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Are Vampires "Real?"
Vampire myths date back thousands of years and originate from many different regions, from Asia to Eastern Europe, and reach as far back as ancient Babylonia and Greece (1). They are demons, the undead, living off of the blood and flesh of other beings (most prominently humans). They can take the form of many beasts, most memorably the bat. Vampires are characteristically pale, burned by sunlight and deterred with holy water, with prominent teeth and a penchant for seducing their victims. The only way to become a vampire is to be bitten by one. They sleep in coffins and only come out during the night. But what is the origin of this myth, of vampires? Is their origin rooted in biology? Are vampires “real?”
The rare and unusual disease, porphyria, may have been the beginning of vampires (1). Porphyria is a metabolic disorder that causes a malfunction in the production of heme, an iron-rich pigment essential in transporting oxygen in the blood. Symptoms from this disease include hypersensitivity to light, resulting in burning or blistering, psychiatric symptoms (like hallucinations), and seizures (3). People with more severe forms of porphyria suffer from extreme abdominal pain and acute delirium, and, due to irregularities in heme pigment, can have reddish mouths and teeth (1). Porphyria can also cause tissue damage and could make people’s teeth appear larger and more prominent due to gum tissue recession (5).
Traditional treatments for anemias like porphyria involved the consumption of animal blood. As a hereditary disease, porphyria would appear in families, small Transylvanian villages (where inbreeding probably occurred), and groups including the eastern European aristocracy (where more inbreeding definitely occurred; you’ve got to keep the blood line pure, after all) (4).
It is not difficult to draw connections between sufferers of porphyria and the vampire myth, ranging from hypersensitivity to sunlight, to pointy-looking teeth, to acute delirium and other hallucinations. It probably didn’t help that they were told to drink animal blood, either.
Another disease often attributed to inspiring vampire legends is rabies. Rabies is caused by a virus transmitted through wildlife, through an infected animal’s saliva, most commonly bats, skunks, raccoons, and other medium-sized mammals (2).
Since bats are commonly associated with vampires, (a second form), it could be inferred that people who contracted rabies from bats were thought to have been bitten by a vampire.
Rabies causes excessive saliva and foaming of the mouth and uncontrollable, painful throat spasms. The sufferer suffers from overwhelming thirst but cannot drink; they experience restlessness, agitation, paranoia, insomnia, hallucinations, and seizures. Eventually, if untreated, a person with rabies will enter a coma and die (2). It is also common for a sufferer of rabies to experience a hypersensitivity to, well, almost anything: light, strong smells (like garlic), and noise.
So, after a person was bitten by a bat or another animal behaving unusually, (with no fear of humans), they would present with symptoms not unlike the vampire of legend— unable to quench their thirst, hypersensitive to light and strong smells, and unable to sleep (causing them to roam around at night). Now, throw in the fact that the rabies sufferer would probably be agitated and might act violently toward other people, maybe even trying to bite them. As a Transylvanian villager, what would you believe?
Catalepsy, a physical condition that often presented with epilepsy, schizophrenia, and other disorders that affect the central nervous system, could also be attributed to inspiring vampire legend. During a cataleptic episode, a person “freezes up;” their muscles become rigid, heart rate and respiration slow down… they could very easily be mistaken for a corpse (1).
So imagine yourself a mourning relative, thinking your family member dead… when you find them clawing their way out of their casket, seemingly one of the “living dead.” What would you do?
Break out the garlic and holy water, that’s what.
Unexplained behaviors caused by unexplained diseases and disorders could have easily been the origin of vampire legend. It was their biology, not their damned soul or “uncontrollable thirst for blood” that made them vampires. Porphyria, rabies, and catalepsy, among other neurological and physical disorders, could have led people to believe that they were dealing with something, or someone, unnatural. It’s not that the cases weren’t real –according to this evidence, to these different diseases, they were—it’s that the so-called “vampires” were little more than people with unfortunate metabolic disorders, those who encountered a rabid skunk, or cataleptic schizophrenics.
“There are mysteries which men can only guess at,” wrote Bram Stoker, “which age by age they may solve only in part” (6). We cannot say for certain if these diseases were the cause, but through a summary of observations we can at least hope to decipher some of the mystery the creator of Count Dracula alludes to.
