The document discusses whether vampires are real by examining legends and beliefs about vampires from around the world and throughout history. It notes that vampire stories date back thousands of years to entities like Lilith in the Bible and various creatures from ancient cultures. While some think vampires were inspired by figures like Vlad the Impaler, the document argues that vampire folklore is far more widespread and long-standing. It considers whether modern sightings of creatures like the chupacabra could indicate that different types of vampires may actually exist or be aliens in disguise. In the end, it concludes the question of whether vampires are real depends on one's definition and conception of what a vampire is.

1. 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 Vlad the Impaler of the Dark
Ages or Bram Stoker in the
Victorian era, but the stories go
back a lot Further than that.
How far back depends on your definition of the blood-sucking
creatures for there have been many types of vampires throughout
history. Just about the earliest vampire that many Westerners will have
in the most sacred Book on their bookshelves will be Lilith, who is
mentioned in the Bible (Isaiah: 34:14) and the Jewish Torah, but she
ate children and probably derived from the even earlier Sumerian Lilitu.
So, are vampires real? It is certainly true that some people all
over the world have thought so for thousands of years. The Aborigines
in Australia have the Talamaur, who is less fussy about the age of its
victims. The Europeans have had Incubus and Succubus for thousands of
years too, males and females who would visit humans in their beds and
drain them of energy 'one way or another', but often with a bit of the
other.
Ancient Egypt had Sekhmet, Rome had the Stix and Ancient Greece, the
tale of Menippus. Asia is not without its many types of vampires
either. China has the 'Hopping Corpse' and Thailand Pee Pob. So, as you
can see, when asking the question: 'Do vampires exist?' you really have
to take into account that many people believe that there are many
different types of vampires.
There have been quite a few 'witch hunts' throughout history by
people and even nations who asked themselves: 'Do vampires exist?' and
'Are vampires real?' In 1721 there was widespread panic in East
Prussia, and in the Hapsburg Empire from 1725 to 1734. There was also a
lot of concern in various parts of New England (America) in the
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries that focussed on Rhode Island and
Connecticut.
More recently there have been outbreaks of fear in Mexico and other

2. South American countries, and parts of the old Soviet Union,
particularly in Russia, where people claim to have seen a Chupacabra
(goat-sucker). These creatures, they say, suck the blood out of
livestock over night.
Throughout time, people who have thought about these many types of
vampires have wondered whether they are from 'our world'. In the
ancient past, before people knew about other planets and space travel,
they speculated that vampires came from a different dimension or time,
that they were the 'undead' and so sought ways of preventing them from
roaming the surface of the planet.
However, nowadays, those that believe that various types of vampires
do exist, suggest that they may be aliens from another planet who have
been living among us for millennia. Now, some people are saying that
the chupacabras are aliens too, but relatively recent visitors.
So, do vampires exist? Are vampires real? I suppose it depends on
what you mean by 'vampire' and what types of vampires you think that
there are.
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