Facts behind the Fiction?

Midnight · **Posted:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 3:56 pm

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 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 4:10 pm

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 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 4:10 pm

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 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 4:11 pm

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

Christopher · **Posted:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 5:26 pm

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

robot · **Posted:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 9:08 pm

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 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 9:21 pm

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 · **Posts:** 8 **Joined:** Wed Oct 20, 2004 10:45 am

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 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 01, 2004 9:58 pm

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 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 01, 2004 10:59 pm

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

Midnight · **Posted:** Tue Nov 02, 2004 3:43 am

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

Fallen · **Posts:** 183 **Joined:** Mon Jun 07, 2004 1:11 pm

^ 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 · **Posted:** Wed Nov 03, 2004 5:00 pm

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

robot · **Posted:** Wed Nov 03, 2004 5:58 pm

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

Midnight · **Posted:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 7:44 pm

okies lol.

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