A researcher has come up with some simple math that seems to suck the life out of the vampire story, as he tries to prove that these highly popular creatures can't exist.

University of Central Florida physics professor Costas Efthimiou's work debunks ideas, such as vampires and zombies, in an attempt to enhance public literacy. Not only does the public believe in such topics, but the percentages are at dangerously high level, Efthimiou told LiveScience.


Legend has it that vampires feed on human blood and once bitten a person turns into a vampire and starts feasting on the blood of others.


Efthimiou's debunking logic: On Jan 1, 1600, the human population was 536,870,911. If the first vampire came into existence that day and bit one person a month, there would have been two vampires by Feb. 1, 1600. A month later there would have been four, and so on. In just two-and-a-half years the original human population would all have become vampires with nobody left to feed on.


If mortality rates were taken into consideration, the population would disappear much faster. Even an unrealistically high reproduction rate couldn't counteract this effect.


"In the long run, humans cannot survive under these conditions, even if our population were doubling each month," Efthimiou said. "And doubling is clearly way beyond the human capacity of reproduction."


So whatever you think you see prowling around on Oct. 31, it most certainly won't turn you into a vampire.

That is his version - but, do you know differently :question:

Unless ... we all really are vampires now!!

Oh, but that brings up further complications.

I am no good at vampire mathematics , but I love this Halloweeny topic! Thanks, Chris!

I just hope the US public have their calculators at hand, to do the math!!