Bram Stoker's classic novel Dracula is set in the region of Transylvania in the country of Romania and was written in 1897 on the other hand vampire bats exist only in South and Central America so Bram Stoker probably never encountered a vampire bat in his life and bats being considered dangerous and spooky creatures of the night in a modern age at least owes a lot of its reputation to this tale though bats were probably viewed negatively in many cultures long before this book and are probably v
iewed negatively in many non-european cultures as a result of other stories this one's pretty cemented in European cultures I truly believe that while yes having a bat fly past your face at night when your senses are obviously dulled is probably very alarming they aren't as bad as they're portrayed they just give you a fright and that
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