Termyn8or
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Had to start the Dark Shadows thread dintcha. I have had this theory for many years. I do not tout it as being true, just possible.
First of all let's get rid of all the mythology and other BS about it. Forget about anything supernatural, this being able to turn into a bat, or a wisp of smoke.
One poster said that Barnabas had them spell bound. Another mentioned they had him chained in his coffin for a while. How could they do that if he could just turn himself into a wisp of smoke ?
Turning into a bat is also out the window. What happens to all that mass ?
I have no belief in magic of any kind. I believe that when something is described as magic usually there are firm scientific principles behind it. But peoples' tendency toward mythology has created a whole bunch of folklore.
But did they create it out of thin air ?
Consider this ; there are more species' on this planet than we are aware of, they fully admit that. There are some that they have a hard time figuring out how they survive. And then there are others. Insects that have incredibly high strength to weight ratios, in fact that is common, compared to humans. Then we have the story of the little old Lady lifting a car off her grandson, something like that.
I believe that we are all something like eight to ten times stronger than we think we are. What stops us from using it is sometimes pain, but I think it is more in the mind. Adrenalin can do quite a bit.
So, we know that there is DNA and RNA. The change in one molecule can have a very profound effect on your body.
That in mind, what if some agent comes along and changes you ?
To outline, your digestive tract is compromised and you can no longer absorb nutrition from normal food, you must ingest actual blood, that would contain the nutrients. Forget about the holes in the fangs. Ingest, by whatever means necessary.
Your eyes become very sensitive to sunlight, perhaps even your skin. Perhaps you can't tan, and folklore developed that a vamp would burn up in direct sunlight. But it would go a long way in impelling one to be nocturnal I would think.
But you get to use 100% of your strength at will, not just in a fight or flight situation. With that superior strength to weight ratio you can move very fast. Thus some folklore about being able to disappear in a wiff of smoke. With this level of strength you can easily jump out a window on the second or higher floor without injury. Thus the myth that a vamp can fly.
And if injured, heals at an incredible rate. Thus the stake through the heart necessary to keep them "dead".
I kniow this is whacked out, but some mythology has roots in fact. Perhaps there really was a Count Dracula a long time ago. Perhaps he was born that way. And then the story got embellished so much that it literally became fiction. Such things do happen over the years.
So taking away the unbelivable, and leaving the (just barely) believable, there is a possibility. A person can live on blood. I think if one drank the blood of a very healthy person, they would probably do quite well.
Yes, this is whacked out, but I just ain't in the mood for politics right now.
Tear into it.
T
PS, if you think I am nuts and decide to say so, I will not be offended a bit.
T
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