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Boston High School Awash With Vampire Rumors

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 27, 2009 11:30 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Authorities at an elite Boston high school found themselves yesterday in the bizarre position of having to publicly deny that certain students were vampires, the Globe reports. While vampires have been popping up more often in popular culture recently, officials and law enforcement say Boston Latin’s issue is most likely just old-fashioned bullying.

The source of the vampire rumor is a student or students who dresses “goth” and reportedly walk with umbrellas to shield them from sunlight. A police visit  on unrelated business stoked the rumor mill as students thought a “vampire” was being arrested. Most students, however, take the rumors for what they are: “I heard people were biting people, but that vampires only bite the willing,” said one senior, with a smile.

Boston Latin School is shown in this undated file photo.
Boston Latin School is shown in this undated file photo.   (Wikimedia Commons)
A vampire rumor has been spreading in Boston Latin School.
A vampire rumor has been spreading in Boston Latin School.   (Shutterstock)
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The headmaster believes that the outrageous rumors had reached a point where she had to say something to families to ensure that all students felt safe and respected.
- Chris Horan, School Department spokesman

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Robert_Dada
Mar 28, 2009 12:57 PM CDT
"I shall cut off her head and fill her mouth with garlic, and I shall drive a stake through her body."
mockingbird
Mar 28, 2009 12:54 PM CDT
Meh. It goes in cycles. There was this Vampire RPG that was all over my high school a little over (*sobs*) a decade ago. The kids walked around in typical goth wear, were extremely pale, "sucked" each other's blood. Again. Meh. (And, yeah, paul, I don't get it, either.)
paul123
Mar 28, 2009 10:48 AM CDT
was just at my local boarders book store. There is vampire crap all over . i'ts the new hotness.

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