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To People Claiming to be Vampires
As I’m guessing many regular visitors know, vampirism has been a big subject recently. Many people have come forward claiming to be one and writing stories about their “experiences”. I find this very interesting in this time, with vampires being so popular. Lets explore this.
Stories of vampirism have been around for hundreds, even thousands, of years but back then they were seen as monsters sneaking into your home to suck the very life essence out of you. There were thousands of deaths blamed on them, leading to corpses being dug up and mutilated in the name of the safety of the village. Of course, nobody came forward claiming to be a vampire, and that’s understandable. But in the “age of enlightenment”, still nobody stepped forward with these claims.
In fact there is no real documented evidence of people stepping forward claiming to be a vampire in any form at that time. The earliest that this can be seen happening was in the mid to late 1920’s. Why is this? By this time in history, stories of vampires had died down drastically. Science had come to the forefront and monsters and myths dropped to the way side. Here’s the answer – Dracula. Bram Stoker published his most famous novel in 1897, but it was met with luke warm reviews and sales. It’s popularity only picked up after a stage adaptation in 1924. It began traveling across the country, telling a story of immortal love and the strange sexuality of the vampire. It stuck in peoples minds. The romantic tones being gripped by the repressed society of the time.
Claims of oneself being a vampire has steadily grown since then. Dracula, going on to become the second most used character in stage and film just behind Sherlock Holmes. It sticks with people, someone being so sexy and never having to die. It’s a concept that everyone wants. But, sometimes you have to step back and look at the science and psychology of it.
Getting to the bare bones concept of it, it’s human instinct to want to stay alive. We naturally fear death because of the sheer inability to understand it and what’s beyond it. The mind is always subconsciously looking for a way to stay alive. This is why the idea of immortality is so appealing. One thing that differentiates us from the animals is our imagination. Imagination is the ability to form concepts that are not perceived by the senses. The imagination is used to solve problems. It is the part of the brain we use when we make theories. We use the same part of our brain to tell stories. It is when these concepts blend that people could become confused.
Now on to immortality. The simple answer is that it’s impossible. Death is the natural end of the life process. Nothing lasts forever. Rocks, metal, everything disintegrates. Everything in your life deteriorates at your body and mind. The moment you are born, your body starts to break down. The food we eat, the air we breath, the water we drink all causes damage to our bodies throughout our lives. There are ways to prolong the lifespan but you can’t stop the inevitable.
Now on to the preconceived concepts of vampires. In almost all original myth, vampires did not have fangs. In most cultures, the vampires drinking of blood was called the kiss of the vampire. Fangs only came into the public consciousness within the last century. Another concept that’s actually new to vampires is the pain and death from sunlight. This also started within the last century, in fact, most original myths on vampires say that they can be out during the day. To think that we are only conceivably getting close to the real thing now would be extremely egotistical. This can also be said about the misconceptions about werewolves. Almost all of what our society knows about werewolves, changing during a full moon, being infected through bite, the only way to kill them is with a silver bullet, all came from the movie The Wolfman in 1941.
What is in blood that vampires need anyway? Blood consists of red and white blood cells, blood plasma (which is 90% water), proteins, minerals, glucose, hormones, oxygen, carbon dioxide, eukocytes, platelets, hemoglobin and waste from the body. All of that would either already be in their blood or be easy to get in hundreds of other ways. We are meant to believe that this “virus” will mutate the body, but no virus is selective mutagenic, as in growing fangs, or “upping” strength, or changing the body to digest large amounts of blood. In fact, besides evolution itself, there is no known mutation that is beneficial to the being, most mutation is degenerative.
Here’s a list of normal things to millions of people. Some of them may be rare but not unheard of.
- Paleness
- Photosensitivity (easily burned by the sun)
- Changing of eye color
- Varying strength
- “Fangs”
- A craving for blood
- Being more comfortable in the dark
- Heightened sexual appetite
- A ring around the iris
- Low, or high, body heat
- A dislike for garlic or holy objects
- A seemingly slow age progression
- An inability to tan
These are all semi normal things and does not mean you are a vampire.