References:
1. http://science.howstuffworks.com/vampire5.htm
2. http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/Rabies-Topic-Overview
3. http://www.mayoclinic.org/porphyria/index.html
4. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/dracula7.html
5. http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/Porphyria-10646
6. http://www.litquotes.com/quote_author_resp.php?AName=Bram%20Stoker
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We're real
We are real...dont quote the vampires. I know you feel we should trust you, but, as vampires, we are a race that prefer to remain hidden. We do not necessarily like humans to know much about us, even the trusting ones. Where there is one that trusts and believes us there is a hundred that do not. We have learned this for ourselves and even though it may not seem fair, we feel it's for the best to keep our identities secret.
yes....okay i understand but
yes....okay i understand but plz just give us some information that is at least that way we aren't misleaded. just give us basics. that is all i ask of you
Vampires, real or not...
I really love twilight, true blood, vampires diaries, blue blood... Like for a year or so I have been obsessed with vampires. I don't know why my hand just written on the internet : Real vampires from real world and they're it was, this topic. I found it really interesting. I do believe that they're is some kind of vampires in real life. I'm not really scared. I just found it nice to know if it was real, like they're is probably people that are joking all the way... I don't believe in everything but I sure do think that they're is vampires in real life... not as tv or books but they're must be some. And everyone as they're own opinion and that's okay. Well who know ? It's a question on everyone minds and maybe we don't know it for our own good ? Anyway if somebody would know it, they would probably don't tell it.
Love- xxx
I'm glad not all humans are
I'm glad not all humans are set in sadly misled beliefs. Just know that Twilight is completely off, her thoughts of vampires is completely off, just like most human's. Now, what I like to think about in most "mythical" creatures is that they have or still do exist in some form. The thing is the stories of them get passed down and jumbled up as they go, then humans turn them into fairy tales to tell children and don't think they are real in any way. You're right to not be scared, we're not evil bloodsucking demons of the night. I may crave SMALL amounts of blood, but I'm never going to hunt someone down to bite them for it. We don't sparkle or melt in sunlight, but we are sensitive to it. For example I get extremely exhausted after short periods in the sun. I believe I am a vampire. And I am sharing this with the world, though I doubt it'll change their hard set beliefs, so the curious ones who believe can know. If there's anything else you want to know, I'll be watching this page and answering questions.
ok
when you posted about being a vampire on this page or whatever, you said i or we can ask simple questions. ok, i am just wondering, are there like rankings for different tyes of vampires, ok i know i just read your comment about not carving large emounts of blood and being monsters of the night and everything and well, are such things as like "level E vampires" that will die if they dont get large emounts of blood or something? is there such things as pureblooded vampires in your world(not like planet, just your life views and such) i read and watched (yes i was influenced by an animated vampire series called vampire knight by matsuri hino, it is made in japan) a pure blooded vampire has many more powers and abilities than lower ranked vampires simply because they have not let their own blood mix with humans and have in bred withing their families to keep the bloodline pure. many vampires of lower rankings are loyal to them as they have the ability to make the lower rankings obey(remember, i dont seriously believe your kind is like this just want to make sure if the author is correct) and the level E vampires fear. after the pure bloods or level A vampires, there are the aristocrat vampires, or level B, who may have a bloodline interfering with humans, causing you to have less power, even if your parents were both vamps, the bloodline was ruined by us lowlife humans. then there are the nobles, or sometimes called "peasants of the vampires"or level C, which is like having a father as a vampire, human and your mother was a level B vampire, vis-versa. then there is a level D vsmpire, there is no other name for it, but it is the slow transformation of being turned into a vampire by being bitten by a pure blood. only a pure blood can turn humans into vamps( i am not stating this as a fact, this is the authors opinion) and only that same pureblooded vampires blod ingested by the victim can stop the transformation, and will make the level D stays as they are, no matter how close they are to falling to level E. before you email a reply to me, i did not make this up i read and watched it from a hit TVseries(now ended) and i was just wondering if that was the truth. these vampires cn go into sunlight but are slightly sensitive to it and it gives them headaches. these vampires attend an academy that as a day class and night class, the night class is full of vampires, who know about the day class being humans, and the day class knows nothing about the nightclass being vampires.only two guardians know their secret. the school was created as a pacifism to make humans and vampires join instead of fight and drink or kill eachother. and in the school the vampires use tablets that have the taste, and supplements in it as human blood and they put them in water and substitute it for blood. it is kinda crazy to you isnt it, but if this is true, then i will believe you. i need to know.
