Vampire history

 The vampire in myth is always thought of as Count Dracula. Male, with fangs, and a suave manner. However, in different cultures around the world, the legend and the form of the vampire is as different as night and day

Among the Aztec people, the Cihuateteo was a vampire as well. This demi god and vampiric woman was often depicted like her kin in other parts of the world killing and surviving on the blood of infants.
However, they also share some characteristics with the vampires of the west. They are said to meet at crossroads, and also to wander at night. They also can't stand the sunlight, as it will kill them.
And among the gypses there are vampire myths as well. The gypsy vampire is reffered to as a mullo (one who is dead). This vampire is believed to return, do malicious things, and suck the blood of a person.
It was often a relative that caused their death, or didn't observe burial ceremonies. They also would be attacked if they kept the deceased's possessions instead of destroying them.
And it was not often in the form of a bat. It was as different as different ethnic groups and countries have representations of them in myths in their culture.
For instance, in some Ancient Greek myths, the vampire is often a woman who has died, and is named Lamai/lamiai. She is a vampiric woman, being half woman, half serpent, and also lives in caves, where she gets sustenance from drinking the blood of children.
However, she also isn't picky, sometimes she also transforms into a very beautiful maiden and seduces young men, for their blood, which she drinks.
And the vampire itself is not sometimes a woman. In Africa, among members of the Ashanti tribe in Ghana, the vampire is known as an Asasabonsam.
It was described as a humanoid monster, living in a forest, and was very rarely seen. It was also very dangerous, living in the forest, and was very rarely seen.
It also happened to possess iron teeth, and survived by catching and destroying unwary passers-by by letting its hook shaped feet dangle from the treetops where it was sitting, and catching them with them.
The vampire also did not necessarily live in a castle as well. In Malaysia the vampire creature itself was called a Maneden and it lived in a wild panadus plant. If a human attacked the plant, the creature, angry and retaliative, would strike by attaching itself to a man's elbow, (or a womans nipple), where it sucked the person's blood untill that person gave it a substitution item, such as a nut.

The vampire legend was not unknown or lost to ancient Meso-American cultures, such as the Maya and Aztec. The vampire of the Maya, known as Camazotz, was a full fledged god, and was central for the Maya agriculture, but was not respected.
Instead he was feared for his bood drinking tendencies, and very fearsome appearance, which included large teeth and claws. He also dwelled in caves, where he would attack people, his victims, for their blood as well. and water through a slot in the door. She died there as well.
The vampire itself in myths sometimes didnt even require the sustenance of people. In Japan, the vampires (called Kappas) would dwell in water. They also attacked livestock such as cows and horses, dragging them into the water, and devouring them. So you see, even if the culture is somewhat different than the western one, there are myths that pertain to the Vampire in different cultures.
And the vampire can be as different in one form, as well as another. Which may be rather odd, but the myths themselves are as different, as night and day. And are also very unique as well too.

 Proof of existence

The proof of existence can be found throughout history by documented cases and stories. One of the most accepted books in the world, The Bible, accounts three different vampire cases. The tales of Caine, Lilith, and Judas Iscariot all show that vampires have been a menace since the dawn of time. Of course, there are different interpretations of these biblical versus, but the vampire cults of today use the passages to prove that these three figures were condemned by God to eternally walk the earth, craving the blood of God or Jesus. The only way to acquire the blood of these two would be through the blood of Christians. Therefore, the vampire was born.
The vampire case that is the most well known involves the Croglin Grange Vampire that occurred in Britain in the early 19^th century. The story was told by Captain Fisher and was documented by an author of the time, Augustus Hare. The story is told by saying that Amelia Cranswell, while laying in bed one night in the Croglin Grange house in Cumerland, Cumbria, watched out the window as a vampire glided across the lawn and scratched at her window. The vampire broke a pane of glass out of the window, rushed into the room and bit Amelia on the neck. Amelia and her brothers consequently left their home for a short time and returned later in the fall of the same year. The following March, the vampire once again came to her window, but her brothers managed to chase it away. The brothers then went into town the next morning, gathered up some volunteers from the local village, and tracked the vampire down in its coffin in a vault in a nearby churchyard. The villagers burned the vampire and no other attacks have occurred in this area since.

 FINAL THOUGHTS

Are vampires real? The documented cases prove that they are. There are many different groups that still claim that there is a rational explanation for these creatures, but the cold, hard truth is that vampires do exist today. They work, play, and love right next to you during the day. But at night, they hunt.