Wow:Married British Couple Who Claim To Be Real-life Vampires

Are there actually vampire existing from supernatural strength to an unfortunate taste for human blood, vampires have long enjoyed a terrifying reputation.

But according to a pair of real life British vampires Vanian, 53, and Ethereal Dark, 27, who both hail from Manchester, the reality of vampiric living is somewhat different.

Although they spend their days sleeping and do drink blood, the married couple insist that they would never take it unasked (‘That would be assault!’ says an outraged Vanian).

They also are happy to eat garlic, can get near a cross without mishap and even like churches, while fake fangs are a no-no.

‘It’s a myth that you can bite someone to get blood because that would be assault,’ explains a wearily patient Vanian. ‘You don’t know whether they have infections either.

We don’t sleep in coffins ,we don’t even have a coffin. We don’t walk around with fangs either; in fact, we don’t have false fangs.’They do, however, enjoy a drop of blood or two with most coming from volunteers who have been dubbed ‘Black Swans’ by the vampire community, or from each other.‘Too much blood would make you vomit,’ adds Vanian.‘It’s not like in a film where it’s dribbling down your chin. Your body tells you. 

‘It’s personal too. It’s always done one on one. We drink blood about twice a week but we do eat other food as well, especially red meat.’Vanian, who says he uses a little razor rather than fangs to extract blood from his wife, is at pains to point out that not just any blood will do.

‘Black Swans have to get a health certificate or [drinking blood] is like Russian Roulette,’ he continues.‘You don’t know what they’ve got. Infections are everywhere. Also, we don’t hack people up, that’s not what we’re about. Anyway, you’d be arrested if you did that.’ 

Other vampiric myths that Vanian and Ethereal Dark are keen to quash include any suggestion that they can’t enter churches and don’t have a reflection.

They also say that far from being forcibly turned into a vampire as shown in films and TV series such as True Blood, the process happens via what they describe as a ‘gentle awakening’.

‘It can happen at any age,’ explains Vanian. ‘It’s a calling. A natural progression. You realise that you don’t feel like everyone else.