Porphyria is brought up many times connected to vampires. Here’s a quote from a friend on the Talk Paranormal forum named UglyNRude. “This theory was written in 1985 biochemist David Dolphin proposed that the vampires of folklore may actually have been people suffering from porphyria, a group of rare, largely hereditary blood diseases. According to the Times account of his remarks:
(1) Porphyria victims are extraordinarily sensitive to sunlight. Even mild exposure can cause severe disfigurement. Facial skin may scar, the nose and fingers may fall off, and the lips and gums may become so taut that the teeth project like fangs.
(2) To avoid sunlight, people with serious cases of porphyria go out only at night, just like Dracula.
(3) Today porphyria can be treated with injections of blood products. Centuries ago, porphyria victims might have sought to treat themselves by drinking blood.
(4) Porphyria is inherited, but the symptoms may not manifest themselves until brought on by stress. Suppose a sibling with an active case of the disease bites you to quench his thirst for blood. Très stressful, non? Suddenly your own latent porphyria goes critical and you start growing fangs too.
(5) Garlic contains a chemical that worsens porphyria symptoms, causing sufferers to avoid it. Just like vampires.
Just one problem. People with porphyria aren’t vampires, and there’s no reason to think that the vampires of folklore had the disease (or existed at all). To respond point by point:
(1) Porphyria comprises seven separate disorders. Skin problems are a fairly common symptom, but only the rarest form–congenital erythropoietic porphyria–causes severe disfigurement. Just 200 cases of this disease have been diagnosed, surely too few to account for the widespread belief in vampires. In any case, alleged vampires exhumed in the 18th century typically weren’t disfigured but appeared as they had in life (except for being dead, of course).
(2) The idea that vampires abhor sunlight was an invention of fiction writers. In Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries, vampires were sometimes reported to have been sighted during the day. Bram Stoker’s Dracula was deathly pale, but folkloric vampires, in the Balkans anyway, were said to be ruddy-faced due to blood consumption.
(3) Porphyria victims don’t crave blood. Drinking blood will not alleviate their symptoms, nor has there ever been a general belief that it would. The blood chemicals porphyria victims need do not survive digestion.
(4) No one has proved that garlic worsens porphyria.
If a vampires existed according to legend they would of destroyed their blood source in less then 3 years. Every person they supposedly turn into a vampire then claims more victims so the multiplication would wipe themselves out.”
I have a section on the science of vampires in my article The Vampire Compendium if you’d like to know more.
The human mind can convince itself of anything and just because you think you are a vampire, it doesn’t mean you are. I find it funny that with the popularity of vampires in the media, they are all of a sudden popping up everywhere. The fact that this happens makes me severely question when someone shows up claiming to be a blood sucker. Any regular visitor to the site will have noticed that these supposed vampires practically popped up out of nowhere, and if we are meant to believe that they have been around this whole time, why haven’t they shown up sooner? This reminds me of an article in an old news paper my grandfather had. It was from 1934 and it was about people claiming to be gangsters even though they had legal, mundane, jobs. Basically, they believed what they wanted to believe.
So, like I said, just because you want to be a vampire, it doesn’t mean you are.
Written by Bracket, Copyright 2009 VampireTruth.com
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August 20th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Bracket,
This is beautiful, I loved every part of it. Thank you for sharing. Oh another thing, you descriped me here:
‘Changing of eye color, Being more comfortable in the dark, Heightened sexual appetite,
A ring around the iris’
No I don’t think I’m a ‘vampire’ now, but I wonder how many vampires we will find in here.
I want to suck your blood…. keep smiling….
August 20th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Awesome article, Bracket…..it’s obvious you’ve done your research. As with the Vampire Compendium, I see that so many “traits” of vampires didn’t even exist before the imagination of writers and storytellers put them there.
Of course it’s a good point that immortality has its appeal. Not for me personally…..I would get tired and just want it to be done at some point. However wanting something to be true can’t make it so.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
This was really great. Very well written and informative. Now let’s just wait for all the twelve- I mean 150 year old “vampires” to add thair two cents. Thanks for the wonderful read!
August 20th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Bravo…. Thanks!
You and eye see I to I.
