Vampires Werewolves and Frankenstein Monsters

[Alix]

Is it scientifically or physically possible for creatures such as Vampires Werewolves and Frankenstein Monsters ever to be created-or were were created, and if so-where is the proof?

[robojoos]

i don't think it would be possible for the vampires or frankenstein monsters to be created, but as for the werewolves, genetic recombination can do wonders

[andy hughes]

A lot of folklore has at least some basis in truth - exagerated by the product of empty minds on empty stomachs. The vampire myth comes from a known medical condition (name not known sorry) in which the siufferer's lips drw back from their teeth, and the develop a high sensitivity to daylight. from this, it's a short immaginative step to the notion of vampyreism, although the condition does not induce blood drinking in the sufferer. Werewolf legends grew from the occasional natrual disfunction when a baby was born with an excess of bodily hair - a phenomenon that continues today. In the last century, superstition would compel the parents to keep such a child hidden from view, except maybe at night, and again, a myth's seeds are sown. As for the 'Frankenstein' legend - corpse robbing was common in the last century - hospitals would pay for fresh cadavours for medical research. Not hard to imagine some enterprising doctor playing God - as mary's Shelley's dream, and novel, proved. These myths have endured because of their basis in fact, with large dollops of fear and ignorance added on.