How do I begin...

Alright, let's first start with your opening title, posed as a question.  Vampires are indeed real, just not the type of creatures that legends point at.  I could go on for quite a long time talking about all the different legends, dating back to pre-Christ and ranging in areas from Mesopotamia, Egypt, tribal Africa, all over Europe, and even Asia.  These undead vampire legends I shall label the immortal vampires.  They rose from their graves due to various circumstances relating to the area of myth, they had magickal powers, they lived extraordinarily long lives, they returned to their graves to sleep after draining their victims dry, etcetera.

As for Bram Stoker, I'm not even going to start.  He wrote an incredibly good piece of fiction that future enthusiasts with poor judgment gobbled up as truth.  Nothing more.  I am not going into werewolves here either.  As for Judas, I agree.

Now is where I am forced to start picking apart your statements.  I apologize in advance if you are in any way offended by this.

Alright - blood.  Your statement that "Anyone can get nourishment from blood" is false.  Yes, as you pointed out, blood carries oxygen from the lungs to keep the muscles from producing too much lactic acid and breaking down; and yes, food digested from the stomach carries vital nutrients to the rest of the body to keep it functioning.  But, consuming blood by oral means for normal people is, for the most part, a waste.  The hydrochloric acid in the stomach breaks down the blood, and with the exception of a few useful vitamins such as iron, the rest is passed on as waste.  A vampire gains their energy from not the blood itself, but the energy within the blood.  Call it chi, chakra, or simply a life-force if you will, the vampire is able to extract the energy from the blood and absorb it into their own body for use.

The vampire uses this energy to replace what energy he or she uses through simply living.  Some vampires are able to use special abilities, if you will, but doing so uses up this energy, resulting in the vampire needing yet more energy to replace what was lost.  This, of course, is followed up by a series of setbacks certain vampires have, including increased sensitivity to sunlight and/or being easily tired after physical exertion.

The modern-day vampire I like to call the mortal vampire.  They are not immortal, and they live otherwise normal, if not maybe longer lives.  These vampires are not undead, and they do not hold to true to most myths about vampires, including mirrors, garlic, running water, and all of the like.  As for explaining these vampires, I would like to think that it is some rare recessive hereditary-based genetic disorder, not much unlike the Porphyrias.  Being hereditary, it can be passed down through bloodlines, but it is very common to skip one, two, or several generations at a time, being a recessive gene.

I am a vampire, and have done quite a bit of research on the subject of vampires.  I myself am sensitive to sunlight - I don't burst into the flames like so many would believe, but I do burn extremely easily, such as under 15 minutes.  I am required to wear sunglasses when outside as the sun will temporarily blind me for 15 to 30 minutes while my eyes adjust.  By that time I would burn anyway, so I try to avoid the sun altogether.  When I am forced to be outside for any reason, I where closed-toed shoes, long pants, long-sleeved shirts, a wide-brimmed fedora to block the sun, and gloves to cover my hands.  Yes, it is that bad for me.  Most other vampires are barely bothered by it.  In addition, I have increased agility and reaction speed, resulting in my increased liking of martial arts and ninjutsu.  My eyesight is normal, but I can often hear higher frequencies than most people.  I have a above-average strength for my body type and gym experience, but that's about it.  Most people sport other such abilities, some none at all.  But all modern vampires share one thing, and that is the need to consume blood for the energy it yields.

I do hope I have addressed everything that you were looking for.  If you have anything else to say or ask, feel free to respond.

-Alexander du Galle

Yes, light-eyed people would be sensitive to sunlight, I indeed already know that.  But I have dark brown eyes, which throws away that excuse right then and there.  Yes, burning easily in the sun is common to non-vampires as well.

As with increased agility and reaction-speed, I mean compared to someone else with the average height, weight, and age.  That should have been obvious in my statement - not an Olympian. And comparing humans to cheetahs is just ridiculous - there is no comparison.

And hyperacusis is a real condition, but do you have any idea how rare that is without tinnitus? Very.  For as many people that claim to have this ability without tinnitus is an incalculable impossibility.  Of course, they could just be lying.  And as for strength, I do not mean a little strength increase.  I mean I can lift almost two times my weight on a regular basis.

My point being all these symptoms in one person by just the conditions you named are against the odds by millions.  I am not saying it could not happen, but the major driving force behind my belief in what I am is the need for blood and the energy it yields.  I have no idea what you mean when you say that is an excuse, but I can tell that I do not have Celiac Syndrome, nor any of the Porphyrias, being a related condition.

As for proof, there is no conclusive proof that vampires exist - also as there is no conclusive proof that anything else on this site exist at all, with the exception of the stupid people.  If there was conclusive proof, a thesis would have been written and turned in to medical authorities to acknowledge their presence.  My intention is not to present proof to you that I, or vampires in general, are what they are.  I don't feel the need to prove to anybody other than myself that I exist.  I am simply providing information that I have gathered throughout the years, and opinions and theses formulated from those endeavours.

-Alexander du Galle

The difficulty here (and if I had a dollar for every time this comes up here I'd have enough to pay for a decent round of drinks) is proving something a)paranormal and b) over the internet. Necro, as the situation stands Alexander can no more prove to you his condition of being than you can prove to me that magick is real or I can prove to anyone here that God exists.

Some things you just have to accept or choose not to: harping on about empirical proofs doesn't move the discussion any further forward.

Hm. Okay, but what proof can you offer me about the reality of magick?

Actually I am of the belief magic moy or may not exist, I don't know, I am willing to accept I am delusional or just need it as a crutch. Everyday I question whether magic is real or I am just being stupid and wasting my time. UNfortunately even with all my doubts, I still have faith in it, the gods know why. I dont think any spell I have ever cast has worked and I doubt most magic as fake. I would also accept evidence that would prove the existance of magic, but that seems in short supply.
Hel any proof would give ME peace of mind. Do you know what it is like when everyday is the Dark Night of the Soul?

Alexander, So you say you have all these sideeffects from being a vampire, but you admit then that nothing about you doesn't fit the normal and that any non vampire could do these same things. So you have no proof except for something that could be psychological?

If you believe in vampires you make them real, regardless of the fact they do exist or not.