People Who Really Think They Are Vampires

[jaguarr]

I'm agnostic, so I'm not offended at all, really. I think a lot of people in general latch on to something that requires a whole lot of faith and suspension of disbelief in order to fill some hole in their lives. X-Chick is right in that pretty much all religions have this requirement and are rife with people who are ready to ridicule one another over their beliefs. But, believing in a religion or deity is one thing. Believing that YOU are a supernatural being such as a vampire is another thing altogether.

jag

 

[DV8]

anyone up this late must be a vampire

 

[Lantern Venom]

I'd love to find a gathering place for some of these professed vampires. Just for kicks, I'd dress up in a black trenchcoat and go to their door with a sword and glaive to see if it freaks them out.

 

[PyroChamber]

I remember hearing about this murder that happened a few years ago. It was a bunch of teens who killed this girl and hid her body in the woods, and they thought that they were vampires. Each of them got life in person, but I don't remember what town it was.

If you want to be a vampire, there are consequences.

 

[Danalys]

i'd only go as far as saying the modern interpretation of vampire character is based around certain qualities of people. that is ignoring the blood drinking, metamorphesis etc. also if there were really vampires they wouldn't dress so badly.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Stop being a *****. Isn't the whole point of a message board to say whatever in the hell you want?

Did you just call me a ***** little girl?
Lift up that little skirt for me ,pull back your hood and brush the sand out your clit.

Now-This whole part
Take that and apply it to Christianity.
I just find it funny that other self proclaimed (pseudo) "intellectuals" easily point and laugh at the fringe lunatics while never taking a step towards recognizing their own demons.One guy has a poster of Christopher Lee and the other guy has a poster of Willem Dafoe( or Jim Cavizavizell or however the **** you spell it)

I wasnt worried about offending anyone(or you Jag) just dont want to play "Wilhelm Advocate" in his absence.And I liked the direction the thread was going and dont want to derail it by being the jackass who brings up Christianity.
As for the people I do know in the Pagan community that believe wackiness like this.In their defense many of them have actual physical disabilities and I think thats what they're compensating for.

It's brilliant how you call me "little girl" even though I'm quite sure you are the one behaving like one.



It can be applied to religion in general, let's not limit it to just one if we're going to bring it up.

Rather than issue infractions and what not I am gonna call this a draw, Do not continue beyond this post.

 

[bell110]

So, I'm watching a show on Biography channel this afternoon called "Uncovered: The Secret Life Of Vampires". They talked quite a bit about the history and folklore of vampires, which was interesting even if there wasn't much presented that I hadn't heard before. Then they started delving into people who practice vampirism as a lifestyle. Some were just infatuated with drinking eachother's blood in ritualistic fashion, some fancied themselves psychic vampires. A little odd, perhaps a bit delusional. But there were a few of these people that seemed convinced that they were actual, real vampires with powers of persuasion and the ability to hypnotize people or drain them of their "life force" at will. The most notable of these was a guy named Don Henrie who was apparently on some reality show on Sci-Fi Channel. Watching this guy talk, as well as some of the other people who shared similar ideas about themselves being not really human, but supernatural beings, I was fascinated.

I get the idea of identifying with something so strongly that you integrate parts of it into your life or even your spirituality. Hell, I identify very strongly with the jaguar as a totem animal, but I don't think I'm actually a jaguar. At what point does your grip on reality slip away to the point that you may actually think that you are really a supernatural creature from folklore? I think there are a lot of people that do interesting things with energy work and we all know people who can drain us mentally or emotionally that might constitute being "energy vampires", per se. But creating a lifestyle around these kinds of things and touting yourself as an actual vampire, drinking blood, running around in goth and bondage gear and wearing fake fangs all the time? Seems a bit much to me.

So, for the sake of discussion, what do you folks think of people who believe themselves to be vampires? Are they really vampires? Delusional headcases with fantasies of grandeur far beyond their reach? Candidates for mental health evaluations? People who have taken escapism from ordinary life way too far? And what of the people who buy into these peoples ideas about themselves? This Don Henrie character seems to have a lot of followers. What does it say about those folks?

This should be fun. Let's hear everyone's thoughts on all this.

jag

To much LSD.

Plus, they prey on the weak willed, like any type of cult figure.

If that guy came to any rational being and started acting like a "vampire", they'd be laughed at and probably beat up.

 

[Whirlysplat]

they prey on the weak willed

Vampires have always done this. *shifty*

 

[demento]

From a guy who has no problem dissecting cadavers, this makes me sick.

That's pretty interesting, actually, because my girlfriend is a forensic investigator (and a P.A.) who deals with dead people for a living and she had the same reaction when we watched the show that jag mentions at the start of the thread.

