Vampires on the loose in Galveston, Texas

[Catherine Vincent]

Galveston man bites woman's neck, claims to be vampire
By HARVEY RICE - HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Aug. 15, 2011, 12:02PM


GALVESTON – A man claiming to be a vampire was in the Galveston County jail today after attacking a woman over the weekend. "He was begging us to restrain him because he didn't want to kill us," Galveston Officer Daniel Erickson said. "He said he needed to feed."

Lyle Monroe Bensley, 19, of Galveston is being held on a charge of burglary with intent to commit assault after forcing his way early Saturday into the apartment of a woman he did not know, police spokesman Capt. Jeff Heyse said.

Bensley, covered with tattoos and wearing only boxer shorts, forced his way into the apartment on Seawall Boulevard and made his way into the bedroom of a woman whose name has not been released, Heyse said. Bensley made growling and hissing noises while biting and hitting the woman in her bed, Heyse said. Bensley then dragged her out of the apartment and she broke free.

She ran into the parking lot where she got into a car driven by a neighbor. Bensley beat on the car before it sped away, Heyse said.

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[Dappleganger]

1. Finally, Eric is reclaiming his memories!

[d_r]

4. the king of texas

is going to be ticked

[kestrel91316]

2. Gullible, drugged-out people with too little formal education watching too much TV.

What else do we expect to happen?

:shrug:

[Ohio Joe]

3. I thought this was going to be about repugs

True blood suckers.

[Marrah_G]

5. It's a good thing he is a very incompetant Vampire

Poor woman must be totally freaked out.

[Uncle Joe]

6. Back in the old days, Vampires were pretty much evil, but in the contemporary era of

television and movies, they've increasingly been made out to be either heroic or the protagonists.

All powerful, all consuming killers with a heart, I wonder if this is the self-image, the oligarch corporate supremacists consciously or subconsciously wish to convey to the American People?

Thanks for the thread, Catherine Vincent.

[dtexdem]

7. Hey, it's Texas after all -- what do you expect?

And it just reinforces my stereotype that most vampires are bats. ;-)

[RKP5637]

8. A Perry vampire clone? n/t

[immoderate]

9. He's starting to count!

--imm