One thing that I haven't heard mentioned yet (although I do admit, I was reading fairly quickly and not following given links) is premature burial.

There've been a lot of documented cases, historically, of people being declared dead who actually weren't. So, picture this: you're living in a time when disease isn't understood.

Something starts going through the village... maybe even something like rabies, that can cause aggressive behaviour, aversion to water, hyperactive reflexes, insomnia, and general malaise along with a variety of other symptoms... someone remembers that someone died recently, and maybe there were odd noises heard around that person's grave... you dig it up and find that the person inside didn't just lie there quietly like a dead person should, but has blood on their hands from clawing at the inside of the coffin, maybe bit their lip and drew more blood, shows signs of having been awfully active in there.... In a superstitious time when the Church broke everything down into the works of God and the Devil and there wasn't a lot of education, one obvious solution could easily be that this is proof that the dead person was up and walking and feeding on the living.

Personally, I very much enjoy the poetic and sensual imagery of the modern vampire. That isn't incompatible with being curious about the history and folklore behind it, or knowing that it's an extremely romanticized version.

me too, but then again i'm no expert on these things

Is it true that if a vampire drinks the blood of a dead person that they will die as well?

Hmm, I don't know. I know in Anne Rice's novels it does but you probably knew that already and that's why you're asking.
I have a friend who knows a lot about the vampire legend and myths so I'll ask him and let you know.

Edit

Here, I found this:


Found this here: Anne Rice FAQ
I'll still ask my friend though. See what he knows about it.

i would welcome any random vampire information that anyone can provide

I heard that if you spill something, like beans they HAVE to count it no matter what.

you what?

ok im not gona arguee wit u cause i know im right but id just like to add that its the oreos comercial where the vampire suks the girls blod and says man thats alot of chocolate okydokey

right on!

That's ONE! ONE red bean... TWO! TWO red beans!

Okay, it's really embarrassing when I'm at work and I start giggling hysterically to myself... I'm glad there was no one near enough right then to notice.

THREE! THREE PINK NIKS! FOUR! FOUR GREEN JANIEL'S!

(blame boredom)

A question for you guys:

Is there a good series of Vampire books out there? Much like Rice's Vampire Chronicles, though since she's retired and since the quality of her work has declined since the early 90's I'm looking for something else.

Any ideas? I've heard a little bit about Vampire: The Masquerade, what is this? I've been told the TV series The Covenant was based on it, though it's some sort of RPG game?

Mad Manfred, check out author Tanith Lee and her vampire series "Blood Opera." There are three vampire novels of that series. The first book is called "Dark Dance"; the second book is called "A Personal Darkness" and the third and last in the series is called "Darkness, I".

Tanith Lee writes other vampire novels too. Here are some of them:
"A Blood of Roses"
"Sabella" (I've never read this one),
"White as Blood" and
"Vivia"...

Sorry, but I've been told to post this comparison pic here.....

Here are the proof

http://www.sherdog.net/forums/attachment.p...&postid=4271136

http://zs.buzus.bei.t-online.de/vampire.jpg

http://home.insightbb.com/~treyman/a.jpg

http://www.sherdog.net/forums/attachment.p...&postid=2242587


http://home.comcast.net/~robert.hughes/Nos_Thread.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~porkchopexpress69/buffynos.jpg

http://www.sherdog.net/forums/attachment.p...&postid=2233736

http://www.sherdog.net/forums/attachment.p...&postid=3497844

Here is what he say that prove he is a vampire:

http://www.sherdog.net/forums/showthread.p...0&pagenumber=38 scroll down a bit


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choking women
This was my girlfriends fantasy. She was turned on by me taking her breath away.

I think girls deep down want to be dominated by men. So lets choke them all.

Im not a creap

Its just some girls are real hot and spiking there drinks is how I can get a cheap feal and then maybe some sex.

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hurting women during sex
I dont know what it is... its like a rush in my brain. Hearing her scream with pain is like a drug!


If this is not enough check this one out

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i love biting a girl during sex

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stalking women
who here has sene this... did you ring the police

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im no vamp



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im invincible

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im a god among men

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we shall rule the earth!



Now that confirm that Nsoferatu exist!


Dont take this post seriously, it is a joke. But everything he say is true though. Remeber this is a joke!!!! Relax and have a good laugh!

You've never heard of that? I heard that vampires are obsessed with counting, that's why the Count on Sesame street does what he does

Either it's a joke, and is in extremely poor taste almost to the point of being offensive, or "everything he says is true" in which case this is not only a sign of serious mental disturbance but is criminal.

There's a difference between psychopathic behaviour and vampirism... possibly the former contributed to beliefs in the latter, but the fact that psychopaths exist does not prove that vampires exist.

Date rape, violent rape, and abusive behaviour are very real problems that many women have to deal with. I really find it difficult to "have a good laugh" about it.

true, bad taste in the "good laugh" department.

Vampirism is not a "freepass" to violent behavior, ( according to me) it much more of a style then a way of life.
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wonders how the vampires of today will be in 40 years.

Sorry... I just post that part to show that this bastard is one sick guy so people dont think everybody is picking on some poor innocent guy.

i wonder what it takes to become one or meet one?

yes they are real.

in america you call them republicans.

