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1. They wore shrouds and were often described as bloated and of ruddy or dark countenance, markedly different from today's gaunt, pale vampire which dates from the early 19th century.

2. One method of finding a vampire's grave involved leading a virgin boy through a graveyard or church grounds on a virgin stallion—the horse would supposedly balk at the grave in question.

3. Vampires were usually reported as bloated in appearance, and ruddy, purplish, or dark in colour; these characteristics were often attributed to the recent drinking of blood.

4. In European folklore, vampires were undead beings that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods they inhabited when they were alive.

5. Folkloric vampires could also make their presence felt by engaging in minor poltergeist-like activity, such as hurling stones on roofs or moving household objects, and pressing on people in their sleep.

6. Corpses thought to be vampires were generally described as having a healthier appearance than expected, plump and showing little or no signs of decomposition.

7. A vampire is a being from folklore that subsists by feeding on the life essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living.

8. In some cases, when suspected graves were opened, villagers even described the corpse as having fresh blood from a victim all over its face.

9. It is difficult to make a single, definitive description of the folkloric vampire, though there are several elements common to many European legends.

10. Although vampires were generally described as undead, some folktales spoke of them as living beings.

11. Evidence that a vampire was active in a given locality included death of cattle, sheep, relatives or neighbours.