There is a lot of talk about this on the web- but no real facts to be found, unfortunately they don't talk about it in Wikipedia. It is obviously quite a 'legend' and part of Hmong folk stories, if not an actual practice. Many of the sites I found you had to have a password to get into to view the articles and threads- many of them were all forums. I can't seem to make them out because all I get are postings here and there like these, and reading them is like coming in to the middle of a conversation~
"I have heard that these cults to exist. I don't think that they are actual vampires. Don't Vampires suck or drink blood...hello..corpse don't have any blood..I think that its a cult that believes they do gain something out of doing this kind of act, but I do hear that they are pretty prominent in MN and CA. I hear that they are older folks like 50-70 ish and they wear all black, however it is a funeral but the most important thing is, is to not assume that all old people with dark clothing are after your dead relative. However if its that important to you to not have weird people view the corpse, then you gotta be more careful."
another forum post:
"I was at a my grandpa's funeral recently in Mn..and one actually appeared to visit. I've seen this one with my own eyes...of course they can be anyone but pay close attention when you're at a funernal..they only appear when there's hardly anyone around and they'll ask permission to see the corpes...it was around 3am and this little boy ages 10-12 came by and asked my mom for permission to see my granp, but without a doubt my mom new and was afraid that it's probably one of them vamp pple...so she aggressivly refuse and I yelled for my uncle to escorte that piece of crap out the building...My uncle asked him why would he come so early in the morning and where's his parents...he didn't answer and he wouldn't let my uncle escorte him out too....the good thing was that me, my mom and aunt guarded granpa and that vamp wasn't able to get close enough......"
another forum post:
"My grandmother was talking about vampires at the funeral she went to once and most of the brothers from my dad's side was over our house and the little kids(about 6 of em) were watching FEAR on MtV and my dad called my older brother and me over to the kitchen where they were discussing this, and my grandmother came over to me and I really wasn't paying attention because I was already scared out of my pants by watching the FEAR show and my grandmother had to make it worst by grabbing my shoulders and she acted as a vampire and was like getting ready to bite my neck. That was the scariest thing my grandmother ever did to me and she was speaking in Hmong about the vampire and stuff and I was like huh??? The other kids heard my grandmother as well and they were to spend the night over our house, but after hearing what my grandmother had said they all wanted to go home. But their parents made them stay over and we all slept here. But I had a hilarious dream with the vampires. They came in through the window in my room and I woke up and I quitely sneaked out and went into my parents room and grabbed the 7mm and shot the vampires..It's odd, yes it is."
an excerpt from a book called 'The Spirit Catches You And You Fall Down':
"no Hmong woman of childbearing age would ever think of setting foot inside a cave, because a particularly unpleasant kind of 'dab' sometimes lived there who liked to eat flesh and drink blood and could make his victim sterile by having sexual intercourse with her. "
Something else about blood drinking from a religious persecution site:
"Vietnamese Communist authorities and soldiers have forced many Hmong Christians to renounce their religious beliefs. The Communist authorities continue to force many people to "drink blood and renounce faith."
Hope this stuff helps a little? I don't know ;)