August 20th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Note to all – We have Discussions about Vampires going on in our forum ~ http://www.talkparanormal.com/forum-73.html. Head on over and see what’s going on.
August 20th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Bracket, absolutely right this is just a current phase that is going on, no need to mention why, or the name of the movie, maybe next year we’ll all be smurfs!
August 20th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
CMF
Wait, that doesn’t seem right. I can’t quite put my finger on it though.
August 20th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Karen, I used to pretend I was a smurf! Does this mean I’m a trendsetter??
August 20th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Karen M.
Yeah.
I can’t believe they’re making that movie by the way.
August 20th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
LOL, Jamie, yes you are except if you still live in your mushroom house!
August 20th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
You guys are too funny! I am sitting here at work, laughing my butt off! Oh, how totally Smurfy!!!!!!!!!
August 20th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
I’ve noticed that anybody who has been claiming to be a vampire has not commented yet.
August 20th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
They foreclosed on that mushroom house years ago!
August 20th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
That’s simple Bracket, it is because your article outweighs all of their imaginary symptoms, thus they have to tell their story, cause they know that they wouldn’t have a leg to stand on here!
August 20th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
I guess it totally annoys you, huh? I’m a smurf! I’m really small, I live in a mushroom and I have pointy ears. Umm I get stepped on sometimes. Everybody will prob be werewolves. Elves and witches. Lawl.
August 20th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
haha if they didnt drain their prey dry, they might turn, but usually you need an exchange of blood, so the vampire blood has to be in you in order to supposedly turn, so if every vampire that preyed on a human did n exchange of blood, then they all be turned, but if you just prey on them n drain them dry, they wouldnt have a chance to turn.
August 20th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
i know ghost R real 4 sure cuz ive seen some,but vampires i ive never seen any and theres no solid proof but who knows everythings possible. thnx 4 tha sharing.
August 21st, 2009 at 12:13 am
i can honestly say that it sounds like a medical condition with the psychic part of it to make it believable i don’t disbelieve i just have no attraction to vampire movies or stories or books i’m more into ghosts and legends.
August 21st, 2009 at 1:38 am
I cannot believe why anyone would believe they are a vampire – attention seeking teens…tsk!
August 21st, 2009 at 6:40 am
Ichigo, yeah it annoys me, lol, that’s ok cause I’m that WINX FAIRY named Flora, and be careful, cause I have special powers
OK I must stop before Bracket gets mad at me for talking about smurfs on his article!!
August 21st, 2009 at 7:07 am
Let me be serious that prophyria, I’ve never heard of that, and your fingers can fall off?? I would imagine that if only 200 people were diagnosted, then back in the old days when they didn’t understand things, they would of thought someone was a vampire. That is so gross, I’ve heard of fingers being amputated because of frost bite, but never the sun. Way back when there was no understanding of these disease, I bet those people were social outcasts, adding more to the mystery, and another thing, I heard that digesting large amounts of blood can make you sick and you’re right blood has no nutritional values nor is blood a staple food that you can solely live off of.
August 21st, 2009 at 7:20 am
you do realize vampires don’t announce it in public because then 80% of the time peoplewant to either kill them or capture them for scientific experimentation and other crap like that.
August 21st, 2009 at 7:30 am
PS Bracket # 4 “très stressful, non?” Est-ce que tu parle français?
August 21st, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Also I guess you’re right on vampires abhor the sunlight, which was the imagination of fiction writer’s, cause it’s true, things are scarier in the night than in the day!
August 21st, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Karen, you obviously have never heard of Lepers….. people with leperocy have deteriorating skin which inevitably leads to death, prophyria is almost the same thing in sunlight with someone, they tend to avoid it, it was a popular disease a long time ago before modern medicine.
August 21st, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Xavier, of course I’ve heard of leprosy,and it still exsits, but I’ve never heard of someone who thought they were a vampire! By the way no disease is popular!
August 21st, 2009 at 4:51 pm
Yeah. I think there’s still a nice chance them and other magical creatures.I’m a big believer in Asian and Japanese paranormal creatures and such.
August 21st, 2009 at 5:00 pm
PS for being 148 years old, you got alot to learn kid!
