Did you know that there are at least 50 vampires in New Orleans?

Contrary to what is portrayed in movies or stories, these 'beings' are actually normal people who say they have a rare condition that makes them drink human or animal blood....

Forget the famous book Dracula, by Irish writer Bram Stoker.

The vampires portrayed in the stories do not match those of reality. Yes, these "beings" exist. According to a study in the United States, at least 50 vampires were found in the city of New Orleans alone. But, contrary to popular belief, they are not monsters that roam the night, but normal people who say they have a health problem that makes them drink blood, whether human or animal.

This information is part of the doctoral work of John Edgar Browning, a student at the State University of Louisiana. In an interview with the Washington Post, he explains that the term "vampire" has a bad connotation and people who eat blood would be "common and legal". The doctoral student also says he found several of them in the city of New Orleans, especially in the French Quarter, and all of them would have been "very friendly".

This American city is already famous for stories involving voodoo (an African religion that blends with the local culture), and when it comes to vampires, it doesn't go further: it even has an official association.

If you thought the number of people who ate blood only in New Orleans was strange, how about knowing that in the United States there are about 5,000 real vampires? This was the result of research by the Atlanta Vampire Alliance.