The Vampire Returns...

[Big Black Dog]

All good things come to an end and my vacation is over. I am back home and will get to sleep in my favorite coffin tonight and on soil that is familar to me. I had a great time. Left here and went to Williamsburg, Va for a couple of days. I was living there when I got married to the Countess. Then went south for 10 miles or so and visited with a friend overnight in Grafton, Va. From there went to the cottage we rented at Kitty Hawk, NC for a week. Ate plenty of sea food and caught a few fish here and there. Laid on the beach and had a few cool ones. Went everywhere on the Outer Banks you could go without getting arrested. From there went to relatives house in Rocky Mount, NC for a couple of days and then to my daughters house in Wake Forest for a couple of days. (The grandkids nearly picked me clean...) Took 40 back through the mountains and stopped for a couple of hours in Ashville, NC. Then began the actual journey home. Spent the night in Lexington, KY and left there this morning at 9:30 am and got home here to the farm at about 7:30 pm. Unloaded the truck all by myself while the wife talked to all of her friends on the telephone. (I think this was planned.) Anyway, it's good to be back home.

Now, my questions... Were you guys able to solve any of the world's problems while I was away? Did you all miss me and long for the hour that I would return? I'm back so you can begin to post all of the more difficult things that have been making you scratch your head. I can solve those problems for ya!

I'm a bit low on my blood intake so I'll be getting out and about to replinish... Please keep your necks bare tonight.

 

[AllieBaba]

What is it about vampires that is so alluring?????

You always end up kind of liking them, and feeling guilty about it!

 

[Big Black Dog]

What is it about vampires that is so alluring?????

You always end up kind of liking them, and feeling guilty about it!

Most vampires, before they became vampires, like me, were also chick magnets.

 

[AllieBaba]

Yes, but with your extended life and all that, it's probably so long ago you barely remember it....

 

[Madeline]

It sounds as if you had a wonderful time. I'm jealous.

Welcome back, Count.

 

[editec]

Now, my questions... Were you guys able to solve any of the world's problems while I was away?

Yup.

All of them.

We can pretty much shut this place down, now.

Our work here is done.

 

[waltky]

possum scared o' vampires, Uncle Ferd too...

Vampire scare prompts U.N. pullout from southern Malawi
10 Oct.`17 - The United Nations said on Monday it has pulled staff out of two districts in southern Malawi where a vampire scare has triggered mob violence in which at least five people have been killed.

Belief in witchcraft is widespread in rural Malawi, one of the world’s poorest countries, where many aid agencies and NGOs work. A spate of vigilante violence linked to a vampire rumors also erupted in Malawi in 2002. “These districts have severely been affected by the ongoing stories of blood sucking and possible existence of vampires,” the UN Department on Safety and Security (UNDSS) said in a security report on the Phalombe and Mulanje districts that was seen by Reuters.

The Acting UN Resident Coordinator, Florence Rolle, said in an emailed response to questions that based on the report that “some UN staff have relocated while others are still in the districts depending on locations of their operations”. “UNDSS is continuing to monitor the situation closely to ensure all affected UN staff are back in the field as soon as possible,” Rolle said. Rolle did not say how many workers had been relocated.

The UNDSS report said at least five people had been killed in the area since mid-September by lynch mobs accusing them of vampirism. It said mobs searching for vampires have been mounting road blocks in the district, raising security concerns. Malawian President Peter Mutharika said the reports were “distressing and agonizing. “This development has been of grave concern to the President and the entire Government,” his office said in a statement.

The UNDSS report said the vampirism rumors appear to have originated in neighboring Mozambique, although it was not clear what had sparked them. It recommended the “temporary suspension of U.N. activities in the area until the situation is normalized”. It said some NGOs had pulled personnel from the districts and temporarily suspended their programs but did not name the organizations.

Vampire scare prompts U.N. pullout from southern Malawi