Well, let's sit back and look at modern technology and urban legend for a minute. Okay, vampires are supposed to drink blood and this would do one of two things to a victim. 1) Shock the hell out of them, thus making them file crazy amount of police reports and such, which would, I'm sure make headlines, and we would all know about it. 2) Kill them. With modern technology and forensic science, any kind of gruesome death is going to be investigated to the utmost extent. If a person was killed by a vampire, again there would be some sort of public record on it, at least a conspiracy if the government wanted to cover it up. We don't have any factual information to back vampires, so I think we are all safe from getting our necks gnawed on!

HELLO! Am I so transparent?

They are very much real.

Indeed

i'm going to stick my neck out here and annouce that vampires are just fiction, and have no hold in fact....

just stories....

The reason record never exist is because Matt Hughes and The Blade hunt them all down.

not every single one of them dude, there has to be atleast some that are still alive, right?

Yeah and I posted pic of him, he is on Matt Hughes' most wanted list.

vampires are not real they are made up from the man who created dracula which is also fiction the man that made up dracula called them vampires and named dracula after the romanian king vlad drakul also known as vlad the impaler look it up ! Baker101

Hey, BloodRayne hunts them too

They're not real. They're just people who call themselves vampires. It's a harmless hobby, I guess, as long as they're not really trying to drain people of blood.

I wonder how a myth like the vampires still exist, we have medical answer for the "blood lust" effect for some leucemia patient, the original vampires didn't drink blood the drinked the "life force" of it's victims through there dreams, corps will get bigger after do to trapped gas...

well I guess it's like religions or other shady concepts, no matter how good or how scientifically accurate your arguments are there still going to be "true believers".

That was his father.

Bram Stoker based his character "Count Dracula" on his son, Prince Draculya.

Based on scientific evidence Draculya had a rare (and proven) blood disorder.

This disorder made him highly addicted to the smell, texture and taste of blood. Unfortunately this disorder also causes the victim to be severely allergic to the substance that they are addicted to.

Hence, his pale pasty skin, puffy eyes and his sensitivity to the light. Overall, the reason for all his odd behaviour.

It's the same condition that eventually caused him to die of natural causes at a young age.

was that a pun?

Wow. someone did some reading somewhere

thanks, i read anything that on my way.
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but I still wonder what's the status of modern vampires in our sociaty, because in the early days they were an out let for the represt sensuality, but today it's everywhere...care to get me up to date?

okay, you know what? I think I need to have a word with all the skeptics out there. Take a look here, The unknown truth about vampires

So, basically what everyone has been saying...a group of people role-playing.

Role-playing is fine, so long as it doesn't go too far and accept that there are no true vampires.

There are however hundreds of idiotic individuals who wish they could be. Calling themselves and some believing themselves to be vampires they do stupid things such as injest or inject themselves with blood.

Funny how there was a serious lack of these individuals before Interview with the Vampire made it's big screen debut.

oooooh Mad Manfred i like your avatar....

and no what i said was not a pun...

Thanks, it's from Dawn of the Dead

Or maybe the thought of going public wasn't the best idea before the subject of vampires became a cool thing?

Well I don't know about an outlet, but sensuality is still a major part of it I'd say

I don't think they are idiotic, they enjoy their being....but its nothing supernatural, nothing like that at all.
Trust me, i hang out with one they are cool laid back people, quite passionate....with a dark, sexy (for lack of a better word) personalitly....guys got his own fan club >_>
Like, Nik said, maybe comming out wasnt the best idea untill vampirism was well known.
They are not role-playing, thats something left for games....like D&D...its their life style, thats it.

Okay. Point blank. There are no vampires, as much as you would like to believe that there are. It's just like love. It doesn't exist. Love is something that was made up by greedy florists, jewelers, and Hallmark to make money off of. Vampires are just something else to capitalize from. Hmm, I think I'll be a vampire for Halloween. Spend money on costume. I think I will buy Interview with the Vampire on DVD. Spend some more money. Etc, etc, etc. If you honestly believe that there are vampires, then I urge you to seek help. The only thing that's even close to a vampire are those people who are so caught up in the illusion of them that they want to believe that they are vampires. They drink blood and dress all goth and stuff. It's really retarded if you ask me. I'm not trying to argue with nayone, just stating my opinion, so I hope I didn't make anyone mad.

Key word being "your opinion" I think you need to meet one. Because, as everyone seems to think, "seeing is believing" and if not, I think they should be bit. (pun intended)

They dont drunk blood, per se, its more of a facination there of...
and they dont dress goth etc. leave that to the goths

Have you ever seen anything about the "vampires" in New Orleans? They are goth but they don't drink blood, they drink the closest thing to it...red wine. How lame-ola! I am facinated with certain things, i.e., the paranormal and All My Children, but I don't change my whole life and become a weirdo for it. I still like to pretend that I am at least a little normal. Maybe it is because I am probably a lot older than all of you. I have closed my mind to a lot of things over the years. Maybe two years ago, before I finanly found God, I would have agreed with you on the whole vampire thing, but not now. I have grown too much for that.

Thats ones in New Orleans, that place is full of drunks anyway.
Sometimes it depends on where you are, i for one, know how they are here.
They are cool laid back people, quite passionate....with a dark, sexy Personalitly....
they are just that, people, nothing more. its a simple fasination with blood, and a shadowy personalitly....