in France virtualy raw uncooked steak can go as high as $30 a plate.

heres the low down
treatment was unavailable and the disease unknown.

In the past, a porphyria sufferer would show symptoms that include;



-Extreme sensitivity to sunlight

-Sores and scars that break open and will not heal properly

-Excessive hair growth

-Tightening of skin around lips and gums (which would make the incisors more prominent)



This disease would likely cause the victim to only go out at night, in order to avoid the painful rays of the sun. In addition, while garlic stimulates the production of heme in a healthy person, it would only cause the symptoms of porphyria to become more painfully severe. Porphyria was eventually discarded by scientists as a reasonable explanation of the vampire myth that has pervaded our history. Although vampire accounts of the past bear little resemblance to the dashing figure we romanticize today, these qualities may have contributed to our look at the vampire in film and fiction: pale skin, extended incisors, even the fear of the sun!"
Hey, Your close on that one.. My Family and I actually do have the hereditary disease Porphyria... Ours is AIP Acute intermittent Porphyria.. It's a sucky Liver problem, our strain is.. An on set can be brought about by chemicals and not eating the correct things.
Some cases of Porphyria Do show Blistering of the skin in Sun light, also know as Veragate Porphyria........ there are 8 known kinds of Porphyria. They have found some head way with hemotine... any how, Here is a link to it to get better versed on it..


http://www.bdid.com/porphyria.htm

Under strictly analytical perspective you can determine that while Vampires are folklore, in some sense they may have basis in facts. There can be no doubt that blood loss the kind of which Vampires are known for may in actuality have taken place in varying countries, the reason is however left to speculation.

I myself think based on what I've seen of alien sketches that the original Vampire, or Nosferatu looked remarkably like that of a Grey alien. This leads me to speculate that perhaps these were really abductions which left behind trace evidence in the form of scoop marks, etc. It's a fascinating concept really...
It sees to me that you are shifting the blame from one imaginary creature to another imaginary creature.

He's probably into politics. :D

It's not that imaginary. What I'm suggesting is these markings are similar to those found in abduction cases and therefore, instead of mystical Vampires being the culprit it's possible there is some relation.

PS I hate politics however I also don't even believe they exist, they're more like fantasy humans decided to believe in.