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most of us are familiar with the eastern european vampire legends, and some are familiar with others such as the egyptian Sekhmet or semetic Lilith. vampire rave has users that are all around the world, so my question is two fold:

what "vampire" legends are you familiar with that most of us might not be familiar with (especially those from the land of your birth).

second, have you in your reading ever come across literature (in the form of news paper articles, etc) that either described "classic" vampire attacks, or has actually stated that an attack was the work of a real vampire.
ive seen some pamphlets from the 1700s from austria that stated that such things had happened in the balkans, and i seem to recall one from germany in the early 20th century, but i cannot recall the specifics.

looking forward to what everyone is willing to share.
~W~

I know people who have been serial murderers have had nicknames with the word vampire included but they weren't real vampires, just deranged. I do know of a book on American vampires since I was born in the USA that might be of interest.


American Vampires: Their True Bloody History From New York to California by Bob Curran (Oct 22, 2012)

it is interesting how many wicked deeds have the word "vampire" stuck on them, but im more curious about any that some at least at the time thought were the work of actual vampires.
~W~

I think they thought that many times, especially before embalming. For instance if a family member was a hemophiliac and someone in the general area had been technically buried alive since they didn't realize it was a coma or possibly narcolepsy, woke up suddenly after they were declared dead they would more than likely think it was the act of a vampire depending on the country and timeframe. They have dug them up with bricks in their mouths, put iron cages around burial sites and a long list of other remedies for suspected vampires. Then there was the princess that had either cancer or tuberculosis, something like that who tried just about everything to survive and she got labeled a vampire. I figured it was tuberculosis and she was coughing up blood. But if you are talking about someone that had some sort of medical inspection and was declared or thought a vampire by a scientist more or less, I haven't run across it. Have you?

here are several (i think you mentioned one of them)

http://paranormal.lovetoknow.com/Real_Vampire_Sightings

i also once read an account from a doctor from vienna (i think) that described cases of vampirism in eastern europe.
~W~