Thought you all could use a good vam­pire story sans Jean-Claude, Lestat or who­ever else is the hottest blood­sucker of the moment. Accord­ing to this online TIME mag­a­zine arti­cle, the town of Nicaragua seems to be plagued by vam­pire bats. One cou­ple woke up in the mid­dle of the night, mys­te­ri­ously cov­ered in blood.

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After exam­in­ing the two, Flo­res dis­cov­ered both had been bit­ten on their toes; the clean inci­sions and the pro­fuse bleed­ing were tell­tale signs of a vam­pire bat attack. The vampire’s bite is quick and razor sharp, so the sleep­ing vic­tim doesn’t feel the inci­sion; and the animal’s saliva con­tains a strong anti­co­ag­u­lat­ing agent that leaves the vic­tim bleed­ing for hours after the bite.

That doesn’t sound too sexy, does it? This sounds quite hor­ri­fy­ing, actu­ally. Excuse me while I cringe for just a moment. Accord­ing to the vam­pire bat experts, vam­pire bats are a rare breed and are only found in ” Mex­ico, the Caribbean and Cen­tral and South Amer­ica.” I’ve never cared for bats and this is as good as rea­son as any.