it's true ?
it's true this ?
i feel that if you "vampires"
i feel that if you "vampires" want to be real in the eyes of those who think youre kind is cool then you'd help us. then again, go ahead and hide in the shadows while us "humans" that wish to become you drive ourselves insane.
please
all this twilight crap nw that is fake true blood that gets you thinking its so realistic better than twilight by far cumon if you saw a guy sparkling am sure you would be wondering vampires are a creature of the night and should come out at night a have never met one but hope to someday xxx
Vampires ARE real
Ok. VampireS are real. We don't sleep in coffins, we don't just come out at night, and we can eat human food sometimes. We don't always attack someone just because they bleed, we do have self control. Vampires won't sparkle or burst into flames when the sun hits our body's. We are stronger than the average person, and can run amazingly fast when needed to. Vampires, like ourselves, can be best friends with humans and the humans will never suspect a thing unless you tell them. That's alot to say to just some random people but you will never know who I am or any of my kind because we have lived in the shadows for many, many years. Trust me, I would know. I am living the life that everyone makes fun of. And so have my sisters. And if you want to meet one, you probably never will. Humans cannot be trusted.
i believe
i believe,that vampires are real.. but im still searching for them.. if u are a vampire..maybe we can meet somewhere and u can make me vampire too? i dont want to discuss it here.. please send me an e-mail:
Vampires
Hey my name is chris McDonald and im a dhvire. Im not a full blooded vampire, but i do carry vampire blood. I love to feed, and i cant turn u into a vampire. but i can turn u into a dhvire. And im hoping that we can meet somewhere too. Send me a message back at Serendips Exchange.
am curious,really so am
am curious,really so am guessing you are over a 100 years old rite. Please tell me you are kidding. Am guessing you look like a human been too. If you are a vampire i guess sometimes i could be talking to one haven't the slightest idea. Am guessing also that you don't age. I would need proof to believe this crop,or a better explanation
Vampires
Are you for real?
Vampires
Yes
those feel of "VAMPIRES"
man people saying here r fucking lie
if your a fucking vampire then WHY R YOU DOING IN THE INTERNET
TELLING THE WAYS YOU FUCKING LIVE AND BEING FUCKING HIDDEN
ITS RIDICULOUS LIKE WHY WOULD A FUCKING VAMPIRE WILL DO THAT
I totally agree. But I feel
I totally agree. But I feel it okay to share anonymously with the human race, I've tried openly telling friends, and I just get laughed at. I am glad I am not alone in my vampiric ways.
Interesting
I must say; i kind of, sort of find your writings interesting; by interesting, i'm not referring to vampires stuff; I’m not here to judge, vampire or not this isn't any of my business; i must say, i'm intrigued by your sarcasm, seems you're bored, fed up or something; but yet again, maybe i'm wrong.
Anyway, i'm not sure if you would reply to my comment or not; i sure hope you do thought; but in both cases,I just wanted you to know that i read what you've written and couldn't help but to comment :)
vampires
i belive that if vampires our real then you should not be scared to have a human friend or companion and dont try to put use humans down because if you still have a brain or remember you would know you were once human to so judge your blood drinking self before trying to judge us humans because at the end when this world is though you will be at the bottom of this earth burning and all of humanity will be in heaven with god and theres know way you will be aloud to enter the top of the earth because thats were the sun will shine the brightest so good luck to you sick people hwo think your vampires i am not one to judge but i love humans because i am one so dont put us dowm before you know what we able to do because we will always win at the end and thats my opinion
Vampires
I totally agree with you. I dont think that if vampires are really real, that unless your being attacked by a strogi, that you shouldnt be afraid of a vampire.
