So, are vampires real? It's possible.
, vampires very well could be real,” Weiss said.people who drink blood — just like vampires. But don’t panic, for the most part, they're not the sort to roam the streets looking for unsuspecting victims like they do in
And while vampire folklore isn't new, the word “vampire” is. It first appeared in writing in the 1700s but Laycock told TODAY the term was used to describe price-gouging merchants rather than bloodsucking monsters. Nearly 80 years later, Bram Stoker published"Dracula." Based on Vlad the Impaler, the real-life Romanian prince with a thirst for bloody warfare, Stoker's Count Dracula is a far cry from Byron's sexy, womanizing vampire. “He has hairy palms; he has bad breath and he’s more like a corpse," Laycock said.