A sign of the times

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"A total of 1133 13-15-year-old pupils in six secondary schools in South Wales were invited to complete questions concerning vampire belief and amount of television watching. The data demonstrate that belief in vampires was positively associated with higher levels of television watching. "

Yes but there is little or no folk history of vampires in the British isles, unlike the rich history of other revanents in Britain. Might be fun to replicate the experiment in a more vampire friendly country.

How many believed that Martians were attacking October 30, 1938?

You mean they weren't? I'm told my father ran for the hills in 1938.