Vampires Are Real and So Can You

Vampires suck. And thank goodness they do.Complicated creatures full of flaws: no mirrors means bad hair days. Fangs make dentist visits tough. And they can’t eat stake.But today's vampires have plenty to love: immortality, shape shifting, badassery and power. More often than not, they’re totally sexy.Think snake-necklaced Salma Hayek. Long-locked, pastel-suited Gary Oldman. Kate Beckinsale cling-wrapped for your pleather.But talk about a glow-up! Before Bram Stoker’s Dracula, stories and folktales showed vampires as stinking, filthy, peasants (no class judgment here – vampires just had these qualities). They came from the smallest villages, in the most rural communities.How, in 500 years, did vampires transition from The Stinking Vampyr of Pentsch, to sparkle-chested Edward “I only eat woodland creatures” Cullen?Well, immortality leaves plenty of time for a glow up.Today: The real history of vampires. Or, the history of Real Vampires.Let’s Get Shocked.RESOURCESVampires in the Sefer Hasidim: https://www.torahmusings.com/2011/10/vampires-and-witches-in-sefer-hasidim/Estries in the Sefer Hasidim: https://templeofmiriam.com/blog/sefer-hasidim-alukah-and-estries?srsltid=AfmBOoqUuIm990DKfyPMeleYKIhD-zsrkB_FX9akdWHyZlxnx5L6eq2AJohannes Cuntiushttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/sk53s8NGr6znMccN8xpSNM/nine-fangtastic-facts-about-european-vampire-literaturehttps://occult-world.com/cuntius-johannes-pentsch-vampire/JIANGSHI (Chinese Hopping Vampire) CLIPSEncounters of the Spooky Kind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTD9cVr2naMMr. Vampire II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt8nC4rRc0UMr. Vampire IV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ASFhUsFOioHenry More: An Antidote Against Atheismhttps://archive.org/details/antidoteagainsta00more/mode/2up