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No. Some people feel so inadequate as a human beings that they have to do something to make themselves feel special by living in a fantasy land. So they emulate their favorite TV shows, movies and books in hopes that this will make other people notice them more, give them special attention and view them as mysterious, dangerous and sexy. It's pathetic really. Vampires are not real, never were and never will be.

If by "Do vampires really exist?" you mean, "Are there people deluded enough to drink human blood and believe it gives them some sort of magical powers?" then yeah, there are. But you probably didn't see any on Tyra's show. Those people were probably just fetishists or publicity hounds.

If you mean, "are there people who ACTUALLY acquire magical powers by drinking human blood?" I would have to say that's about as likely as any other religious belief.

Vampires, demons, gods, astral projection ... It's all the same.

people in tribes in other parts of the world drink blood, not because they are vampires, but because to them it is food.

whether or not vampires exist is not really a question i can answer you, but im pretty sure if they were real vampires, tyra banks wouldn't have the exclusive interview.

Those people who call themselves vampires are just really sad people who feel they aren't getting enough attention or respect. So they decide that if they say they're a vampire, since vampires are so scary and dangerous, everyone will respect them. They attract young people and those with low self-esteem because they want to be with the cool, dangerous crowd so others will perceive them as cool by association. What they fail to realize is that the majority of the population knows what's going on, and is pitying them, not respecting them.

No, they do not.Just exhibitionists who think it makes them seem 'cool' and interesting,(it doesn't.)

Vampire bats, however, do exist. They live in South /America and live off of blood, usually from grazing cattle or deer. They bite the animal just above the ankle and lap, not suck, the blood as a cat laps milk. Their saliva contains a special anti-coagulant which prevents the blood from clotting and has been discovered to contain enzymes that are now used in medicine.

The cows thus bitten do not turn into bats or vampires!

Vampires don't exist outside of fairy tales. Sure people might claim to drink blood but is that really the only qualifier? What about turning into a bat or exploding in sunlight?

1. There are no real vampires. Cut and paste time, as it is too much work to type this out over and over so here goes. A brief discussion of the human digestive system and then the probable vampire population given an exponential growth rate should explain why vampires are not possible.

2. Vampires do not exist. Period. The human body is not designed to process large amounts of blood for nutrition. There is not enough protein, carbohydrates, and fats present in blood to maintain a complex creature such as Homo Sapiens or any theorized offshoot mutations. When a human ingests food it is first broken up by chewing, then churned up in the stomach with digestive juices to form a bolus called chyme. It then passes into the small intestine where it mixes with bile salts which continue breaking it down on a molecular basis, mostly affecting fats at this point. The broken down nutrients pass through the wall of the intestines and into the bloodstream where they are carried to each cell or stored for later use. Indigestible bulk continues through the intestines, turning a dark brown from the bile. Water is absorbed from this mass in the large intestine depending on the needs of the body - a well-hydrated person will usually have a softer stool than a dehydrated person will. Water also enters the bloodstream, and this is what helps to maintain blood pressure. The pressure tends to balance itself in a healthy person because the bloodstream goes through a formation in the kidney called the Loop of Henle, where the narrowing blood vessel forces excess water and cellular waste such as urea out through the cellular wall into the kidneys, where it is excreted through the ureters into the bladder, and then out of the body via the urethral passageway.

3. IMPORTANT - A person physically unable to process his own food for nutrition therefore also could not process blood - it's the same process. Ingested blood does not transmit directly to the veins anyway - it would be chemically broken down by the digestive system.

4. Theoretical ingestion of blood to supply these nutrients would therefore have to occur at least once a day, and would require the ingestion of the entire blood supply which could not happen as the stomach is far too small to hold that much liquid volume. Furthermore, such a mass would be difficult to pass thru the intestines as it has no fibrous bulk, would create an intestinal impaction, causing massive vomiting from the large concentration of iron present, and any "real" vampire would have to eventually expel the waste, which would come out as a black, tarry, smelly goo.

5. These humans that affect the whole "vampiric lifestyle" are NOT vampires. They are simply humans playing their own little game, in their own little fantasy world, usually pandering to their own little sexual fetish, which may or may not actually be sexual. I too, play my own little game, in the SCA, but mine is a game where the deeds that I do are determined by the strength of my arm and sword - I am a warrior, with just as much skill and ability as any warrior of ancient times. The difference is that I am claiming to be something physically possible: a warrior, and I prove it everytime I strap on my armor and walk onto a SCA battlefield. The so-called "vampires" are claiming to be something physically impossible: a walking corpse, and all they prove is that black Victorian clothing, a pair of false fangs, and a little makeup make for a good Halloween costume - it does not make you a vampire.

6. Even if a vampire feeds once a week, and his victim also becomes a vampire, that is exponential growth, with four iterations a month. First iteration: One makes one, total two. Second iteration: Two make two, total four. Third iteration: Four make four, total eight. Fourth iteration: Eight make eight, total sixteen. 16 vampires at the end of one month, 256 at the end of the second month, 4096 by the end of the third month, 65,536 by the end of the fourth month, 1,048,476 at the end of the fifth, and 33,572,832 vampires at the end of half a year! By way of comparison, there are currently approximately 33 million people who have HIV/AIDS, and that is a world-wide epidemic. Do the math - vampires are a mathematical impossibility. This falls therefore, under the logic of Occam's Razor - which states that when you have removed every impossible answer, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. Since there is no "vampiric plague" swarming the earth, the logical deduction is that they don't exist.

7. Point of clarification about "vampire" bats: vampire is simply the name we have given them because they do drink blood, same as a flea, mosquito, or spider. Are these creatures vampires? No. They are living creatures, not legendary monsters. Drinking blood does not make you a vampire anymore than eating raw meat makes you a werewolf, although it might make you a mosquito.

8.The humans who profess to be vampires are victims of an all-encompassing self induced delusion. They are as human as you or I, regardless of their claims, and if they ingest HIV tainted blood they can most certainly contract the disease, esp. if they have any cuts, sores, or lesions in and or around their mouth. It is a very dangerous delusion to be laboring under. Note that there is absolutely no scientific or medical proof that these people derive any benefit at all from the ingestion of blood, and even worse are the so-called "psychic" vampires, because their delusion is one that they cannot substantiate with any concrete evidence at all.

No. Bram Stoker made it up. He did do years of research on vampire folklore but in the end he put together his own version. The closest thing your ever going to meet in real life would be someone with severe anemia. Luckly all they need is iron supplement.

tyra banks, yep, definitely if an educated, qualified, intelligent individual like herself says so, then it must be true.

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Cmon get a life, tyra banks is an idiot.

i could drink some blood right now if i wanted to.... i am not a vampire.