Dickey 1 Alex Dickey Ms.

Caruso English 1102 14 February 2012

Jenna Price 2/19/12 11:14 PM Comment [1]: Jenna Price

Vampires have lived among us for centuries, but one question is always out there. Where did vampires come from? Well, theres an easy explanation, and a more difficult one. Vampirism comes from a virus from a flea commonly found on bats and more commonly found on vampire bats. The flea would bite the bat and the bat would then bite livestock. The virus is not airborne; however, it can be exchanged through bodily fluid exchange, or by a bite. It has been a common misconception that vampire bats transmit the virus directly to humans. Its not impossible, just very unlikely. Generally speaking, there are three stages to the vampire transformation. The three stages are: The infection, the vampiric coma, and the transformation (Science of Vampires 1). The first stage, the infection starts right after the victim is bitten. This is when the victim starts to show flu like symptoms. The stage lasts six to twelve hours and is absolutely 100% curable via vaccine at this point in time. Stage two begins within 24 hours of infection. The victim will slip into a coma and the pulse and heart rate will slow to such a point that some people will believe the victim to have died and end up burying them ALIVE. This is the stage where modern day society has come up with the idea that vampires sleep in coffins and wake up from the grave. The third stage is the final transformation. If the victim survives through the coma, he/she will awaken fully transformed. Confused and paranoid, they will begin the hunt for their first meal.

Jenna Price 2/19/12 11:30 PM Comment [2]: I would maybe start your paper off talking about the present time and whether or not people still believe they are of existence. Then, begin talking about the past & where they came from.

Jenna Price 2/19/12 11:29 PM Comment [3]: Has this specifically happened that you know of? Try to use as many facts in your paper as possible.

Jenna Price 2/19/12 11:39 PM Comment [4]: Where would someone go to get the vaccination?

Jenna Price 2/19/12 11:47 PM Comment [5]: You need to be more specific on whether or not these events have actually happened or not. And where they happened.

Dickey 2 It is believed that the vampires, who walk among us today, originated from the small town of Lazo, Russia. The year was 1967 and the Soviet Union was testing a vampire virus on chimpanzees (Lazo Disaster 1). Things were going well until one of the chimpanzees escaped and bit one of the lab technicians. That lab tech bit another and another and soon the whole town (750) was infected. The Soviets could not let that happen. So they sent a team to the town to blow it up. They succeeded, or so they thought. At least one of the infected vampires escaped and kept feeding on from there. The next place that vampires were heard of was the cursed ship that was on a voyage for the new world (USA). There was a merchant ship in 1607 England that had set sail for the new world. The captain was bound for retirement and decided to head for the new world. The night before, the captain was greeted by a prostitute and lured into a dark alley. The captain, as said by the FVZA Harlot for hire, might be vampire, ignored the old maxim and followed the prostitute anyway. As soon as the two were concealed, she sunk her fangs into his neck. The next morning the captain denied everything and they set sail for the new world. By the time the ship reached the new world (Caribbean), all of the crew were vampires and those who came to greet the ship were in for a nasty surprise. From that point on, vampires spread throughout North and South America and are present even in modern day America.
Jenna Price 2/19/12 11:49 PM Comment [6]: The paper is interesting. It seems more of a story rather than a paper behind a historical event. It was hard for me to peer review this paper because Im not quite sure what your actual historical event is.

Dickey 3 Works Cited 1890 Present: Tudor House Style. Architecture.about.com. n.d. n.p. Vampres: Myth, Legend and Lore. Theshadowlands.net. cat@theshadowlands.net. N.d. Vampres: Myth, Legend and Lore. Theshadowlands.net. cat@theshadowlands.net. N.d. (HISTORY) The Ship of the Dead. Fvza.org. n.d. FVZA. The Science of Vampires. Fvza.org. n.d. FVZA.