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Does Vempire Really Exist?

Vampires have long been the subject of folklore and myths. However, there is no evidence that vampires in the traditional sense of reanimated corpses drinking blood exist. Many vampire myths can be traced back to misinterpretations of natural decomposition processes observed in mass graves. While vampire bats are real and drink blood, they do not turn into bats themselves nor is there evidence that any humans with vampiric abilities exist today according to modern science.

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Does Vempire Really Exist?

Vampires have long been the subject of folklore and myths. However, there is no evidence that vampires in the traditional sense of reanimated corpses drinking blood exist. Many vampire myths can be traced back to misinterpretations of natural decomposition processes observed in mass graves. While vampire bats are real and drink blood, they do not turn into bats themselves nor is there evidence that any humans with vampiric abilities exist today according to modern science.

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Do Vampires Really Exist?

It is difficult to make a single, definitive


description of the folkloric vampire, though
there are several elements common to many
European legends. Vampires were usually
reported as bloated in appearance, and ruddy,
purplish, or dark in color; these characteristics
were often attributed to the recent drinking of
blood. Indeed, blood was often seen seeping
from the mouth and nose when one was seen in
its shroud or coffin and its left eye was often
open. It would be clad in the linen shroud it was
buried in, and its teeth, hair, and nails may have
grown somewhat, though in general fangs were
not a feature.

Discover the difference between truth and myth, fantasy and fiction.
Vampires are all the rage. Along with this craze about vampires, there are
many vampire myths floating around. Before you start believing any of these
myths, learn a few lessons from vampire history and discover the truth.

Myth #1 -- Vampires are Real


The myth of vampires came about during the 16th century. When
gravediggers opened mass graves to add more bodies to them, they
discovered corpses with blood running from their mouths.

Grave diggers believed this proved the corpses came back alive to suck the
blood from other humans. In reality, the corpses had blood running from their
mouths because of basic decomposition.

Gas builds up in the organs of decomposing bodies. The bodies bloat making
blood ooze from the mouths of the corpses.
Myth #2 -- Vampires Never Come Out During Daylight
This myth probably came about from the same gravediggers in myth #1.
When they opened the graves, the corpses were just laying there with dried
blood on their mouths.

Gravediggers took this to mean that the vampire corpses slept during the day
because they weren't awake. The corpses weren't awake simply because they
were dead.

Myth #3 -- Vampires Turn Into Bats


New World explorers went back to Europe with wild tales about blood-sucking
bats. Over the years and after Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula, bats and vampires
were linked and the myth that bats are really vampires in disguise was born.

The truth is that there really are vampire bats. However, they make tiny nicks
in their victims and lick the blood instead of sucking it. Bats also do not attack
humans but prey on sleeping livestock.

The main danger of vampire bats isn't that they drink blood but that they are
carriers of infections and rabies.

Myth #4 -- Dracula is Proof of Vampires


Dracula really did exist but he wasn't a vampire. Dracula's real name was Vlad
III. He became famous because he killed his enemies with wooden stakes and
littered his property with the dead bodies in efforts to scare off more enemies.

The father of Vlad III became a member of the Order of the Dragon in 1431.
Although most people knew Vlad III as Vlad the Impaler many people began
calling him Dracula because his father was in the Order of the Dragon. Dracula
means ' son of the Dragon'.

The vampire Dracula came to life in books when Bram Stoker combined all
these elements into his famous novel.
Myth #5 -- There are Still Real Vampires Today
It depends on your definition of vampire. If you believe that vampires sleep in
coffins during daylight, come to life at night to suck the blood of victims and
fly around as bats, then no... there are no vampires.
Unfortunately, there are large numbers of very misguided people who truly
believe they are vampires and drink blood from willing victims.

Vampires have always been fascinating and the source of scary movies and
books. If stories about vampires thrill you and give you the goosebumps
you're seeking, that's fine. Just remember to keep truth and fiction about
vampires separate.

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