School Vehemently Denies Vampire Infestation

1. Kalel
   March 30th, 2009 at 12:13 pm

   They might reassure the public better by staking a few students.

2. Yo
   March 30th, 2009 at 12:24 pm

   Good call, if they die after having a stake put through the heart then we know they were vampires.

3. James Tracy
   March 30th, 2009 at 12:35 pm

   Boston Latin School is one of the best schools in the country. But Christ, they're making themselves look like fuck-tards.

4. John
   March 30th, 2009 at 12:55 pm

   Good call, if they die after having a stake put through the heart then we know they were vampires.

   To paraphrase Buffy, you'd be amazed at how many things a stake through the heart will kill.

5. zeytoun
   March 30th, 2009 at 1:03 pm

   Since vampires only bite the willing, isn't any vampire scare really a non-issue?

6. Persephone
   March 30th, 2009 at 1:14 pm

   Junior version of Skull and Bones?

   People are stupid. People are sheep. D**n, that's my theme today.

7. kayla
   March 30th, 2009 at 1:27 pm

   psshh good job that makes Bostonians look smart......

8. Johnny Cat
   March 30th, 2009 at 1:29 pm

   Wow, people are stupid. This is a school for studying Latin? Put down your Stephanie Meyer books and wake up.

9. Thomas
   March 30th, 2009 at 2:01 pm

   Johnny Cat, the logic employed in your vampire debunking link is seriously flawed. I can't believe I'm actually arguing this. Most vampire myths do not say that only being bitten turns a victim into a vampire.

   An easier way to debunk this would be to ask, "does this school meet during the day?" BTW, I don't want to hear anything about students sparkling. Just don't go there.

10. Babycakes
    March 30th, 2009 at 3:28 pm

    can you say "we're crying for attention!"

11. Wen
    March 30th, 2009 at 3:37 pm

    Im glad I am across this article. And everyone comments really made me laugh - thanks!

12. perrymcgee
    March 30th, 2009 at 3:50 pm

    wonder if they serve garlic for lunch...

13. Alex
    March 30th, 2009 at 3:54 pm

    Boston Latin? Caveat vampiro ...

14. Mykey
    March 30th, 2009 at 4:28 pm

    The mere fact that she did not address the issue of werewolves makes one suspect that it's as big a problem, as ever.

15. Ali S.
    March 30th, 2009 at 4:32 pm

    I blame this on kids watching the horrible film Twilight.

16. Vikki
    March 30th, 2009 at 5:02 pm

    zeytoun:FYI very few books regarding vampyres say they only bite the willing. The ones who propose that theory are 21st century chicklit vampire romance tripe. As entertainment they are enjoyable to a degree, but I wouldn't regard them as a scource for truth.

    In other words, don't bet your life on it.

17. Jigore
    March 30th, 2009 at 5:32 pm

    Isn't school on day time?... Like when the sun is high in the sky? Myth BUSTED

18. just a guy
    March 30th, 2009 at 5:58 pm

    "Poor Poor Knucklehead.
    Throw away them fancy books you read.
    They're what makes you wet the bed.
    They're what makes you think you're dead.
    My poor poor Knucklehead."

    -Lullaby Baxter Trio.

19. LeStat
    March 30th, 2009 at 6:15 pm

    Twilight Smilight...

20. Dienekes
    March 30th, 2009 at 6:19 pm

    As a parent, should I need to be reassured that there are no vampires attending or working in my child's school? Just how stupid can they be?

21. TLD
    March 30th, 2009 at 6:26 pm

    I can not believe someone would blame the Twilight movie for this get real it is a good movie.

22. astrodex
    March 30th, 2009 at 7:05 pm

    I guess it's a better story than "Goth Kids Bullied at Exclusive Public School."

23. Groovyghoulie
    March 30th, 2009 at 7:07 pm

    Roaches, rats, drug dealers, bombs, ebola, maybe, Vampires, werewolves, brain sucking aliens, flying monkeyes, not. What was that about respect?

24. Groovyghoulie
    March 30th, 2009 at 7:09 pm

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25. Johnny Cat
    March 30th, 2009 at 8:08 pm

    OK Thomas, I'm intrigued. I'd love it if you elaborated! Still, even if they drink blood without biting, the key part of the myth/psuedoscience is assimilation. Same as Body-Snatchers, the Borg, etc.

