# Facts About Reverse Vampires **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 30, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-about-reverse-vampires/972514 "2022-09-30T16:46:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-about-reverse-vampires/972514/1 "2022-09-30T16:46:03Z")
We know they have to be home before dark. But, what other “facts” can we deduce? Here are a few Reverse vampires have stakes in their hearts. If you remove the stake they either become immobile or crumble to dust. They cannot enter your house if you invite them. They draw their strength from garlic. They are very attracted to religious symbols. They must sleep anywhere but on a bed of their native soil. What else? ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-about-reverse-vampires/972514/2 "2022-09-30T16:51:41Z")
Well, they have an annoying habit of biting people’s necks and injecting a bunch of blood into them. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-about-reverse-vampires/972514/3 "2022-09-30T16:54:27Z")
And you can’t see them coming, unless you’re looking in a mirror. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-about-reverse-vampires/972514/4 "2022-09-30T16:56:58Z")
Any time they want to go somewhere, they turn from a bat into a person and have to walk. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-about-reverse-vampires/972514/5 "2022-09-30T16:57:31Z")
They resemble Steve Garvey instead of Bela Lugosi. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-about-reverse-vampires/972514/6 "2022-09-30T17:06:45Z")
They never wear black, and tend to have blond hair and blue eyes. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-about-reverse-vampires/972514/7 "2022-09-30T17:15:46Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > They resemble Steve Garvey instead of Bela Lugosi. And they are spectacularly tanned. [![](https://film-authority.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DpL4zF2W4AAg1z6.jpg) ](https://film-authority.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DpL4zF2W4AAg1z6.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-about-reverse-vampires/972514/8 "2022-09-30T19:16:43Z")
They are healthy looking, have a ruddy complexion, and heavily built, look like they work out a lot. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-about-reverse-vampires/972514/9 "2022-09-30T19:18:04Z")
Basically the cast of Jersey Shore 🙂 [![](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/75cYHh8yyx9rIVxpWbf5HA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTY0MDtoPTM2MA--/https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/9JR_Dag5L62s09yScqrrzg--~B/aD01NzY7dz0xMDI0O2FwcGlkPXl0YWNoeW9u/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/theblast_73/6585831c943792720fce065e9469aab9) ](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/75cYHh8yyx9rIVxpWbf5HA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTY0MDtoPTM2MA--/https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/9JR_Dag5L62s09yScqrrzg--~B/aD01NzY7dz0xMDI0O2FwcGlkPXl0YWNoeW9u/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/theblast_73/6585831c943792720fce065e9469aab9) ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-about-reverse-vampires/972514/10 "2022-09-30T19:44:50Z")
There is no such thing as a reverse vampire, this thread is nothing but disinformation and propaganda, and the OP is an agent of the RAND corporation at the very last, if not of the saucer people themselves!. We are through the looking glass people. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-about-reverse-vampires/972514/11 "2022-09-30T19:49:45Z")
Potential victims find the seductive powers of reverse vampires quite easy to resist, leading to speculation that many – perhaps most or even all – reverse vampires are virgins. ---
**Author:** ![Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-about-reverse-vampires/972514/12 "2022-09-30T20:55:52Z")
They age really fast. People are always offering them discounts at the movie theater and helping them across the street. Their friends make comments like, “He’s only 35? Man, he really let himself go.” On the other hand, no one looks at them funny when they park in the handicapped spots, even if they can walk just fine. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-about-reverse-vampires/972514/13 "2022-09-30T21:19:19Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > They must sleep anywhere but on a bed of their native soil They get buried in a four-post bed. They pronounce Vs like Ws. They call themselves wampires. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-about-reverse-vampires/972514/14 "2022-09-30T22:20:13Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > They pronounce Vs like Ws. They call themselves wampires. And can be found aboard nuclear wessels! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MdSJFrhb-HM/hqdefault.jpg "The Nuclear Wessels?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdSJFrhb-HM) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-about-reverse-vampires/972514/15 "2022-09-30T22:27:32Z")
They have disproportionately large incisors, bicuspids, and molars. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-about-reverse-vampires/972514/16 "2022-10-01T03:00:49Z")
When they arrive in a city, there’s a mysterious spread of good health among the residents. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-about-reverse-vampires/972514/17 "2022-10-01T03:03:43Z")
They all wear crucifixes. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-about-reverse-vampires/972514/18 "2022-10-01T03:04:48Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Well, they have an annoying habit of biting people’s necks and injecting a bunch of blood into them. Which makes them highly valuable to blood banks. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-about-reverse-vampires/972514/19 "2022-10-01T03:09:14Z")
They’re frequently alcoholics, and at any rate, heavy drinkers, but never beer or liquor-- only wine. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-about-reverse-vampires/972514/20 "2022-10-01T16:55:24Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Well, they have an annoying habit of biting people’s necks and injecting a bunch of blood into them. The Red Cross could sure use the services of reverse vampires. Especially ones that are O Negative. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-about-reverse-vampires/972514.md?page=2)