Hunglish.orgEver since Bram Stoker created Dracula and Transylvania was a region under Hungarian rule, Hungary has always been associated with vampires. Thousands -- millions maybe -- still lurk on the Danube banks...
Written by Scott Savoie
Hungary has a long association with vampires.
Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskóm, better known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor who was most famous for playing vampires.
Transylvania (Erdei) was once a part Hungary and was also the setting of Bram Stoker’s fictional Dracula.
Stoker never actually went to Transylvania, but his fictional account of blood drinkers is one of the most famous of what can only becalled the genre of vampire fiction.
The large amount of vampire fiction has played a little trick on many people: It has made them believe that such creatures are not real.
If you define a vampire as „a creature that lives off of human blood,” then they do indeed exist.
The truth of the matter is that all along the Danube, bloodthirsty creatures come out at night to feed.
They can fly.
Their life source is human blood.
They are very hard to kill.
Water repels them, not just holy water.
After they bite you, the wound itches like crazy.
In Hungarian, they call them „szúnyogok,” but these creatures could also be called „szörnyek” (Eng. „monsters”).
In English, they’re called „mosquitos” and can be numerous along the Danube in summer until mid-October.