Do Vampires & The Monster Exist?(Revised)

Do Vampires & The Monster Exist?

Do Vampires Exist?

Count Orlok from Nosferatu

 Now I could look up the documents and evidence to support the existence of vampires. Still, I thought it’d be simpler to give you my personal opinion on whether they do or don’t, along with an analysis from interesting standpoints.

Reason vampires don’t exist: The idea that there are beings in this world that suck the blood from others to stay alive seems a bit far-fetched and out there. When I say beings, I of course mean man and not any creatures we already have existing today that do this, such as bats, mosquitoes, and leeches. The principle of immortality seems unattainable and nonexistent. Finally, if such beings existed, wouldn’t they try to take over by wiping out the human race?

Reasons they could exist: A human being who takes on the characteristics of a vampire to an extreme level can technically, by some standard, be considered a vampire. Of course, there is likely a lapse in reality and mental capacity replaced by a psychotic trait, which makes them want to go through such extremes to be a vampire, but again, there are people like this out there, and that’s one way it can be said that vampires exist.

The second reason is one we are all familiar with: it’s called evolution and extinction. Now hear me out. We evolved over the centuries into human beings. Dinosaurs and certain animals have become extinct. Would it be so hard to believe that vampires may have existed at one point in time? Perhaps they were an early level of man that evolution charts don’t show, or they existed centuries ago along with humans and just slowly became extinct for whatever reason. Do I believe this? No, but I came up with it as a way to explain that it could certainly have been possible.

Does Frankenstein’s Monster Exist?

Reasons it doesn’t exist: Fiction is a funny thing, isn’t it? It’s also creative, which means it allows us to create wonders that otherwise can never happen, case and point, the monster. There is no rational idea or possibility that any man, whether he’s the most brilliant scientist or doctor in the world, can create a person out of body parts from dead people. It’s gross and I’m sure some maniacs have tried it, but it’s just not physically or genetically possible. Someone said there are countless medical and scientific discoveries being made that could make this possible, which again I get, but I'm talking about a monster being created as Dr. Frankenstein created it. Yes, Dr. Frankenstein is a doctor and what he does is scientific, but the horror aspect and the fact that he uses dead body parts are what I'm referring to. This premise is why I believe a monster of such a sort cannot be created. 

Reasons it could exist: I’ve pretty much just said there’s no way it could humanly be possible; however, there is only one way Frankenstein’s monster could exist...if it were a robot. It is possible for a person to make a human-like robot/android that looks like and functions just as the monster does, but then you’d have to ask yourself, is it the same thing? Irrelevant in my opinion, and yes, considering it’s the only logical possibility. Again, the medical premise comes into mind, but I would lean more toward a person already being alive and having several parts of their body replaced by parts of another, but does that make them a monster or fixed-up person? 

One reason I decided to take a closer look at the comparison between vampires and the monster is that in my first book, The Macabre Masterpiece, I have a chapter called Creatures, which has poems that talk about these two beings. While my take on Frankenstein's monster is pretty much what we already know from the books and movies, just shorter and in poem form, my take on vampires is a bit different. The reason for this article on whether or not vampires are real is based on my poems and how we as a society perceive vampires today. My poems deal with how vampires are somber, sad, and question their existence. The poems also deal with how we as a society have forgotten who we are and what we are capable of. We think they are romantic, mysterious, and all sparkly and cute when they are the furthest thing from it. 

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