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- YES VIRGINIA, THERE _ARE_ VAMPIRES! (This is NOT a joke!)
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- Elmhurst, NY - May 26 1986
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- Dr.Steven Kaplan, appearing on the AP Radio network program "Calling
- Ed Bush" last week, discussed his studies, partially funded by the US
- Government, of more than 300 self-admitted vampires. Dr.Kaplan, director
- of the Vampire Research Center in Elmhurst, has published some of the
- results of his studies in a book entitled "Vampires Are...", and claims
- that there are "at least" 300 vampires in the continental US, most of them
- (wouldn't you know it!) in California, although some he interviewed worked
- as hookers in Baltimore, exchanging sexual favors for blood.
- According to Dr.Kaplan, vampires live exceedingly long lives, some he
- interviewed claiming to be more than 125 years old, while appearing to be
- about 50. Because of this, they tend not to develop long term
- relationships, and rarely marry or stay in one place very long. They tend,
- he said, to work at many different trades in the course of their lives.
- "When you give blood for blood tests," said Dr.Kaplan, "you never know
- whether someone is drinking it in the next room... you know, they always
- take more than is needed for the tests."
- Unlike Count Dracula, modern vampires do not seem to pass on the
- "virus" of vampirism with their bite, nor do they need to kill their
- victims... they require only a few ounces of human blood a day to feed
- their habits. While the program was on, a rather reticent young man with
- a southern accent called for information on where one would go to get help,
- as he ascribed to himself the symptoms of vampirism described by Dr.Kaplan,
- some of which are anxiety, paleness, and a "stalking bloodlust" when
- deprived of human blood.
- In the course of the program (which this reporter heard tape-delayed,
- therefore could not put the question personally) nobody asked how the AIDS
- crisis has affected vampires.
- I do want to find out, and if you would like more information, or (if
- you are a vampire) help with your condition, write (as I plan to) Dr.Steven
- Kaplan at:
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- The Vampire Research Center
- PO Box 252
- Elmhurst, NY 11373
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- Enclose a self-addressed stamped evelope with your letter and Dr. Kaplan
- will return literature he has prepared for those interested in vampirism.
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- tamped evelope with your letter and Dr. Kaplan
- will return literature he has pre