it's a vampire real?

Answer 1

Not the immortal, neck biting, sun-avoiding Hollywood/literature variety.

Originally when illnesses would sweep through villages and people would start getting sick and dying rather suddenly, people didn't know what was happening since medical science was very limited in those days. They also tended to be very superstitious. If one person in a family died and then somone else close to them would get sick and die a short time later, they believed that it was the first person who died who had returned from the dead and was draining everyone else of their lifeforce too. They would exume the bodies, and since the science of decomposition also wasn't known back then, they would mistake a lot of normal, natural things for proof that this person had left their grave recently. Things like blood around the mouth of the corpse, or the cheeks would be reddish instead of pale. When they would stake them to "kill" the vampire, sometimes air would escape through their throat/vocal chords and it would sound like a moan. There are documented cases of these things happening, and people a long time ago took this as further proof that it was possible for people to return from their graves and feed on the living.

Bram Stoker didn't come up with the idea of the vampire legend (it was around a long long time before he was born), but he made a few modifcations and turned the legend into how it is mostly known today, as well as came up with the most famous vampire character. Dracula was named after a real person, but Count Vlad the Impaler was actually never thought of as being a vampire previously and there really aren't many similarities between the two. Most researchers don't believe Stoker actually knew that much about Count Vlad, he merely used his namesake and the region he was from in the story.

There are, however, real people who practice vampirism, and they do drink blood (from willing donors, usually other "vampires"), and some of them even go so far as to have artificial fangs. I saw this person on tv once that even slept in a coffin cause she was just so fascinated with the vampire culture.

Psychic vampirism is just a term that refers to people who take and take from you, but never give you anything in return. As a result, they can be a drain on you mentally. There's nothing supernatural about their "attacks" and I don't even know if most people like that even realize what they're doing unless someone confronts them about it.

Answer 2

Yes and no...
Today there are people who clame to be vampires. Some actually claim that they require blood to so they don't get sick. Others, (Psychic Vampires) only take the energy from others to get a high or sustain themselves. They will find doners who are willing to spill a little blood or take a few energy drains from said vampire.
As far as the Bram Stoker, Ann Rice, or anything from Hollywood, POV its pretty much bunk.
Some believe that Bram Stokers dracula was based on a real life man named Vlad Dracula or Vlad the Impailer. He was named as such because he would impale his enemies/victims up on stakes and leave them there. He usually did mass stakings and was considered both a tyrant and a great ruler.
There are other mythologies around Dracula though;
Dracula is actually Judas, the guy who betrayed Jesus, and so thats why all things holy, ie crufix churches etc, repel him.
I hope that helped. :-)

Answer 3

Not the way they're portrayed, as living on the blood of humans (who become vampires from being bitten by one)--if so, the world would soon be nothing but vampires and they'd quickly become extinct.

However, I've known one or two psychic vampires in my
time--they're the sort of people who just leave you feeling totally drained and exhausted after dealing with them for any length of time!!!

Answer 4

The story of the vampire originated from an actual person. The name is Count Dracula. He wasn't a vampire or anything like that. He was an ordinary human being, who's a bit psychotic(a very brutal man). The whole vampires having mystical powers was added later on as the story was being passed on.

Answer 5

well for one, garlic, crosses don't even harm vampires. Screen writers made that up looong ago. And vampires have a reflection. The show up in pictures. Secondly, If your a vampire, then your fang teeth or w.e will be major sharp. :P And thirdly, you might not belive, but im a vampire. My name was originaly Beth, but I got bored of that about 20 years ago, so I changed my name to Zaria. [=

Answer 6

Yes, vampires are real. They range from those who will sleep in coffins and attack people to those who rather drink there own blood or their partners blood. There is only one vampire that has powers and that a psychic vampire... and their only power is to steal human energy.

Answer 7

not as you read in books or see on tv. ''real vampires'' are people with vampirism. look it up and you'll see...

Answer 8

No. Folks who think they are vampires tend to be crazy.

Answer 9

there are those weirdo's who think they are vampires but no there are not real ones.

Answer 10

On the big screen anything is possible.