Many vampires are forced to
Many vampires are forced to live with humans, it's very rare or impossible for a vampire to be alone. Some vampires are born, others are made, but not all of us are made, remember that. We are not anti-god as you may believe, being a vampire isn't choice, it happens, many of us don't THINK we're vampires we KNOW we're vampires, we have physical characteristics that make it so. We're not evil as you may think.
Some of us can be trusted
if you really are a vampire, you would know that i, a regular human, can be trusted. just because some people hate or did something to offense you "vampires" that doesn't mean they speak and act like everyone else. i feel that you,Anonymous, must have had something bad to make you insecrue about humans. I just want you to know that if you really are a vampire(not that i believe it) you have to understand that some can be trusted you just have to be careful about it.
Vampires
We can't reveal ourselves because of fear of the Vulturi, the vampire council. Death is promised to those who reveal themselves to the humans. That is why you cannot be trusted.
lol i couldn't help myself
lol i couldn't help myself but laugh. Seeing is believing and until i come face to face with one,you guys will forever be a myth and ppl will always have something negative to say
The Cullens
Do you seriously think you are a vampire like the ones in Twilight? If so, then you are utterly mad. I know that there are people with the last name of Cullen, but I can assure you they are not vampires. I'm not saying that vampires don't exist, I'm just saying that Twilight is FICTION.
Ok if there was really
Ok if there was really vampires then bite me maybe I taste like a chicken maybe I dont but who cares make a believer out of me. I say that someone that claims to be a vampire is prob a quack. If there is really vampires then I want one to show me all these people on the internet who claim to be I would like to see. Not scared of nothing def not someone who says they some kind of physic vampire or whatever they are feeding off the energy over the internet and all that crapt and that is what it is and those stupid people are crapt.
are you serious or just
are you serious or just playing around? listen, i get it. you vampires have rules[that is if you're real] but what? you can get a trusting human to tell? if you live forever[if you're an immortal vampire]then the burden must be heavy especially if you live amongst humans.
human beliefs have warped the
human beliefs have warped the true facts about vampires we can die just like the rest of you
vampires
You always were the thought of vampires come from but you don't know. After reading this I under stood the truth of it all. But of course everyone wants to be a vampire. But everyone knows that nothing like that will ever happen to anyone.
Ok. We are real. We have
Ok. We are real. We have proof. So stop talking crap and stop saying all the myths about how we sleep in coffins and sparkle. We don't. But we are real. Trust me I would know!
I wish this site had a like
I wish this site had a like button, that was very truely stated
Dis comment is 4 da one who
Dis comment is 4 da one who says hes a vampire! Maybe u r or u r jst a crazy idiot tryin 2 give a little faith 2 da vampire belivers! 4 me well in someway i do believe in dem! Twilight is a great love story but is all ficitonal!! Its made up ok! So grow up!!n u reply if u read diz!!u challenge us 2 find one but mayb dey have a private life!mayb dats y no1 has ever encounter 1 in da 1st place!!
Mythical Truth
How many people in this world dream of becoming a vampire after reading Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga? How many girls fell in love with Edward Cullen’s fictional character which of course made Robert Pattinson’s image an instant vampire hottie? Many of us think its crazy yet the endless question of ‘What if’s’ and sincere wishes that these mythical creatures do exist is far from being wiped out.
So let’s say vampires are real. What is the first thing you’ll say when you come face to face with a vampire? Would you ask him his name or will you be scared to say anything at all? Would you run as fast as you can without looking back or stay and pinch yourself to know if you’re awake? There’s really nothing I can come up with but thousands of question.
