Here is a snippet of a ridiculous story, read more here.

UNALASKA, AK (KUCB) - It’s summertime, so Unalaska’s vampires are likely off vacationing in the southern hemisphere. But what’s become of those who were accused of acting like the undead last winter?

Well, one successfully proved his humanity just last week. Andrew Philemonof Jr. was found not guilty of assault and vampirism by an Unalaska jury on Thursday.

Ripped directly from Mr. Mefestta’s Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/drakemefestta

To the members, supporters, and observers of the Vampire Community
July 31, 2010

Throughout the decades the vampire community has been comprised of members from all paths, faiths, and walks of life. As a community and as individuals we have all felt, at one time or another, the burden of our own personal tribulations, being what we are and existing within a social structure that is growing but still infantile in its understandings has made for a difficult way of life for many within our society. I feel that there is a part within our community that still can be considered far more unacknowledged in their way of life and whom I feel deserves necessary validation and recognition for what they do in support for our community, our donors.

Within the general society donors are often looked at as simply food, portrayed often as something to be fed upon and nothing more, given an almost consistent stigma of helpless prey to the mighty hunter and to this I raise my objection. I believe most would agree that though we the vampires may be negatively perceived by many, there are still others who would equally find positive traits, things to admire and find fantasia or mystique in therefore the icon of the vampire still has a formidable substantiation to it . The donor’s life however I consider the perception to not only be misconstrued in society but also not as empathized within the community due to the fact that almost all that would feed from a donor had never been in the donors place and truly experience what they sacrifice for our preservation and all so willingly as well.

By this I would wish to declare that on October the 1st, I will be holding personally as a secular holiday, as a day of thanks to the donors that have given so much for our preservation. I feel that they are just as much of a part of our community as any other and hold an irreplaceable role as the ones who make it possible for us to exist and maintain our sense well being and that is something to give deepest honor to. I hope you will all join me by giving thanks to your donors however you see fit and celebrating their sacrifices to us. This secular holiday I offer for our community I hope will fortify the bond further of our society and whatever role we all have within it.

I welcome your thoughts and insights to this desire of mine and anticipate you will support me in this endeavor.

Regards,-Drake Mefestta

A Colorado woman says a vampire’s sudden appearance caused her to wreck her sport utility vehicle late Sunday night.

The victim was driving down a dead-end dirt road in Mesa County about 11 p.m. when she said she saw a vampire in her headlights, according to Grand Junction’s nbc11news.com.

She quickly threw the SUV in reverse but backed into a canal in her haste. The SUV ended up on its side, stuck in the narrow ditch.

Troopers who arrived on the scene say they found no evidence of a blood-sucking undead traffic hazard. They also say there were no drugs or alcohol involved in the wreck.

The woman was treated briefly by paramedics, then taken home by her husband.

Story by Alice Wolke

Just in time for the new Twilight movie, BU Today interviewed Joseph Laycock:

For millions of Twilight fans, the saga of young Bella and handsome vampire Edward is nothing more than a love story — a romantic escape from reality. But according to religious studies scholar Joseph Laycock (GRS’13), vampires are more than pop culture icons. They believe they’re as real as Twilight author Stephenie Meyer — and Laycock has written a book exploring the phenomenon.

Vampires Today: The Truth About Modern Vampirism (2009) takes a look at teenagers, stay-at-home moms, grandmothers, and professionals, all unremarkable subjects save for one little thing: they claim to feed off of other people’s energy, and, every so often, they drink human blood.

Click here for the rest of the story.

Directly quoted from VVC Email:

June 2010 Global Vampire Community Discussion
Hosted By Voices of the Vampire Community (VVC)

Global Vampire Community Discussion on Sunday, June 27, 2010 @ 7:00 PM Eastern US/ET
(11:00 PM GMT).  If you need assistance with time conversions refer to: http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc
The discussion will be held in the IRC channel #vampirevoices on
Dalnet.

Topic: What kind of things do you get from the vampire community that assist you in understanding and functioning with
your personal vampirism?  What are some things the vampire community
could do that we’re not currently doing, or that we could do better, to
help our fellow vampire or donor?

If you have the ability to install or use an IRC client (a program used to connect to an IRC
server) to access the discussion, please do so. If you don’t have an irc
client already installed on your machine, two popular clients are mIRC (http://www.mirc.com/)
and xchat (http://www.xchat.org/
or http://www.silverex.org/news/).

