Those the vampires really exist?

There is folklore since the ancient times in Rome, Greece, China and Egypt about a repugnant creature with some weird characteristics that were similar to a vampire that we know nowadays. The characteristics that represented a vampire were foul smelling, pale and cold skin, reanimated corpses or the motivation for drinking blood and they couldn’t be exposed to the sun. (Wise Geek and Marlett, Greg).

It is said that there is some evidence to prove that the folklore was really true. Thanks to a strange event that happen in ancient times, which was the sudden death of people and livestock that was an unclear circumstance. The only reason that they thought those people died was vampirism, with the sudden appearance of an unknown disease similar to tuberculosis. The unknown disease’s symptoms were making people have similar physical characteristics of a vampire, such as pale and cold skin or the slow physical wasting. But nowadays, it is said that vampires don’t exist and the unknown disease was the porphyria. Porphyria has some symptoms that makes people look as a dead man who had been revive and now is looking for blood. Those people who have this disease their body would start to demonstrate the symptoms, which are the pale and cold skin, the drying libs which in those times it was recommended to put blood and also with that disease they couldn’t be expose to the sun, because their skin would burn with a reaction of the disease symptoms. (Wise Geek and Marlett, Greg). 

Another way to prove that the folklore was true was through some people known as vampire hunter. The vampire hunters had said that the vampires really exist and there was a cure for vampirism. The cure for vampirism were only two ways which was to look for the corpse, then dig it up and after that open the tomb and cut the head of the dead person or vampire inside it. The other way would be by stabbing a wooden stake through its heart; also there was a way to prevent a dead person to become a vampire, that was by tying a big cross of wooden in the tomb then bury it. (Wise Geek and Marlett, Greg).

It’s still very confusing and unknown about the subject of the true story of vampires, even though there were many historical documents cases in the U.S and Europe about vampire hunters trying to cure the vampirism. But it is still unknown if those cases were real and if it really exist those repugnant creatures known as vampires. (Wise Geek and Marlett, Greg).

Bibliography

Anonymous. Wise Geek. 2003. 18 August 2011 <http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-vampire.htm>.

Marlett, Greg. Squidoo. 2011. 18 August 2011 <http://www.squidoo.com/real-history-of-vampires>.