Are Vampires Real?

Many people ask themselves: 'Are vampires real? You might think that
it would be mostly children who would ask this question, but many adults
wonder about it too. Many people think that the vampire legends started
with lad the !mpaler o" the #ark Ages or $ram %toker in the ictorian
era, but the stories go back a lot &urther than that.
'ow "ar back depends on your de"inition o" the blood(sucking
creatures "or there have been many types o" vampires throughout history.
)ust about the earliest vampire that many *esterners will have in the
most sacred $ook on their bookshelves will be +ilith, who is mentioned
in the $ible ,!saiah: -.:/.0 and the )ewish 1orah, but she ate children
and probably derived "rom the even earlier %umerian +ilitu.
%o, are vampires real? !t is certainly true that some people all over
the world have thought so "or thousands o" years. 1he Aborigines in
Australia have the 1alamaur, who is less "ussy about the age o" its
victims. 1he 2uropeans have had !ncubus and %uccubus "or thousands o"
years too, males and "emales who would visit humans in their beds and
drain them o" energy 'one way or another', but o"ten with a bit o" the
other.
Ancient 2gypt had %ekhmet, 3ome had the %ti4 and Ancient 5reece, the
tale o" Menippus. Asia is not without its many types o" vampires either.
6hina has the ''opping 6orpse' and 1hailand 7ee 7ob. %o, as you can see,
when asking the question: '#o vampires e4ist?' you really have to take
into account that many people believe that there are many di""erent
types o" vampires.
1here have been quite a "ew 'witch hunts' throughout history by
people and even nations who asked themselves: '#o vampires e4ist?' and
'Are vampires real?' !n /89/ there was widespread panic in 2ast 7russia,
and in the 'apsburg 2mpire "rom /89: to /8-.. 1here was also a lot o"
concern in various parts o" ;ew 2ngland ,America0 in the 2ighteenth and
;ineteenth 6enturies that "ocussed on 3hode !sland and 6onnecticut.
More recently there have been outbreaks o" "ear in Me4ico and other
%outh American countries, and parts o" the old %oviet <nion,
particularly in 3ussia, where people claim to have seen a 6hupacabra
,goat(sucker0. 1hese creatures, they say, suck the blood out o"
livestock over night.
1hroughout time, people who have thought about these many types o"
vampires have wondered whether they are "rom 'our world'. !n the ancient
past, be"ore people knew about other planets and space travel, they
speculated that vampires came "rom a di""erent dimension or time, that
they were the 'undead' and so sought ways o" preventing them "rom
roaming the sur"ace o" the planet.
'owever, nowadays, those that believe that various types o" vampires
do e4ist, suggest that they may be aliens "rom another planet who have
been living among us "or millennia. ;ow, some people are saying that the
chupacabras are aliens too, but relatively recent visitors.
%o, do vampires e4ist? Are vampires real? ! suppose it depends on
what you mean by 'vampire' and what types o" vampires you think that
there are.
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