August 21st, 2009 at 5:16 pm
ive heard of that disease that made people avoid the sun and have pale skin. so people a long time ago could of easily thought they were ‘vampires’ since there was no scientific explanation.
August 21st, 2009 at 5:21 pm
cesar f. Leprosy still exsits in parts of the world today! Leprosy is the bibllical term for Hansen’s disease!
August 21st, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Luver Girl
“if they didnt drain their prey dry, they might turn, but usually you need an exchange of blood, so the vampire blood has to be in you in order to supposedly turn”
That’s actually a semi new concept from movies like Coppola’s Dracula.
August 21st, 2009 at 6:19 pm
Xavier
“you do realize vampires don’t announce it in public because then 80% of the time peoplewant to either kill them or capture them for scientific experimentation and other crap like that.”
But they do. This is a public forum. It’s for anybody. I’d like to hear your thoughts on the rest of the article.
August 21st, 2009 at 6:21 pm
I’d like to add that for being 180 something years old, and spending most of that time with other old vampires, you use alot of modern language.
August 22nd, 2009 at 8:05 am
Ok, Karen, by “popular” I meant it was the big scare not as in ooo I want that disease so bad so please think before you reply.
Bracket you do realize even though I do not progress as much as a normal human time does and thus I must learn more just like modern language things are constantly evolving around us and they must change to adapt also.
August 22nd, 2009 at 8:07 am
Oh yes, almost forgot, Bracket, I was actually talking about announcing it in public like in the middle of a town meeting or something like that where it isn’t behind a computer screen.
August 22nd, 2009 at 9:31 am
LOL I just have to translate what my 8 year old daughter said, when I asked her if she believed in vampires…………”No, they only exsit in movies!” Ha ha LOL Xavier!
ha ha she believes in Santa Claus but not you, you just got slammed by an 8 year old!
August 22nd, 2009 at 5:07 pm
karen, whether you believe someone or something or whether you don’t.. I find that you are very immature and condescending of others. You will probably even make an immature and/or condescending remark to or about me now, right? wow…
August 22nd, 2009 at 5:23 pm
I agree with Karen. How is she immature? that’s about one of THE most mature comments made so far on this thread.
August 22nd, 2009 at 5:31 pm
I am in no way immature nor condescending Jamie!
August 22nd, 2009 at 7:10 pm
please…. you’re so mocking of others… if you dont like reading other people’s stuff with respect, then don’t read…
ha ha she believes in Santa Claus but not you, you just got slammed by an 8 year old!
see this above? you can disagree with Xavier without saying such immature things… you need to grow up
August 22nd, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Jamie, you are on his maturity level, if you believe this story
August 22nd, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Xavier
It’s starting to seem like you’re avoiding the article and just focusing on comments.
Jamie
Karen is not being immature. She’s speaking her mind and telling us what her daughter thinks. If you’re going to comment here, atleast stick to the topic instead of complaining about commenters.
August 22nd, 2009 at 8:38 pm
jamie you said with respect, there is none if you don’t respect my opinion, so we are all here to voice our opinions!
August 23rd, 2009 at 1:16 am
ok seriously, karen, if you think im on “his maturity level if I believe him” why do you keep leaving comments on all of this if you think it’s fake.
August 23rd, 2009 at 8:38 am
Karen, I’ve only read some of your comments….hope you stop by the forum soon! I find you to be extremely mature in your comments…..and I do get your sense of humor.
Xavier, you present an interesting story…..but it just seems to me like you have done an extensive amount of research and made it into your life history. It will make you a fascinating author someday….but no, I don’t believe you’re a vampire. I don’t even believe that you believe it. I think you are a gifted writer with an incredible imagination. If this offends you I’m sorry. I said the words “I don’t believe”….I didn’t say “you are not”.
Bracket, again, thank you for sharing this informative article here. I realize that the people here who believe they are vampires shall continue to do so regardless of what evidence is shown. It’s like anything else….if you want to believe it, no evidence will be convincing enough. However it has given those who believe this to be true many issues to address.
