Facts behind the Fiction?

[Midnight]

The truth behind many fables are hidden in history, and I for one am hopeing to find out. Things like lochness, Bigfoot, and yes darcula. If anyone has the information behidn these, adn various other "fables" please do post!

[robot]

Bram Stoker's story of Dracula was based on Vlad Tepes {aka Vlad the Impaler, Dracul, or Dracula}. It's quite easy to find information about him.

[Qanda]

I've read of a rare disorder which causes a person to fear sunlight and garlic, and also be very pale, thus giving rise to the legend of vampires. Is that the kind of thing you are looking for?

[Paul]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Ness_Monster
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot and yes,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula

[Christopher]

Dracula is based of Vladimir The Impaler, a slightly tyrannical ruler that enjoyed putting the peasants heads on poles and displaying them.

[robot]

He loved impaling them more than displaying their heads. He had a large table built in front of his "giant spikes" so he could dine outside while watching the impalements.

[ahoteinrun]

http://www.cryptozoology.com
That site has a lot of information about 'unknown' creatures.
Bigfoot, Loch Ness... and others.
Go to the "cryptids" link.
The news and stuff is neat. *nods*

[leprechaun_squirrel]

Oh my goodness! Kristy! It's you!!!!!! The Dracula thing has been pointed out several times, so I won't add further to that one. I think I read about a disease that was probably the derivitive (Lord knows I can't spell!) for the myths about werewolves. Or was that the vampirism thing? They say Bloody Mary was a real person, daughter of king henry the 8th, who killed countless protestants with her rigid catholic rule. I also read somewhere that sailors in the past thought that manitees were mermaids. They have mermaid-like tails and underwater they would look quite a bit like a human.

[Midnight]

Lol, thanks guys!

As weel i'm looking for clarification on some things. LIke, I read that the family of a man, admitted that it was all made up....truth?

[robot]

The family of what man supposedly made up what? o.O

[Midnight]

for the saskquatch, aka bigfoot. They say a man made it up, and he recently died, so they revelaed all..

[Fallen]

^ That thing was the OLD bigfoot video that was of bigfoot moving through the woods and then looking at the camera (The guy admitted to being in the suit a bit before he died)

[Midnight]

the OLD bigfoot movie...you mean there is new ones?

[robot]

There are quite a few bigfoot movies. The one Fallen was referring to was one of the most famous, though.

[Midnight]

okies lol.