As you will learn during our discussion of anatomy, a vampire, while possessing a heightened set of physical characteristics, is still tethered by the limitations of the humanoid corporal form. Were any of these the case, there would be nothing preventing such a creature from converting into one of these entities the moment its survival was in jeopardy. Some also believe that the creature can morph into climatological apparitions such as mist, smoke, or fog. MISCONCEPTION #2: VAMPIRES ARE SHAPESHIFTERSĪnother popular belief, reinforced by depictions in popular culture, is that vampires are able to alter their physical structure to mimic other nocturnal creatures - wolves, rodents, and, most notably, bats. The research initiative was entitled “Project Deity.” It remains to this day one of the few research studies that involved an actual confined member of the vampire species (how the subject was obtained for the study still remains confidential). To ascertain the validity of this misconception, IUCS* analysts conducted their own comprehensive study.
My family and I packed our belongings and left the country that same day, before the sun had set. I took the bag into my yard and let the sun turn him into dust.
Eduardo looked into my eyes and, with his newly forming canines gnashing in his mouth, kept repeating the same phrase: “Matar a mí, por favour. All four of his limbs had also been severed at the joints. I pulled it into my home and cautiously opened it. When I opened my door, a large burlap sack sat on my doorstep. Then I heard a sound at my front door: a muffled, plaintive cry, as if coming from a wounded animal. When I awoke the next morning, I nearly believed I had imagined the entire previous day. It grabbed Eduardo, and before it came for me, I scurried out of the lair and ran back to the village, collapsing in an exhausted heap on my bed. It then took the jagged end of the cross and thrust it into Eduardo’s shoulder. It laughed terribly, grabbed the crucifix, and snapped it in two. I raised one of the crosses directly into the creature’s face, hoping it would reel back in fear. With shards of glass embedded in his forehead and blood running down his face, Eduardo turned to me with a look of disbelief and horror. The creature rose from its crate, dabbed the water from its face, and smashed the flask atop Eduardo’s skull. It did not cause the reaction we had hoped. As I lifted the lid, Eduardo opened one of the flasks and doused the creature’s face with the blessed liquid. We found a large, heavy crate deep within its dwelling. Finally, after weeks of exploration, we found its lair embedded in one of the many hillside caves surrounding the countryside.Īrmed with flasks of holy water and two large wooden crucifixes blessed by the village priest, we approached the creature’s den a few hours before sunset. We were two of the strongest men in our village, and spent a month’s worth of daylight searching the town and the neighbouring valley. After two more went missing, my friend Eduardo and I took it upon ourselves to rid us of this menace. The police said it was the work of vagrants or bandits, but we all knew better.
Several people went missing from our small village, a woman and two young children. Countless stories abound of individuals trusting these methods to assist them in their encounter with the undead to their own detriment. Those who rely on any faith-related talismans to counter a vampire’s onslaught will find their opponent completely unfazed. Unfortunately, this is far from the truth.Ī myriad of analyses that have been conducted regarding this misconception have shown that the transformation from Homo sapiens into a member of the vampire species is strictly secular in nature, and has no connection to any particular religious or divine beliefs. It is a natural inclination to believe a being that must travel in darkness, is helpless against sunlight, and drinks the blood of living beings in order to survive is demonic in nature - one summoned by the underworld to wreak havoc on Earth - and can be weakened by the powers of the sacred or the pious. Of all the falsehoods that exist regarding the vampire, this single misconception has caused more human deaths than all others combined. MISCONCEPTION #1: VAMPIRES ARE METAPHYSICAL BEINGS In the excerpt below, Ma tackles misconceptions about the imagery beings - just in time for Halloween:
#THE VAMPIRE COMBAT MANUAL TRANSFORMATION HOW TO#
The author of The Zombie Combat Manual Roger Ma is back with a new guidebook: The Vampire Combat Manual, which dispenses advice on how to battle vampires.
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