26. Dumbledore
    March 30th, 2009 at 8:14 pm

    I do understand the headmasters concerns. Why here at Hogwarts, we had a Troll enter campus and really thrashed the bathroom royally!

27. Angelus
    March 30th, 2009 at 8:33 pm

    So, at what point does a person realize that a school is bad and pull their kid(s) from it??

    Oh, I know...when they start pouncing vampire rumors to families to ensure that all students feel safe and respected.

    What next - parent/teacher day where the tour the school closest to show the boogeyman is not in one of them.

28. Jennifer Love Huewitt
    March 30th, 2009 at 10:47 pm

    This is not a rumor at all. I was bit by a vampire there, but luckily i got the key from the old man on the mountain after bringing him some honey syrup. Then i opened the gate at the cave after fighting the bridge troll, in which case i had to slay the dragon. Then i brought the dragon's heart to the local shahman who made me give him 100 gold pieces to make the cure for vampirism. I drunk that and a DUI later... bam! Broke, burned, scared, and jailed- i ended my acting career. At least now i can go out in the sunlight

29. Johnny Cat
    March 30th, 2009 at 10:48 pm

    @TLD

    Should we also leave Britney alone?

30. amwreck
    March 30th, 2009 at 11:05 pm

    Maybe Boston should get the Aquateen Hunger Force to blow up the vampires.

    Oh, oops, I'm sorry - vampYres.

31. Sara L-S
    March 31st, 2009 at 1:15 am

    what on earth is wrong with you people?
    VAMPIRES DONT EXIST

32. seefish3
    March 31st, 2009 at 4:16 am

    I read this in my local paper and thought, "Well, this isn't any less believable than 'Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction'.

    And so far, no one has died because of it.

33. PJMoore
    March 31st, 2009 at 8:14 am

    I just hope they don't burn down the local Hot Topic.

34. GoldenRule007
    March 31st, 2009 at 12:50 pm

    wow. Scary stuff !
    Does this mean the Vanpire Nation has broken the covenent and wandered off the campus's of the nations Law Universities??

35. amuzed
    March 31st, 2009 at 1:36 pm

    this is all so BLOODY hilarious...its COUNTless the things ppl will do for attention, maybe their "school" is in financial trouble and needed a publicity stunt

36. Redneckcntrygrlintx
    March 31st, 2009 at 2:57 pm

    Come on now people lets get real...there are no such thing as real vampires...now there are people who THINK they are vampires and I think they need some serious help. what next that there are zombies

37. Zombie79
    March 31st, 2009 at 3:15 pm

    Really I think we should be reassuring the parents and students that vampires are indeed real and that probably one out of ten students is an infected vampire. The ensuing mayhem and panic should be pretty hilarious for the rest of us.

38. evelyn
    March 31st, 2009 at 4:17 pm

    Are you kidding me?!

39. Max
    March 31st, 2009 at 5:02 pm

    The problem with that, Zombie79, is that it would really only work in Kansas

40. peamite
    March 31st, 2009 at 5:06 pm

    How many vampires does it take to constitute an official infestation problem? As a parent, I'm fine with one or two on campus but that's where I draw the line! Did anyone site demographics?

41. unvrkno
    March 31st, 2009 at 6:16 pm

    Hmm. Maybe I will find Ecward Cullen there! <3 lol

42. carpfish
    March 31st, 2009 at 7:06 pm

    Boston Latin is a public school. It's a top school: Harvard was founded so that their students would have somewhere to go after graduation. Of course, smart students != smart teachers.

43. Shemoglobin
    March 31st, 2009 at 7:32 pm

    These silly, silly twits. Vampires are not part of the curriculum. Even if they are there, they must be ignored.

44. Charmscale
    March 31st, 2009 at 8:00 pm

    Wouldn't it be creepy if it turned out that the rumors were true? Oh, and, by the way...
    TLD: Stop kidding yourself. The Twilight movie probably is to blame, whether this is just a bit of insanity or the real thing. And Twilight sucks. That's the honest truth, not just a bad pun.

45. Smitty
    March 31st, 2009 at 8:43 pm

    Try the sparkle test. Oh, that's right, VAMPIRES DON'T SPARKLE! All that glitters is not cold (and dead...)

46. flutterby
    March 31st, 2009 at 9:33 pm

    For those of you wondering about school being held in the light of day...perhaps the school has invested in some WWII-type blackout curtains to accomodate both Vampyres and normal students alike. Snd does

47. flutterby
    March 31st, 2009 at 9:41 pm

    For those of you questioning the light of day issue; perhaps the school has invested in some WWII-type blackout-curtains to appease the entire student body. And did Twilight really suck?