August 23rd, 2009 at 9:05 am
Because I have the right , to express my opinion, just like you!
August 23rd, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Also if you are a vampire, what are you doing on this computer all day long, surely you should be sleeping in your coffin as you would be so busy at night finding people to bite that you would be too knackered to be one here… just a thought
August 23rd, 2009 at 2:15 pm
maybe more people are claiming to be vampires now because they won’t be staked through the heart? idk
good article
August 24th, 2009 at 11:27 am
I would just like to clarify that the Jamie with no sense of humor is not me. As always, I think you’re hilarious, Karen!!
August 24th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Other Jamie… people leave comments to let the children know they’re not fooling anyone. And, if anyone is being disrespectful, it’s Xavier. He’s been crabby the entire time, and he needs a nap!!
August 24th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Karen M.
Don’t let them get you down. I’m being scolded on another post because I said I didn’t fully believe the story and I thought that maybe the drug use had a little something to do with it. Don’t let anyone attack you. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions!
August 24th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Right. But they wouldn’t have been staked through the heart 3 or 4 years ago either… before a certain movie came out. I wonder where they were then?
August 27th, 2009 at 3:56 am
Thank-you Jamie and DarStarr, That’s why I put the M. on my name, there’s another Karen on here somewhere that isn’t me!
August 27th, 2009 at 4:59 am
I like the publicity next to this article, that says “Porphyria Vampires”: Natural treatment for all ailments!
August 27th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
you are very welcome! I’ve got your back!
September 1st, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Actually, scarygirl67
I am writing a book, but it is not fantasy and it something I feel very strong about the book is entitled “Religion Versus Logic: the relations and facts”
September 10th, 2009 at 10:23 am
if vampires do exist they would to feed on 12 people every night, this is because blood is not a good source of energy
Ever wonder why blood sucking animals and insects are so small?
September 12th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
Greetings to all. “Bracket” I find your articles as intriguing as I find your character. I must say well done in your research on the subject. Luck to you in your quest for truth and knowledge. Bare caution dear “Bracket” while in your travels to seek what you wish to learn, the guiles of many do not lend truth to the few.
September 13th, 2009 at 2:15 am
Ellie
Interesting, but knowledge is for the many to learn at their own accord.
September 13th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
ok let me apoligize first beforehand incase what i say next offends anyone. I just dont belive in vampires the very least the kind in movies.i was shy in highschool and hung out with a few of the loner kids a few of them being “goth” i never was though can’t stand to ware black.anyways this girl was always claiming to be a vampire/ satanist. she came up wih some dozies about certin people/creatures she knew. what i chalked it up to be is that she was trying to make herself seem intersting and differn’t. I really wish she just would of been herself and not made up all that stuff about being a vampire/witch She had plentl of real qualities to offer people she didn’t need to. I’m saying this becuase i think some people ou there that claim to be a vampire have low self asteem and are trying to make themselves out as special. its sad that they dont already know tat they are specail and can stop the cherade/act.
September 14th, 2009 at 3:44 am
jennieboo
I don’t think you insulted anyone, infact, i believe the same thing. That’s why i wrote this.
September 16th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
hay everyone i would like to say that was a good read and thank you i am a beliver but i hate it when people just are coming out saying they are a vamp when they are not and it is only since twilight came out wich i love but thats not the ponit it is just that people are trying to be cool because they have made them self to belive. I and my little sister and little brouther all our eyes change i have a ring around the iris i am all ways worm but that dont mean i am a vampier and i dont think i am one because there is to much stuff to count in and not to and if you are lying y so you can be cool but any way i am a beliver and i dont like people claming to be a vampier sorry to just go on and on
September 18th, 2009 at 12:10 am
sexygirl
Thanks for not jumping to conclusions.
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:42 pm
I think that people that claimed to be vampires didnt hav an efficient way enough for it to spread around fast back then… unlike now since we could email some one in japan in a milisecond from Winsconsin. It can spread faster now. And they had to worry about people that would try to kill them because they’d think a vampire was endangering thier village or town. Or think they were a monster. In my opinion. And im not claiming to be a vampire or say i know a vampire. But what i do know, Is that they exist. You don’t need to see something to beleive it. Like albino giraffe’s. iv’e never seen 1. But some people say they exist. And some people say they don’t exist. That’s all im sayin’.
