Self-proclaimed "vampire" gunned down in Melbourne. And this less than a week after a guy tried to hijack a plane to Tasmania with wooden stakes. What's going on here?

Posted by: mitch | http:// | Wed Jun 4 11:25:53 2003

Australia is the true location of the Hellmouth: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=19559&cid=1877546

Posted by: Ben | http://leviathan.weblogs.com | Wed Jun 4 16:56:19 2003

Heh, I was up in Reservoir yesterday morning (when all the drama was happening). I had my monthly appointment with the nice lady from Corrections who gets me to sign all these contracts full of spelling and grammatical mistakes. She was really stressed (she warned me that there were people hiding in the area shooting bystanders at random) and wanted to know how I was going to get to work. I told her I would walk straight to the station and get the first train that came. I told her I always get out of Reservoir as fast as I can anyway, and she said this was a good idea.

Posted by: Steve | | Thu Jun 5 03:21:40 2003

re: Tasmanian hijack

Having been on numerous planes bound for Launceston (I grew up there) I've often felt the urge to seize control and fly somewhere... well, anywhere... else instead. Totally understandable.

Posted by: Benjamin | http://www.carnagevisors.net | Thu Jun 5 12:11:18 2003

What I wonder, is that I heard he was also into s&m, and I wonder with the trial he was in *some one* was worried about the media finding out about their habits, maybe some tory mp or something like that..

Posted by: Alli | http:// | Thu Jul 24 04:27:59 2003

do vampires exist? if so what the hell was one doing in melbourne? in daylight? dying from a gun shot? he must have some nerve.

Posted by: Tisiphone | http:// | Sun Oct 12 07:59:55 2003

If you arent aware of the exsitance of Vampires by now, youre a fool. Im one, and so are many others. Very few of us actually "kill", Shane was silly. I heard that his coven abandoned him about two years ago for killing one of their donors. Tut tut. Anyhow...theres no need to be afraid...we really are quite nice beings....

-Tisiphone xoxo

Oh, and by the way, stakes arent much use. Any of us 'real' vampires have incredibly quick reflexes, and are trained in a variety of self defence arts. Even though we arent immortal, we are fast, strong, and most of us are smart enough to wear either chainmail or some other form of protective vest.

Posted by: Graham | http://grudnuk.com/ | Sun Oct 12 15:58:11 2003

Best use a gun, then, I guess.

Posted by: acb | http://dev.null.org | Sun Oct 12 17:56:33 2003

Oh, I have no doubt that vampires do exist. If you define "vampires" as "delusional blood-drinking headcases", or perhaps "goths with a poorer than usual grip on reality". Though I doubt they can change into bats, manifest superhuman powers or any other cool shit like that.

Btw, I wonder what the hepatitis/HIV infection rates are like in the vampire community.

Posted by: dj | http://deejbah.livejournal.com | Mon Oct 13 01:48:49 2003

Graham, i've heard that a 'really big stake' aka baseball would do the trick.

Posted by: dj | http://deejbah.livejournal.com | Mon Oct 13 03:46:27 2003

left out the magic word 'bat'

derrr!

Posted by: pittsfordbrat | http:// | Wed Jun 30 04:37:24 2004

i tink u are all sick. vampires do not exist in the sunny continent of Australia. i am not denying their existance but for people to say that stakes can't kill vampires is insane. it has been known since the beginning of time that stakes kill vampires. stakes, holy water, and crosses are vampires weaknesses. and i know this because i have seen one and i have seen one be killed and i have killed one myself. they do not turn into bats and they are not afraid of garlic. and by the way the hellmouth is not in australia it is in the United States and i know where it is...

Posted by: acb | http://dev.null.org | Wed Jun 30 05:18:26 2004

We've got a live one here...

Posted by: Graham | http://grudnuk.com/ | Wed Jun 30 10:29:07 2004

Apparently vampires are not that keen on "Queer Eye For The Straight Guy" either.

Posted by: pittsfordbrat | http:// | Fri Jul 2 00:39:39 2004

lol. i bet vampires look better than u.

Posted by: keta | http:// | Fri Oct 29 05:42:57 2004

the only true vampire, as in origin of the vampire is Vlad Dracul otherwise known as Vlad Tepes (Vlad the impaler) that is where everything originated from. If you really think you are a vampire or werewolf then maybe a doctor should check you for lycanthropy........

Posted by: Ben-Gurion Jacarutu | http:// | Fri Oct 29 10:21:04 2004

The one true vampire, not to be confused with any of those fakes out there. Wasn't that sort of the plot of Blade II?

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