Why aren't we all vampires?
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well it depends which vampire folklore u r getting this from really... how a vampire is made changes from text to text. it isnt usually every person a vampire bites that changes... the most popular 'belief' is that the victim has to be drained of blood and then drink the blood of the vampire... so this makes becoming a vampire a little more exclusive... in the centuries past people believed that if a body wasnt buried below 6feet of earth the corpse could come back.... or a cat jumping over a corpse could create a vampire or people commiting suicide... often if someone commited suicide then were buried at a crossroads so when the spirit/body rose it would get confused and not know which way to go.... \n\nthese are just a few though... vampire folklore changes dramatically from county and also country... hope it didnt bore u 2 much lol
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The Slavs (from around the year 300) believed that vampires were afraid of silver (but couldn't be killed with it) and that one could kill them by cutting their head off and placing it between their legs, or by stabbing them with a wooden stake in the heart. During the Middle Ages, the myth transformed a bit. People used holy water, wooden stake, and cross to kill a vampire (we can see the influence of the Christianity here). If people suspected that a dead person has turned into a vampire, they would dig them out and stick a stake into the heart. This wasn't meant to kill the vampire but to bind it to the grave. Serbs believed that every single drop of blood had to be destroyed or else the vampire would still be "alive" (they were more or less living corpses, but you get my point) so they used to burn the vampire after that. Then butterflies would fly out of the vampire and people had to kill each one of them. \nGarlic can only scare the vampire because of its strong and unpleasant smell. In order to stop the vampire's visits at night, people would hang garlic near every hole in the house (for example keyhole, chimney, windows..., because people believed that the vampire could enter the house even through the smallest hole). One could also throw some seeds before the vampire, since they had to stop and count them all. \nI'm not really sure how they used to capture them. I know vampires could be captured by stealing that cloth they had over them in the grave, but I have seen this only in vampire stories. But in reality, people were just killing them and they were probably too scared to just capture them (that'd be pointless, wouldn't it). Although in Asia there were some kinds of vampires which people used to capture and then keep them in wooden cages and feed them eggs :P I haven't heard of any captured werewolves either. If you want to investigate a bit, try reading some legends and old beliefs from the Balkans; I promise you'll find it very interesting!
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Drugs? What are YOU smoking, pal?\n\nLycanthropy is an actual disease (genetic, I think) which causes bizarre hair growth giving the appearance of a beast. As with most genetic conditions, it was often accompanied by disturbing mental conditions, and between the unusual look and the unusual behavior, an entire folklore grew up around it.\n\nVampires were similar ... It's possible for humans to develop an addiction to human blood, and in the ancient world, when human sacrifice was more common, this was known to occur from time to time. As with any addiction, it led to killings for the sake of blood consumption.\n\nThough the state of the world has changed, the idea that "humans" (or "undead humans") prowl from place to place, killing and drinking human blood, is so well rooted in human history that it's passed from history to folktale, folktale to legend, and finally from legend to myth.\n\nSo did they really exist? Yes, basically. But don't trust "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" for accurate information.
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why not everyone else does
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Because I am a vampire and I can't come out during the day because the light will burn me....\n\njust kidding...because I am at work!
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only if your a vampire.....lol.....
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Vampires are mythical or folkloric creatures, typically held to be the re-animated corpses of human beings and said to subsist on human and/or animal blood (hematophagy), often having supernatural powers, heightened senses and physical abilities, and/or the ability to physically transform. Some cultures have myths of non-human vampires, such as demons or animals like bats, dogs, and spiders. Vampires are often described as having a variety of additional powers and character traits, extremely variable in different traditions, and are a frequent subject of folklore, cinema, and contemporary fiction.\n\nVampirism is the practice of drinking blood from a person/animal. Vampires are said to mainly bite the victim's neck, extracting the blood from the carotid artery. In folklore and popular culture, the term generally refers to a belief that one can gain supernatural powers by drinking human blood. The historical practice of vampirism can generally be considered a more specific and less commonly occurring form of cannibalism. The consumption of another's blood (and/or flesh) has been used as a tactic of psychological warfare intended to terrorize the enemy, and it can be used to reflect various spiritual beliefs.\n\nIn zoology and botany, the term vampirism is used to refer to leeches, mosquitos, mistletoe, vampire bats, and other organisms that prey upon the bodily fluids of other creatures. This term also applies to mythic animals of the same nature, including the chupacabra.\n\n\nEtymology\n\nEnglish vampire comes from German Vampir, in turn from early Old Polish *vąper' (where ą is a nasal a, and both p and r' are palatalized), in turn from Old Slavic *oper (with a nasal o) or Old Church Slavonic opiri. It is similar to Serbian verb piriti, "to swell", and to Greek apyros, "not undergone by fire". The Slavic word, like its cognate netopyr' ("bat"), comes from the PIE root for "to fly". The word Upir as a term for vampire is found for the first time in written form in 1047 in a letter to a Novgorodian prince referring to him as 'Upir Lichyj' (Wicked Vampire).