If you do not have the ability to access IRC another way, you can access
the discussion by going to http://tiny.cc/vampirevoices and entering your
desired Username, then clicking “Connect”. Please be aware that Dalnet
limits the number of people who can connect via the browser-based chat,
so if you have another option for connecting, we strongly encourage you
to not use the browser-based system.

For anyone who has an IRC Client, use irc.dal.net or another dalnet server (http://www.dal.net/servers/)
and join #vampirevoices

Please help spread the word to all those you know in the vampire community. The channel (#vampirevoices) is
always open so feel free to drop by anytime you wish. We hope to see
everyone there!

- Voices of the Vampire Community (VVC)
http://www.veritasvosliberabit.com/vvc.html

The VVC has announced the date of the next Global Vampire Community Discussion and is currently seeking suggestions for discussion topics.  Suggestions may be sent through the Vampire Community Feedback form located at:

http://www.veritasvosliberabit.com/contactus.html

June 2010 Global Vampire Community Discussion
Hosted By Voices of the Vampire Community (VVC)

Global Vampire Community Discussion on Sunday, June 27, 2010 @ 7:00 PM Eastern US/ET (11:00 PM GMT).  If you need assistance with time conversions refer to:http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc The discussion will be held in the IRC channel #vampirevoices on Dalnet.

Topic(s): Please Make Suggestions Using The Feedback Form

If you have the ability to install or use an IRC client (a program used to connect to an IRC server) to access the discussion, please do so. If you don’t have an irc client already installed on your machine, two popular clients are mIRC (http://www.mirc.com/) and xchat (http://www.xchat.org/ or http://www.silverex.org/news/).

If you do not have the ability to access IRC another way, you can access the discussion by going to http://tiny.cc/vampirevoices and entering your desired Username, then clicking “Connect”. Please be aware that Dalnet limits the number of people who can connect via the browser-based chat, so if you have another option for connecting, we strongly encourage you to not use the browser-based system.

For anyone who has an IRC Client, use irc.dal.net or another dalnet server (http://www.dal.net/servers/) and join #vampirevoices

Please help spread the word to all those you know in the vampire community. The channel (#vampirevoices) is always open so feel free to drop by anytime you wish. We hope to see everyone there!

Global Vampire Community Discussion Transcripts:

July 10, 2009 - http://www.veritasvosliberabit.com/images/VVCGlobalVampireCommunityDiscussion07.10.09.pdf
August 2, 2009 - http://www.veritasvosliberabit.com/images/VVCGlobalVampireCommunityDiscussion08.02.09.pdf
September 20, 2009 - http://www.veritasvosliberabit.com/images/VVCGlobalVampireCommunityDiscussion09.20.09.pdf
November 29, 2009 (To Be Posted This Month)

- Voices of the Vampire Community (VVC)
http://www.veritasvosliberabit.com/vvc.html

Directly Copied from the Atlanta Vampire Alliance website announcement.

Sick of watching overzealous alt chicks, bikers, and circus people in Miami Ink, and all the other billions of tattoo reality shows out there? Finally, a show about real vampires with real needs: reliable fangsmithing.

Read More at Vampires.com

According to data compiled by the Vampirism and Energy Work Research Study, 75% of self-identified vampires have a tested I.Q. of above 125. Launched in 2006, the mammoth sociological and phenomenological study has contacted nearly one thousand real, self-identified vampires about their personal characteristics and lifestyles.

Here are more highlights from this groundbreaking work as gathered by legendary paranormal research Brad Steiger in his stunning book Real Vampires, Night Stalkers and Creatures from the Darkside (Visible Ink, 2010):

-Doc Paranormal

Click here to read more at the Ask Doc Paranormal site.

Self-identified vampires do not believe they are superhuman versions of various myths. Rather, these vampires are normal human beings who simply identify strongly with any number traits associated with vampires. Mythical vampires are powerful, mysterious and seductive. Some traits of vampires are highly valued within the mainstream while other traits are despised. Thus, mythical vampires often reflect a range of attractive and undesirable—yet human—characteristics.

Read More at Dr. DJ Williams’s site.

The Vampire Beach Burn is an annual event held in the summer months in Southern California. Originally created as a summer meet-up event for local vampires it has now evolved and we would like to extend the invitation to other members of the Dark Community to participate.

This year the Burn will take place on Saturday June 26, 2010 at Bolsa Chica State Beach located on Pacific Coast Highway and Warner Ave.

Our burn this year will coincide with the full moon and  be less then a week after the  Summer Solstice.

The Beach Burn starts at 9 am and will run until the beach closes at 10 p.m. The event is FREE, but there is a $15 parking fee.

More info at the official Vampire Beach Burn site.