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Britain Has ‘Subculture’ Of 15,000 Vampires, Says University Lecturer
Dr Emyr Williams, a psychology lecturer at Glyndwr University in Wrexham, said real vampires are a “global phenomenon”
Telegraph
Keith Perry
A psychology lecturer at a British university claims the UK has a population of some 15,000 vampires and is carrying out an academic study of their lifestyles.
Dr Emyr Williams, a senior lecturer from Glyndwr University in Wrexham, wants to discover more about Britain’s vampire subculture, following the surge in popularity of films and TV shows about vampires.
The academic says vampires are not a myth but live and breathe a set of laws and ethics while meeting regularly all over the world, including the UK.
He is carrying out what is believed to be the first online academic surveyin the UK of people who say they are vampires aimed at gaining a better understanding of vampirism.
Dr Williams said that while plenty of work has been done on the phenomenon of vampirism before, it has never really been approached from “an academic perspective”.
“We are talking about a group of individuals who believe they have a psychological need to consume blood,” Dr Williams said.
“Some books say there are between 10,000 and 15,000 people in the UK who call themselves vampires, with maybe another 30,000 being donors. So we’re trying to reach as many of these people as we can to try and understand them better.
Al Gore’s supposed to be one.