\n\n\nVampires in ancient cultures\n\nTales of the dead craving blood are ancient in nearly every culture around the world. Vampire-like spirits called the Lilu are mentioned in early Babylonian demonology, and the bloodsucking Akhkharu even earlier in the Sumerian mythology. These female demons were said to roam during the hours of darkness, hunting and killing newborn babies and pregnant women. One of these demons, named Lilitu, was later adapted into Jewish demonology as Lilith. Lilitu/Lilith is sometimes called the mother of all vampires. For further information, see the article on Lilith.\n\nThe Ancient Egyptian goddess Sekhmet in one myth became full of bloodlust after slaughtering humans and was only sated after drinking alcohol colored as blood.\n\nIn Homer's Odyssey, the shades that Odysseus meets on his journey to the underworld are lured to the blood of freshly sacrificed rams, a fact that Odysseus uses to his advantage to summon the shade of Tiresias. Roman tales describe the strix, a nocturnal bird that fed on human flesh and blood. The Roman strix is the source of the Romanian vampire, the Strigoi and the Albanian Shtriga, which also show Slavic influence.\n\nIn early Slavic folklore, a vampire drank blood, was afraid of (but could not be killed by) silver and could be destroyed by cutting off its head and putting it between the corpse's legs or by putting a wooden stake into its heart.\n\nMedieval historians and chroniclers Walter Map and William of Newburgh recorded the earliest English stories of vampires in the 12th century.\n\nMany vampire legends also bear similarities to legends regarding succubi or incubi.\n\n\nFolk beliefs in vampires\n\nIt seems that until the 19th century, vampires in Europe were thought to be hideous monsters from the grave. They were usually believed to ri
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Well, aliens do exist, I'm pretty sure our traditional vampire does not. But, if he did get to bite an alien I'm not sure if his "blood" would react  exactly same way as humans. Even if it did, the planet would not be a vampire planet. Earth is not, now is it? That's assuming vampires do exist just to play along with the question. This is a good question btw.
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I've met several. \n\n First, there are the energy vampires. Everyone gets their energy in different ways if they use any kind of well, power, for lack of a better term. I'm lucky- I get mine from the earth. Some people, however, get it from other people. This is only a problem if they don't know they're doing it. The unconsious energy suckers will drain and drain and never stop and never give back. You've met them, I'm sure- people who for no obvious reason are exhausting to be around. If they know they're doing it, it can be a pleasurable experience for both parties, and they won't overdo it. \n\nThere are also the modern blood drinkers. Many of these are people who drink blood to get the energy from it, but they may also drain energy psychically as well. Many of them base their outward demeanor on famous blood users of the past such as Countess Elisabet Bathory (sorry- her name was not "bloody mary") who was perhaps the most prolific serial killer in history- or Vlad Dracul (Dracula) who is regarded in his country as a great hero- not a monster. \n\nMany folkloric stories about vampires are based on diseases, actually. Slavic folklore does not distinguish between a werewolf and a vampire. Anemia could lead one to appear undead and to crave iron, and some disfigurements can lead one to look somewhat like an animal. \n\nSome kinds of fair folk in Western European folklore have been known to drink blood, as well. As for these and the traditional shapechanging, blood drinking vampires- I haven't seen them, but I don't discredit the stories entirely. The world is a weird place.
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Vampires are not always immortal, and they don't do this for money like a hooker.  Get out of the house more - check into the goth scene if you wanna meet REAL vampires (people with a blood fetish)
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Dracula was very hungry, but he sought nourishment in vein.\nHe came from a less enlightened era, when people didn't tolerate hemosexuals.
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Probably ghosts, since the idea of ghosts is pretty much universal throughout all cultures. While there are some mythological creatures that have a lot in common with our idea of zombies and vampires, these ideas aren't quite as universal and offer differ between cultures too much to truly say that something is, say, a "Chinese vampire" or "Aztec zombie." But ghosts are pretty simple, since the main concept is simply that of a dead human spirit and the particulars may vary widely even within this culture. Like I said, you can find that pretty much anywhere.
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Technically Vampires are mythological creatures/beings who live off blood from humans and animals. But if you really think you are becoming a vampire...For one I suggest you see your local psychiatrist\n\nOn the other hand if you refuse to see a shrink here a few websites you can look into.\n\nHopefully you don't like the taste of blood...I mean like all the time....that's slightly disgusting!\n\nThe last site is "fellow vampires"...gives me the creeps...
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I DON'T BELIEVE IN VAMPIRES.\n\nbut I believe in Cannibals...coz they're real.
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I have noticed that many who call themselves ' vampires ' gravitate to Paganism, but all Pagans are by no means ' vampires'. It really depends on what branch of Paganism they practice.
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Vampires only attack fat people? Phew!
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Vampires are keeping a fairly low profile.  It seems like there are very few.  Certainly if I have met vampires, they have not identified themselves as such.\n\nDo you feel as a real vampire that you are treated differently or badly by others?  Do you get movie offers or death threats?