Real Vampire Sightings

From LoveToKnow Paranormal

Although far more rare than werewolf or ghost sightings, real vampire sightings occasionally do take place at various locations across the world.

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Examples of Real Vampire Sightings

The following stories are examples of contemporary real vampire sightings that have taken place at least within the last ten to twenty years. In many cases, phantom figures are spotted moving through the dark and no one is injured, but in other cases people are actually attacked and injured by the creature. While some people assume that the attacker is nothing more than a delusional, mentally ill person, other members of the community are often not quite so certain.

A Vampire in England

In 2007 in Hockerill, England, a 43-year-old man was putting out his trash late at night, and was suddenly attacked from behind by someone who tried to wrap his teeth around his neck and bite. The man wrestled with the attacker as the attacker snarled like an animal. The attacker ran away after a few minutes, and the man immediately called the police. The incident marked only one of several that affected this small community for several months on the normally quiet street known as Sandle Road. When this attack took place, the residents told reporters that one woman and several other men had also recently been attacked by the fiend who residents nicknamed "Dracula".

These sort of temporary surges in attacks in small communities, and the confusion they cause, is somewhat common. Most often, both local skeptics and the media downplay those attacks as the work of a deranged, mentally ill person "pretending" to be a vampire. Unfortunately, the people who live within those communities, and especially those who get attacked, are never so sure. These incidents often fuel public curiosity and interest in whether or not vampires really could exist today.

Archaeological Remains of a Vampire

In 2006, archaeologists in Italy had a unique vampire sighting of their own; they discovered the very real remains of a female vampire with a brick forced into her jaw. Italian forensic archaeologist Matteo Borrini reported the find to National Geographic and other news outlets when the discovery took place. Researchers were investigating a 1576 mass grave of medieval plague victims of the Venetian plague at the time of the discovery.

Communities throughout Europe in the Middle Ages who were suffering from the plague would often bury and then unbury bodies in order to bury more plague victims. Occasionally, those unburying bodies would discover a dark blood-like substance under the nose and mouths of the dead, and jagged tears in the cloth near their mouths. The history of vampires includes the fact that belief in vampires was prevalent during this time, so the people who found this believed that these vampires were waking up and eating their burial shrouds - and by doing so they were magically spreading the disease further. To prevent this, they would shove either bricks or rocks into the mouths of these corpses in the hope that doing so would stop the spread of the plague. This body, and the skull in particular, was the first case where an alleged vampire's actual body was unearthed in connection to the plague research. It provides supporting evidence for modern historical records that tell about the "vampires" of the Middle Ages.

The Vampire of Highgate Cemetery

In 1839, Highgate Cemetery was constructed in London, England, and was originally considered a burial place for the elite. However, many years later after a great deal of age and neglect, the cemetery is now allegedly the home of a terrifying vampire. The latest sightings started in 1963 when two teenage convent girls were walking by and spotted bodies climbing out of the graves. It wasn't long after this that other community members started having experiences as well. One couple spotted a strange shadow creature just behind the gate. Multiple sightings of the creature were eventually supported by evidence - animals were discovered with their bodies completely drained of blood.

The strangest and most disturbing sighting came in 1971 when a young girl, walking by the cemetery, was attacked by a very tall, white-faced black figure that threw her to the ground so hard that she suffered from scrapes on her arms and legs. Luckily a car pulled up and the shadow figure immediately disappeared. She was brought to the police station, in a state of shock, and eventually told her own story that supported the sightings of so many other members of the local community. Reported sightings of the "vampire" in and around the cemetery continue to this day.

Final Words

Whether or not you believe the witnesses who report these sightings, many experts believe that even if the cause of these sightings aren't specifically "vampires", they do appear to be caused by something very real and physical. David Farrant, the researcher who wrote Beyond the Highgate Vampire, believes that the vampire sightings are related to Earth's "ley lines" that seem to transmit psychic energy all along their path. While this may seem outrageous, it is interesting to note that the tall dark figure is sighted in buildings and locations all along the ley line that extends from the cemetery and through the town. Are natural elements creating a "thinning" of the fabric of our reality, or are people simply seeing and hearing things that they are purely imagining? Share your own opinion in the comments section below.

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