The Beginning of Vampires Vampires have gone all the way back to ancient greek times. And as years went on the vampire would appear all over history making it world wide. Most famous vampire is Bram Stoker's Dracula in movies. What is a Vampire? Nowadays vampires are human corps that rise from the grave to feed on human blood, but looking back in history vampires were not seen as humans but supernatural, or even demonic entities. Vlad Tepes Tepes is a historical prince, he was second of four born into the noble family vlad II Dracul. When he ruled he did the cruel act he is most known for which is impaling his enemies on stakes in the ground and leaving them for dead, this is where he got the name Vlad the Impaler. Identifying There are many said ways to identifying a vampire like no reflection or not being able to go in the sunlight, but there is not one consistent identity except one which is drinking blood. Finding a Vampire To Romanian legend they would take a seven year old boy and place him on a white horse in a graveyard and what ever grave the horse would stop at, would be a vampire. Vampires Today There are people out there who will dress up in the gothic-inspired look, or people who will actually get fangs, but there is no such thing as a human vampire because it is toxic to humans to drink blood regularly.