And when you become a vampire, what’s the first thing you’re going to do? Would you hunt down and kill your enemies? Would you become a “vegetarian”? Do you want to see the world? Just like Bella, are you willing to give up your family and loved ones or opt to turning them like you instead? What if you’re not strong enough to resist your thirst for human blood? Will you become a monster and justify your nature? Will you be able to find some friends? Will you be ready to face that world if it might not even be close to what you have dreamed of? Have you ever thought that you might not exactly become what you expect like Stephenie Meyer’s description in her books? Would you still want to become one if vampires do live in coffins at night, burns in the sun and does not posses angel-like beauty after all? Not to mention you’d live like that forever, literally. I’m pretty sure you’d think twice, thrice, maybe more? Alright, that’s a little bit of an understatement, I guess. These are just some of the few crucial things to consider though since vampirism spells i-m-m-o-r-t-a--l-i-t-y and immortality means eternal boredom and loneliness if it wasn’t what you wanted. Worst if you have nothing to live for. At least, Bella has Edward. Your mind might be clouded with eagerness for infinite damnation, power and beauty to think clearly. Isn’t this a little bit shallow and self- centered motive to crave for this kind of existence? Obviously, it is. We all know that the quest for eternal life is as old as our history and the main reason is the love for oneself and power. Now tell me, why do you want to become a vampire? That’s right, the three basic reasons; immortality, beauty and power. You may already have decided what to do with all these situations or the attitude of crossing the bridge when you get there was the best option you can come up with.
But then again, I can’t stop people from believing that it is maybe, just maybe possible. Besides, this world we live in is full of mystery. Phenomenon of unexplained events and creatures or beings for that matter still lingers around us; which makes life more amazing. These little wonders give human minds something to work on to, right?
for those who are seeking....
I like you.
I like you.
Me too
me too
Do most of you even know what your talking about?
If Vampires were really what they are depicted in books and movies don't you think that they would have been caught already? There is possibility, probability even, that Vampires can go out in sunlight, maybe they just want the blood not need it, and also did you ever think that they might have a heart beat just like us? If they were so obvious as movies and books depict you could go out on the street and pick them out from the crowd. That I know I am not a Vampire but you never know, maybe I know some. If I do though I can't tell if they are. Well I hope that cleared up at least some of your questions, and put away some of the totally ridiculous myths that are out there. Also the person who wrote the "Careful what you wish for" comment is right. Vampires don't just go around feeding off of random people, they have donors or blood stored somewhere (hidden though) whether that be a blood bank or a hidden refridgerator. They are NOT as obvious as you think. If they are though, it's only because they want to be.
Careful what you wish for
The vampires who roam this earth are not as you woud expect they hide they hunt but are never caught. Many of them carry guns and never use their teeth. They shy away from sunlight and love to reign the dark nights. the battle that they fight has been going for thousands of years. When they feed or kill someone or something their eyes go a bright blue and their fangs begin to show. They don't kill humans they simply feed off them. The vampires own blood banks and places where blood can be sort out.Other people have said that vampires are savage when they feed but the vampires who roam the earth can pour it into a glass and drunk out of like wine. They have elders and only one can reign at a time since there is three of them. They are the most strongest, most fastest, most lithely things you have ever encounted.There are your guards or the Death Dealers who kill that is there job. There is a secret chamber in which is as old as the vampires itself they never enter it unless they are with an elder and always keep it locked away from prying eyes.
yeah, i saw underworld too,
yeah, i saw underworld too, ok. doesn't make it real.
have you ever met or
have you ever met or suspected any1 to be a vampire
wondering
you seem to think you know alot about vampires,are you one or do you even socialize with them! vampires kill to eat/stay alive so do humans or any other thing that wants to stay alive. blood is blood i personaly hate dead plasma cow blood is okay but for me does not have enough salt and tastes like veggies, human blood has salt it also has iron and other properties that you can taste. humans are parte of the food chain hench forth food for something else!like all cultures vampires have a chain of command like humans wicca ect do vampires exist? probebly! why would their be so many stories about them? everyone wants to be a vampire! why?maybey cause tv books make them look like glamoures fun things with lives full of exitmente. life is also exiting but you must work your life to make it exiting killing is not fun most people dont realize that if they existe and have a conciense it can be a heavy burden to carry no death comes unpunished what ever your race is.
Vampires
Okay i lvoe twilight (Books not the films :P) as much as the next person. I have my doubts about vampires but i think i still belive in them, they may not have mind reading abilities or super human strength but i belive that there is some form of vampire out there.