October 12th, 2009 at 11:49 am
Bracket, just want to say you come at a nice angle on the vampire subject here, congratulation. You said it in words I could not.
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Note from Admin: Orion’s comment has been published as its own story – Vampires Keeping Away From the Public Eye
October 21st, 2009 at 1:32 am
U wrote a lot there…. Well the one thing I paid any attention to is that u dont seem to believe in something called a SOUL. These things last forever. U dont just cease to exsist just cuz u died. Isnt that kind of bleak and depressing and scary? Naw man, we go on to better things. Better worlds, better lives. I’ll say no more. No I dont care what anyone says to this, I said my bit, I’m done. God bless.
Kuva \|/
October 26th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
If vampires existed, and if a human turned into a vampire if bitten, then the whole world would be vampires in no time!
And you’re right, there are a lot of “symptoms for vampirism” that are perfectly normal. Me for example, I’m pale, I have sharp teeth, sunlight gives me headaches and a fever, I look many years younger than my actual age, I’m never hungry for real food, and I have very cold skin.
I have anemia, and that explains probably explain most of these symptoms. And both my grandmother and mother were also “allergic” to sunlight – it runs in the familly.
October 29th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Elizabeth
Perhaps Vampirism isnt a virus, but is inherited. You COULD be a vampire and not even realize it..lol this world is so mysterious…
November 4th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
“i know ghost R real 4 sure cuz ive seen some,but vampires i ive never seen any and theres no solid proof but who knows everythings possible. thnx 4 tha sharing.”
No soli proof??? HAHAHAH theres no proof at all. Vampires are a made up demon that they used to blame deaths on they couldnt explain.
You dont see deaths now in the hospital, in the news where someone was completely drained of blood through being bitten now do you???
Funny that!!
I love this, thankyou for taking the time to put people right. Lets hope those who think they are vampires dont hurt anyone!!
November 11th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
ya i know that is very funny that ppl thinks that vampires are real but they are not real cus my greatgrandma is 96 yrs old and she never seen a vampire in her life so ya keep thinking that vampires are real but they are not !
~*amber*~
November 21st, 2009 at 9:18 am
let people believe what they choose to believe, its freedom of speach, we all have our own views and shoud respect other peoples weather you believe them or not.
December 1st, 2009 at 9:12 am
very beautiful “essay”. Its the people’s choice of belief.
Even though line of debate regarding the existance of vampires is very thin. Least the myth remains.
December 3rd, 2009 at 12:14 pm
impressive article, bracket
it’s just such a shame when some homosapiens that eat like a pig and sleep like they’re dead in addition blowing their stories of themselves being a vampires and wanted to be left alone. I just wish Usain Bolt is a vampire and he’ll claims that he can run real fast and the reason that he holds the world record is because he’s a bloody vampire.
I get annoyed when ignorant human that claim themselves to be part of vampire or is vampire or they want vampire babies so bad plus their famous lines, “i bite, but not hard” bla bla “bite me” and yadas
and,
as we know as a fact, if something is true, there must be a solid evidence or prove.
p/s : DO show me some evidence if you have anything you can show me bout vampires.
to whom who thinks themsleves are vampires, think to yourselves whether you really are and forget bout the vampire kissing movies and tell your parents you’re sorry because you think you’re a vampire.
sorry, bracket for makin too much noise here, I back to propose along with agreesion upon your well written article
December 10th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Vampire’s is not real ! There is not such a thing as a vampire !
If vampire’s were real, i wish to meet one of them ! I like vampires !!!
