People Who Really Think They Are Vampires

[Asteroid-Man]

KILL THE MUTIES!!!

 

[Spider-Man Luvr28]

What these people need is to have a stake driven through their heart by

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[Victarion]

Wait....what?

jag

Touring the med schools. They let us see the coolers.

 

[jaguarr]

Touring the med schools. They let us see the coolers.

Was there Jagermeister involved?

jag

 

[WalterKovacs]

I know one of these kids, she's really fat, sits in the back of my history class, listens to nine inch nails, and sulks alot.

She talks about how she wants to die alot, and one of these day's im going to tell her that I'm more than happy to assist her.

 

[jaguarr]

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.

Have you seen these people since then? That'd be awkward.

jag

 

[WalterKovacs]

We need this girl:

 

[AndThePickles]

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

My thoughts are that there are some REALLY strange weirdos in this world.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

theres a few vampire bars around the world... ones in LA i guess and our teacher was telling us about a friend who accidentally went to one in canada.

she was exploring the city till her next flight (forget which one) and ended up in a bar...she asked the bartender for a beer... he said "we don't serve beer", she looked around and saw some people drinking whine. so she was like.. ill have some white white. He said... "we don't serve whine" and she was oh well then what are they .......... and the bar tender stopped her and explained.. and she darted out of there pretty fast

 

[jaguarr]

theres a few vampire bars around the world... ones in LA i guess and our teacher was telling us about a friend who accidentally went to one in canada.

she was exploring the city till her next flight (forget which one) and ended up in a bar...she asked the bartender for a beer... he said "we don't serve beer", she looked around and saw some people drinking whine. so she was like.. ill have some white white. He said... "we don't serve whine" and she was oh well then what are they .......... and the bar tender stopped her and explained.. and she darted out of there pretty fast

Honestly, that sounds like something they would tell a tourist just to get rid of them. Any public bar that was serving blood would get the health authorities all over their asses in a hurry.

jag

 

[spideyboy_1111]

Honestly, that sounds like something they would tell a tourist just to get rid of them. Any public bar that was serving blood would get the health authorities all over their asses in a hurry.

jag

she aparently checked it out.. and it was indeed one. You'd be suprised... you can serve rare meat if it's ordered.. which is pretty much still full of blood anyway

 

[jaguarr]

she aparently checked it out.. and it was indeed one. You'd be suprised... you can serve rare meat if it's ordered.. which is pretty much still full of blood anyway

Oh, I have no doubt these kinds of clubs exist. It's just that they're more than likely very private and secretive. There's a difference between serving rare meat and serving blood and I think the health department would be investigating any public club that would take any patron off the street like that and openly offer them a glass of blood due to the potential for blood-borne diseases. I'm not saying I think your teacher's friend is full of it, but...well, yes I am.

jag

 

[tzarinna]

http://www.angelfire.com/ri/cerat/TheBatRoom.html :bat:

 

[AndThePickles]

theres a few vampire bars around the world... ones in LA i guess and our teacher was telling us about a friend who accidentally went to one in canada.

she was exploring the city till her next flight (forget which one) and ended up in a bar...she asked the bartender for a beer... he said "we don't serve beer", she looked around and saw some people drinking whine. so she was like.. ill have some white white. He said... "we don't serve whine" and she was oh well then what are they .......... and the bar tender stopped her and explained.. and she darted out of there pretty fast

WINE spideyboy!!! lol it was pretty funny to read it and think if it was really people asking for whine and "we don't serve whine" though. t:

That does sound rather unbelievable though...can't imagine that being a bar someone could just "accidentally" go to.

 

[Tempest19]

U mean I'm not a vampire?

 

[spideyboy_1111]

Oh, I have no doubt these kinds of clubs exist. It's just that they're more than likely very private and secretive. There's a difference between serving rare meat and serving blood and I think the health department would be investigating any public club that would take any patron off the street like that and openly offer them a glass of blood due to the potential for blood-borne diseases. I'm not saying I think your teacher's friend is full of it, but...well, yes I am.

jag

well it was aparently animal blood.. the bars wont and cant serve human. This class we essentially dubbed the "X class" we learned about ghosts, cryptozololgy, people who believe themselves to be vampires, UFO's, conspiracy theory, cults and scientology. very interesting class actually.. but we watched a documentary on a guy who believed he was a reincarnated vampire... and had his little twinky doner partner who he lived with and fed off of... really gross.. and disturbing. but he said at the bars they would go to it was all animal blood

 

[Badger]

Have you seen these people since then? That'd be awkward.

jag

No, I won't even hang out with my wife's co-work that took us over there. Apparently he was an old high school friend or something.

 

[jaguarr]

well it was aparently animal blood.. the bars wont and cant serve human. This class we essentially dubbed the "X class" we learned about ghosts, cryptozololgy, people who believe themselves to be vampires, UFO's, conspiracy theory, cults and scientology. very interesting class actually.. but we watched a documentary on a guy who believed he was a reincarnated vampire... and had his little twinky doner partner who he lived with and fed off of... really gross.. and disturbing. but he said at the bars they would go to it was all animal blood

Yeah, still not buying it. Even animal blood can carry disease (mad cow, anyone?). The CDC would close them down in a heartbeat if it were a club anyone off the street could walk into.

No, I won't even hang out with my wife's co-work that took us over there. Apparently he was an old high school friend or something.

I can't say that I blame you. I'm pretty open to alternative lifestyles and all, but what you describe sounds a bit excessive.

jag

 

[CorpusBlack]

There was also a pretty big investigation with a new reporter that went missing who was investigating the "real vampires" in New Orleans.

I remember seeing a documentary on tv about this.

 

[Mike_D202]

I remember seeing a documentary on tv about this.

Oh good I'm glad someone else saw that documentary besides me Now I know the case exists. I found the wiki page for it awhile back but now I cant find a damn thing.

 

[CorpusBlack]

Oh good I'm glad someone else saw that documentary besides me Now I know the case exists. I found the wiki page for it awhile back but now I cant find a damn thing.

I'm pretty sure it was during one of those vampire shows on the History Channel. I'd have to check up on it myself, but it was indeed passed off as factual on television.

 

[The Guard]

"Vampires do exist".

In all seriousness, there are real vampires out there. People who drink other people's blood and attribute a special religious/emotional significance to it.

 

[Goshdarn Batman]

We need this girl:

No we need THIS guy:

 

[jaguarr]

"Vampires do exist".

In all seriousness, there are real vampires out there. People who drink other people's blood and attribute a special religious/emotional significance to it.

Will they die if they don't drink blood, though? Will sunlight kill them? Will garlic or silver kill them? If not, then they aren't f**king vampires.

jag

 

[Spade]

I used to have a friend in middle school. The kid was sort of a redneck, which is odd when you think about the rest of the details. He was nice for a while, but then he started getting weird on me. He would claim that he descended from a long line of vampires, which oddly had strictly European vampire folklore amongst their traits. He kept on claiming that the medical community was at a loss to explain why he was the way he was, despite the fact that (to the best of my knowledge) he was completely healthy.

Suffice to say, it didn't take me long before his questions about my bilirubin count started to freak me out and I started hanging out with other kids during lunch.