Having given vampirism much thought, I�ve realized that maybe another disease that could be associated with the story of vampires is rabies. Perhaps all these beliefs about vampires started off from ignorance about medical conditions such as rabies, or other diseases. When a person gets bitten by rabied bats, people would immediately assume that person has been bitten by a vampire. Maybe due to the victims� foaming of the mouth, overwhelming thirst that they become scared of water; restlessness, that they�re unable to sleep causing them to roam around at night, as well as hypersensitivity to light and strong smells. All these deceive people into believing that there�s actually a vampire roaming around! And of course, a rabied creature would show agitation, especially when he could not sleep; and therefore, might act violently to the point of even trying to bite them. See how people mistaken rabies incidence to vampirism?

Maybe vampires hate garlic because of its very pungent smell. After all, that�s why people from other countries such as Romania, Bulgaria and Greece traditionally hang garlic before their doors, right? They believe that stinky plants like mint, eucalyptus and cypress, not to mention garlic, were associated with shooing away evil spirits, ghosts, and vampires. Even in their funerals, they used these foul-smelling plants to disguise the smell of death. Whether the vampires will react negatively or not, to garlic, is not the real question. But the fact that the vampires are believed to shy away from merely smelling garlic, in itself, confirms that indeed vampires are petrified of garlic. Maybe if a vampire eats garlic, it would burn them inside until they fade away into burned ash.

Vampires and garlic. I don�t believe in vampires, but I believe that garlic has the same power as the Eucalyptus plant to shoo away pests and even the blood-sucking mosquitoes. In the same way that myths put it that garlic can drive away evil spirits such as the blood-sucking vampires. Garlic and vampires are actually just a part of a regional folklore that has made its way to various regions of the world through the years. After much research on the Internet, I would say the closest thing to a vampire is a disease called the Hemophilia Albino, wherein it�s normal for a person suffering from it to bleed constantly, especially if he gets injured, and so will need blood transfusions. He is hypersensitive to light and gets red eyes if exposed to sunlight; and detests smells like that of the garlic. It�s all in the disease! After all, what�s in garlic for the vampires to react so negatively upon smelling its stench, if it�s true that vampires are real?

No, I don�t believe vampires are scared of garlic, because vampires are just a myth in the first place! However, should there really be vampires, yes; they might actually get scared of garlic. After all, garlic is a natural repellant for blood-sucking creatures such as mosquitoes. Blood-sucking insects such as mosquitoes spread diseases like malaria, hay fever and anemia; which are actually suggestive of the symptoms claimed by people who contend they have been bitten by a vampire! Still, the most interesting part about the myth of vampirism remains to be the many opposing premises as to the origin of the vampire story. Maybe garlic is really just a part of a folklore tradition where evil spirits are driven away, not only by garlic, but also by other plants with pungent smells.

I�ve read a lot about vampires and I�d say vampires don�t really hate garlic. Yes, that�s the truth, because the deeper truth to it is that vampires don�t really exist! People only believe of vampires because of porphyria, a medical condition wherein a person becomes pale faced, gets sharp and scary teeth and becomes scared of light and smell. What people don�t know is that all these are indications of a medical disorder. The person with porphyria detests light and smell, most especially of garlic and so, would only go out night time when it�s very dark. There�s tightening of the skin around the gums, making it appear red and scary, and are given animal blood for treatment; thus blood on the mouth. Really, ignorance can make you think of crazy things!