Melvian ; in his book 𝘝𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 has described | Infinity.

Melvian ; in his book 𝘝𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 has described that belief in vampires resulted from people of pre-industrial societies attempting to explain the natural, but to them inexplicable, process of 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 and 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

It has also been 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 that vampire legends were influenced by individuals being buried alive because of shortcomings in the medical knowledge of the time. In some cases in which people reported sounds emanating from a 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗻, it was later dug up and fingernail marks were discovered on the inside from the victim trying to escape. In other cases the person would hit their heads, noses or faces and it would appear that they had been "feeding".