December 13th, 2009 at 7:03 am
those hu claim to be vampires or so childish .. i mean like hu would want to announce to the whole world tat you’re a vampire and get killed .. there r so many legends about vampires as u do ur research .. some may be true some may not .. mayb sometimes things a better to be kept unkown
December 18th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
Wow, great information :3
January 2nd, 2010 at 9:40 pm
The only people that have come foward to claim they are vampires are here on the internet. Why not go public? Are you scared of us “weak” humans? I know I always mention the doctor visit for some test or lab or something? Dont worry, by law we cant lock you up or keep you captive. The Human rights group would be all over that, if they want to protect terrorists, you are safe. I just need proof, which all of you here are scared to get. I think Imma vampire, I think I got bit by a vampire. Out of all the number of accounts each of you have to seeing one, I think you would start to carry a camera with you for some photo evidence. I know the UFO people are cooks and their proof is often deemed fake, but at least they try. Can you see your reflection in a mirror, are there family pics of you? I know though, that only happens in the movies, which you guys always say. Hold your blood thirst for as long as you can, then have a friend with a video camera record you sucking blood out of an animal when you just cant resist that temptation any lobger. If you suck that thing dry, without getting sick, I would have my proof, and yall would hear me no more. I know, “real” vampires dont feed on animals, thats only in the movies.
January 3rd, 2010 at 1:39 am
To genevieve- good luck trying to see proof. Ive been saying that in every single response. Still, they are SCARED and want go get any proof. They would rather hide in the shadows of fear. Funny, they call us the weak ones!!
January 3rd, 2010 at 4:50 am
Bracket,
Wow i am actually spechless. Very well written article. I would really like to know more if you dont mind. When i came to this site and read the articles and everyones comment i have to admit a small part of me started to believe although i am very confused and honestly dont really know much about vampires.i want to thank you for clearing it up for me. Everything you’ve written in your articicle makes perfect sence to me. I thank you for writing this and i hope you decide to write more. I enjoy hearing what you have to say. Peace n love
P.s. Sorrt about the spelling, using a touch screen
January 16th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
Mandee
Thank you for the response. If you would like to read another article i wrote on vampires, i’d recommend the Vampire Compendium. It’s less about the science of vampires (although there is a section on that too) but more about the background and mythology of vampires from around the world. There’s a link to it in the above article.
It’s also the first article you see when you visit the site.
January 17th, 2010 at 4:13 am
Love the article.
I always found it odd that some people claim to be vampires just because of a few conditions, like pophyria. If someone is really a vampire they shouldn’t really announce it to the world. People will never leave you alone. Its just a little suggestion. By the way, I love vampires!
Cherish
January 26th, 2010 at 8:44 am
to PantyCricket,
thanks but i won’t even try lol because I’m certain that there’s no such thing on this world.
February 3rd, 2010 at 6:11 pm
please tell me who do you become a vampire my freinds think really weird about my obsession of it but it is relly important.
February 8th, 2010 at 10:00 pm
i enjoyed this article… it kinda calmed me down (i just commented something stupid on another post)
with all the myths and made up stories out there, if something weird happens to our body we start thinking we may be something “supernatural”…
i guess i should go and see a doctor…
February 24th, 2010 at 10:40 am
Bracket, nice article. By the way has the “vampire” or Samantha read this?
February 24th, 2010 at 11:42 am
I loved the other article too. This one is also interesting. But I think that although some humans do have these traits, I don’t think that any human has ALL of them or even almost all. I believe that only a vampire would have all or almost all of those traits. Some vampires are told, find out from some factual source, or just know that they are what they are. what I don’t understand is that why did you post a story saying that people are not vampires and saying humans are like this when you posted a whole other story about what you know and believe and what vampires look like. I’d say it’s ironic because I don’t have another word for it. I’m sorry if I am offending you in any way and these are my true thoughts. I even had it on a post-it to remember. But your articles and postings are still awesome, keep up the great work! ^,.,^
February 24th, 2010 at 10:44 pm
Anya
I have no clue. Infact, i’ve been waiting for someone claiming to be a vampire to comment on here. They all seem to avoid this article. What’s that tell you.
Aquamairne
The Vampire Compendium isn’t what i believe. I’ve investigated the mythology’s and history of vampirism because it interested me, but that doesn’t mean i believe it. That article was just meant to be informative.
February 28th, 2010 at 7:02 pm
Very nice Bracket. I have two of those things that you listed haha.
I can tan, but my legs wont tan for some reason.
My eyes change color like when I cry they turn a blueish green. But more blue.