I dont think they are afftected by sunlight, garlice ect. But there is something out there! :D
some people think vampires
some people think vampires are real and some people think its crap! I think there are real vampires out there somewhere but its not like the kind of thing you read in books or see in movies. they dont sparkle or burn in the sun or stuff like that... some people will never get the chance to find out
To both of you, I am one of
To both of you, I am one of the people who believes to be a vampire, believe me if you will, most people don't but I'm telling truth. I don't burn in the sunlight, I'm not even extremely pale, but I am sensitive to the sun, a few minutes in it and I stumble and feel completely exhausted.
Screw the Twilight Crap.I want to know Truth..
Okay first of all this is ridiculous. When I was a child I was fascinated with everyone saying Vampires were real. And I still think to this day they are, but are just hidden from us. Then, Twilight comes out and everyone goes vampire crazy. I dont believe that is true, Bram Stoker's Dracula is the actual form of a vampire. People you can call me crzy but I will always believe there is such thing as a vampire. Do you believe?
they r hidding because humans r so inmature
My friend i'm glad u believe in us but we're not all that immortal i am one of them infact i'm the leader to summarize this 1. we dont shoot u we r strong and fast enough to catch a lonely human like a wild slow animal because to us u rnt just food ur our friends too and yes we do fight our cousins the WereWolves yes we're both real and 2. We're not all that invalnerable we can get killed like any other being but we do have something like venom in our bite it desolves humans so we can feed more if we drained a human there would be only bones left but we dont take in that far and we dont kill u less we're starving or we just raid a blood bank at night. but plz just leave vampires alone we r misunderstood beings yes we can kill u easy but ur numbers have grom 300 fold compared to us if we r lucky to have offspring they r either mortal and emune to vampiric blood or the go crazy with hunger and kill each other so plz all of u interested in us just plz let our legend die down Btw fyi WE ARNT DEAD AND WE DONT TURN INTO DANG BATS see this is why we dont jtrust u u met one of us and u think we're creepy and then u hate us we're lovng beings u donty have to hunt us down and kill us
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT THE
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT THE ACTUAL FACTS!!!!!!!!!!
I DONT KNOW WHAT I BELIEVE!
VAMPIRES COULD EXIST. GOD COULD EXIST, ALIENS COULD EXIST, HELL UNICORNS COULD EXIST!
I HAVE SEARCHED AND STUDIED VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING THERE IS ABOUT VAMPIRES, I WILL GIVE YOU THE FACTS AND LET YOU DECIDE.
I AM NOT HERE TO TELL YOU I AM A VAMPIRE OR TELL YOU THEY ARE DEFINITELY REAL, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE REDICULOUS TO BELIEVE A COMPLETE STRANGER ON THE INTERNET!
DONT BE MORONS PEOPLE!
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO BELIEVE IN GOD:
THERE IS A STORY ABOUT A VAMPIRE IN THE BIBLE. SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN EVER CREATED. NO, NOT EVE. EVE WAS NOT REALLY THE FIRST. THE FIRST WAS LILITH. AFTER GOD CREATED ADAM AND LILITH AS HIS WIFE HE TOLD THEM THE HAD TO PROCREATE OR, HAVE SEX, TO FURTHER THE HUMAN POPULATION. WELL ADAM WANTED TO ALWAY BE "ON TOP" DURING SEX AND LILITH COMPLAINED THAT SHE WOULD NO LONGER HAVE SEX WITH ADAM IF SHE COULD NOT BE IN THE DOMINANT "ON TOP" POSITION. ADAM COMPLAINED TO GOD AND GOD BEING THE SEXIST GOD THAT HE IS, BANISHED LILITH TO SOME SORT OF PLAIN OF HELL FOREVER DAMNED TO BE A VAMPIRE. THEN GOD CREATED EVE, ADAM'S SECOND WIFE.
THE STORY OF LILITH IS WHERE THE MYTH OF VAMPIRES STEALING AND KILLING CHILDREN CAME FROM.
ELIZABETH BATHORY:
SHE BELIEVED THAT IF SHE DRANK AND BATHED IN BLOOD, SHE WOULD STAY YOUTHFUL LONGER AND LIVE LONGER.