48. flutterby
    March 31st, 2009 at 9:43 pm

    oops

49. loocrd
    March 31st, 2009 at 10:06 pm

    Walk the students past a mirror and see who shows up.

50. BellaSwan
    March 31st, 2009 at 10:51 pm

    Maybe they left a very important word out of the article... not infested with Vampire BATS!!! The headmaster must be BATS if she seriously felt a need to address this issue. Since when do Vampires need a pre-ivy league education to get what they want?

51. Evelyn Staehle
    April 1st, 2009 at 12:01 am

    There is a cult which calls themselfs vampires. They meet and drink the blood of animals and think that they are cool. Maybe this is what is being refered to?It is something that the kids would be drawn to.

52. LouieLou
    April 1st, 2009 at 2:32 am

    Of course it's real ..
    Didn't you all know that the school motto is "I Vant To Suck Your Blood!"
    Count Dracula is part of the alum!

53. Gerardo Agulto
    April 1st, 2009 at 2:35 am

    Why "vehemently denies"? Is it perhaps because there's something to be defensive about? Is it perhaps because on a clear night when the full moon comes out, that these Transylvanian monsters roam the quiet school grounds when there's nobody to see them ... except the Headmaster, of course. Hmmmmm .....

54. Tommy Gun
    April 1st, 2009 at 2:43 am

    I concur with Mykey. The omission of any comment about werewolves leads me to believe that they have used the b*tch ass vampires as their scapegoats. Smart Doggies!!

55. Neilzebub
    April 1st, 2009 at 2:55 am

    This whole, bloody article sucks! And your posts leave me coffin with laughter...

56. H. (Bart) Vincelette
    April 1st, 2009 at 5:00 am

    When I was in high school many years ago , there were no end of vampires , frankenstiens , & an amazing variety of demons. But they were all on staff as teachers.

57. lunafire
    April 1st, 2009 at 8:05 am

    As a professional social worker, I think we need to stop descriminating against these vampire-americans. Vampires are people too, what's next, pointing out that cheerleaders are empty-headed zombies? Let's all embrace these diverse populations! ) Sorry, I couldn't resist.

58. nikki
    April 1st, 2009 at 10:12 am

    Ummm HELLLLOOOOO!!!! APRIL FOOLS!!!!!
    DAMN!

59. Hydro
    April 1st, 2009 at 4:27 pm

    Hahaha! Of course there are pre-ivy league vampires, maybe that's something that haven't tried yet. And Twilight the books rocked, the movie was ok.

60. Jarsh
    April 22nd, 2009 at 5:31 pm

    Yeah, I mean when I deny the fact that I do not have multiple genetalia, I can look down and see that the problem is worse than I had feared.

61. Annilisa Lonny
    May 26th, 2009 at 12:27 pm

    This comment is coming in a little bit late, but I go to Boston Latin School and we are not stupid. We did not start these rumors, the press did. The fact that public media is following a high school rumor is cause for more concern than the vampires themselves. This attention should be directed towards the war or the government. Not high school rumors. Also, BLS is not a private charter school. It is a Boston Public School, the oldest public school in the nation. Thank you for listening.

62. John
    May 26th, 2009 at 1:21 pm

    I'd like to believe you Annilisa, but given your ability to write coherently using proper grammar, spelling, and syntax, I find it hard to believe that you attend an American public high school

63. Chrissy
    May 29th, 2009 at 3:10 pm

    ..........wtf?.....we humans only exist
    ..........animals like dogs lions and etc
    .......but comeon vampires? seriously?thats .....thats ubsurd absolutly stupid...

    new nickname for vampires ..(cannibals) seriously

64. open_minded_67
    June 29th, 2009 at 1:40 am

    im a very open minded person whos to say vampires arent real no one has ever seen god yet people believe he was real so who can say vampires arent real...i dont think this school is infested with them but im just saying just because youve never seen it doesnt mean it doesnt exist

65. Hannah
    October 21st, 2009 at 5:30 pm

    This is absolutely ridiculous. I actually ATTEND BLS and i can tell you all that it was just a stupid joke played by some 9th graders and because the idiots at Fox 25 news went ballistic everyone thinks that the students of BLS are nocturnal blood-suckers. Anyone who believes what the media has been saying about this is shallow, small-minded, and gullible.

    Thank you.

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