 

[Whirlysplat]

I was an MLSO for a while myself (2 years). I found it depressing in the extreme. Particularly when I saw six dead babies in a week.

 

[Spider-Man Luvr28]

The other day I put on Jerry Springer for the hell of it. There was this one guy on the show who actually thought he was a vampire. Even came to the show in his own coffin. His gf was upset about it cuz she thinks its just an act. He made his teeth look like vampire teeth and was even drinking from this little thing that had blood in it.

 

[Bastila]

I think someone should tell them they are Human lol And can't live forever or do supernatual things, but otherwise if thats what they want to do with their life fine.

 

[demento]

I'd like to walk into one of their clubs in full vampire killer regalia and order a glass of milk.

 

[bullets]

I'm sure If a real Vampire were to show up there wouldn't be a welcome invitation. Instead these people would be pissing themselves.

 

[Spider-Man Luvr28]

[YT]XqpEpnNDoK4[/YT] Here's the Jerry Springer clip I was talkin about.

 

[jaguarr]

I remember hearing about this murder that happened a few years ago. It was a bunch of teens who killed this girl and hid her body in the woods, and they thought that they were vampires. Each of them got life in person, but I don't remember what town it was.

If you want to be a vampire, there are consequences.

Errr....if you want to KILL someone, there are consequences.

Vampires have always done this. *shifty*

Indeed.

The other day I put on Jerry Springer for the hell of it. There was this one guy on the show who actually thought he was a vampire. Even came to the show in his own coffin. His gf was upset about it cuz she thinks its just an act. He made his teeth look like vampire teeth and was even drinking from this little thing that had blood in it.

Was he drinking the new Blood flavored Slurpie from 7-11?

I'm sure If a real Vampire were to show up there wouldn't be a welcome invitation. Instead these people would be pissing themselves.

That's something that would be amusing to watch, actually. I bet they would quickly find a real vampire wouldn't be such a cool thing to hang out with.

jag

 

[demento]

That's something that would be amusing to watch, actually. I bet they would quickly find a real vampire wouldn't be such a cool thing to hang out with.

jag

I'm reminded of the scene at the end of Interview with the Vampire where Pitt scares the sh#t out of Christian Slater after being asked to turn him...

 

[Loque]

I love how Don Henrie alleges he does everything in a "mature" fashion.

I know someone who was in a small group of people that took on supposed vampire names... And although my friend never said so, I'm pretty sure she thinks- or at least used to think- she was a real vampire.

She's a bit of a ****** that way.

 

[Bastila]

Here's the Jerry Springer clip I was talkin about.

thats kind of funny, he is just a goth or something really but what a nut case, he needs help lol.

 

[jaguarr]

Here's the Jerry Springer clip I was talkin about.

"Don't you know anything about ultra-violet rays, Jerry? Didn't you take science in school?"

LOFL!

This thing came off like a Saturday Night Live skit because the kid was so goofy.

jag

 

[04nbod]

I think someone should tell them they are Human lol And can't live forever or do supernatual things, but otherwise if thats what they want to do with their life fine.

the first thing i thought of was to feed these people holy water and press crosses onto their skin then i thought that these people are delusional and will find ways around it to sustain their delusional world

 

[Mr. Socko]

I actually think Marilyn Mansons keyboard player summed this up the best, I'll parahrpase...

Can you turn into a bat, or a puff of smoke? No? Do you burst into flames when you go out into the sun? No? Do you need to drink human blood to survive? No? Then you're not a f**king vampire, grow the f**k up.

lol exactly. I'll believe they're vampires once I see them transform into bats.

 

[cerealkiller182]

lol...i keep feeling like one of these guys is going to take the white-ghetto route

Black is a state of mind; vamp is a state of mind

 

[Badger]

This reminds me of the night me and my wife went out with some of her co-workers for drinks. We were all downtown at local bar and having a great time. Well, it was getting close to bar time so we went over to one of the co-workers friends for a little after-bar party. Anyway, as soon as I walked into this house I wanted to leave. It was decked out in all this black goth-like ****. So anyway, I asked the guy who lived there (with his wife) were his bathroom was. And, he looked about what you would expect him to look like, long black hair (which I found out later that he dyed it) and very pale. He said it was upstairs on the right. So I go upstairs and there is one of my wife's friend just standing in the hallway staring into this room. She see's me come up and say's, "Look!" I walk over and see two coffins, the mutha****ers sleep in coffins. So I promptly turned around, went downstairs, grabbed my wife, and got the **** out of there. Not so much because I thought they were vampires or some stupid **** like that, but who the **** sleeps in a coffin. I very ****ed up individual, that's who. And, I wanted no part of that.

 

[tzarinna]

I'm going to need the address. It's staking driving time.