SHE KILLED HER SLAVE GIRLS TO ATTAIN THE BLOOD BUT WAS LATER CONVICTED AND PUT IN PRISON. SHE DIED 4 YRS LATER.
BLOOD ACTUALLY IS REJUVINATING:
SCIENTISTS HAVE PROVEN THAT IF YOU TAKE A 90 YR OLD PERSON AND GIVE THEM A BLOOD TRANSFUSION WITH SOMEONE'S BLOOD WHO IS ONLY 10 YRS OLD, IT DOES REJUVINATE THE OLD MAN AND CAN ASIST IN SPEEDY HEALING AND KEEP SICKNESS AT BAY. TO AN EXTENT!
PRESIDENT REGAN:
THE PRESIDENT ACTUALLY LIFTED A BAN ON VAMPIRE BLOOD RESEARCH.
ALLOWING SCIENTISTS TO STUDY THE EFFECTS ON INJECTING SUSPECTED "VAMPIRE BLOOD" INTO A NORMAL HEALTHY ANIMAL. THEN STUDYING THE REJUVINGATING PROPERTIES AND LONGER LIFE SPAN.
THIS PROJECT WAS NAMED THE "METHUSELAH PROJECT" AND STILL EXPERIMENTS ARE CONDUCTED UNDER THIS PROJECT AT THE SANTA ROSA INSTITUTE.
ACTUAL VAMPIRISM:
IT IS TRUE THAT SOME PEOPLE FEEL THE "NEED" TO DRINK HUMAN BLOOD.
GENERALLY IT IS BECAUSE OF SOME TYPE OF DEFICIENCY IN THE PERSON'S BODY. BUT IT IS WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT DRINKING HUMAN BLOOD REGULARLY DOES INCREASE YOUR LIFE SPAN, AND DOES KEEP YOU HEALTHIER (OFCOURSE IT HAS TO BE CLEAN BLOOD)
SO THERE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE FACTS. THE REAL FACTS BEHIND VAMPIRES.
DONT BELIEVE ME? GOOGLE IT ALL!
I PROMISE YOU ITS ALL VERY TRUE.
AS FOR ME, I BELIEVE THE FACTS. WHETHER VAMPIRES ARE LIKE THEY ARE IN THE MOVIES (WITH POWERS AND WHAT NOT) I DONT KNOW.
GOOD LUCK ON YOUR RESEARCH PEOPLE. I HOPE I'VE HELPED!
PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE MORE. I AM ALWAYS OPEN TO LEARN AND HERE OPINIONS.
Vampires. There are sooo
Vampires. There are sooo many legends and myths and so on about them, and many people in the world think its just a ridiculous old time legend or scary story or whatever. But I reaaally do believe that vampires exist today. I absolutely LOVE Twilight, and I would like to believe that all of the qualities of those vampires are real but I know that's not how real vampires are. I don't think they burn in the sun or can't be around garlic, but I do think they exist.
Why is it always about twilight?
Okay maybe I don't get teen fiction or I am just too vamped to see the joke. I am a true vampire lover I have been since I was a child, which in there world wasnt too many moons ago but long enough. Twilight was a good LOVE STORY and that was about it. The joke of sparkle skin and no fangs is a childs soother to the truth. Yes she gives a wonderful love story but as for the vampires they were as scary and dangerous as kittens. Fangs and normality to fitting in would have been a more realistic look into the reality realm of Vampires and more of a justice to their way of life.
vanpires
do you think vanpires are real some people do some people dont
but anyway if you didnt watch twilight please if your parents say
no well i dont no what to say but if your parents say yes watch it
with a friend or one of your family members. Anyway twilight is
so awesome please watch it .... bye
The great storie of Twilight and vamps
Hay all ya you are right Twilight is an awsome storie I am a big fan,but deep down I believe in vampires and all you Twilight,vamp haters chill out it is not like we drink your blood or do anyt to you and it does not mean if we like it we drink blood.Some ppl may think i'm weird but that is their prob why don't you get a live and leave us alone with our believes
So chill out al you haters...
Yes twilight is great and I
Yes twilight is great and I just read new moon...I am quickly becoming obsessed...must buy the next 2 books