I would say that rather than vampires and werewolves being 'real' in the known sense its more likely that they originate from something less glamourous. Werewolves for example would probably have originated from someone or a family maybe that have that condition that makes you excessivly hairy (can't remember the name off the top of my head). So in a sense they are very real because at one time they would have been believed to be but in another sense they have simple explenations.

But wouldn't it be more fun if they were real

Hi Deanna Vampires do exist in tranzilvania,and they drink blood,but not human blood ,animal blood. I think there really was a Count dracula and thats whom Bram Stoker based his stories on.His stories were fiction based on fact. God bless and love juditha

Well, remember how I noted there are no lightning-bolt-hurling mages, or armies of
undead lead by evil clerics, or even talking
donkeys a'la the Balaam story in the Old
Testament (or "Shrek" for that matter.)
Why? Because those are fairy tales derived
from ancient superstitions.
Ditto for vampires/werewolves. (Gee, I wonder
why my local gun shop doesn't have silver
bullets in stock...)

B-man

Hi Juditha,
I not really believe in werewolves and vampires (but it has much symbolic potential) but I always wanted to know what adventures cats experience when they are wandering outside at night!
Spooky