Vampires uncloaked

Source: Bizarre Magazine, May / June 1997, pages 58-64

Mark Benecke & David Pescod

Picture: Bizarre Magazine

Most people think that human blood will be rich and thick, and rather nauseating. The opposite is true. Fresh from a cut, blood is pale, thin and sweet-tasting, warm in your mouth like milk fresh from the cow. Sucked from your lover’s body, it’s the ultimate in sharing: excitingly forbidden, enticingly primal.

More people have tried drinking blood than you’d think. “There’s a vast underground network of people who drink blood on a regular basis”, says Texas journalist Jeff Guinn, who has interviewed over 80 blood-suckers. “Usually they fall into one of three categories. The rarest are those influenced by movies and books. The second are people who honestly believe they need to do it for their health. But for the majority it is compulsive, something they have felt the need to do since childhood, perhaps after cutting a finger and instinctively licking it.”

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