May 27, 2009, when the police received a call from an anonymous person
claiming that a vampire is attending the 400 year old School of Boston Latin
School. Sounds familiar? In Stephenie Meyer’s popular novel, a vampire
would normally hang out of the school, attends the prom, and drives some fancy
car. Are there really a vampire lurking
inside the school or are the students of the high school was just engulf on the
imagination of Stephenie Meyer?
Lynne Mooney Teta, the head of the high school, quashed the rumors and
said that it is not true. Furthermore he
advised the faculty members and the students alike to stop spreading the nasty
rumors, he seek the aid of the police to help them put an end to the rumors
since it might compromise the safety of the students who are suspected to
having an undead manifestation. Nonetheless, the police visited the school and
shared some enlightenment about the case.
They talked to the school authority and gave an advice regarding the
psychological effect that it could present to the students.
The news has caught the attention of media (MTV News, Fox, Yahoo, etc.). Interestingly, this is not the first time
that a mass hysteria happened in the high school. Back in 1977, Halloween day, when a buzz
about a possible mass murder might happen due to an axe-murderer on the
loose. Newsweek reported the hysteria
and said that this might cause a mad person to create havoc and act lunatic on
the situation. Sometimes a nasty rumor
can start like a wildfire and affect the students especially those that are
emotionally imbalanced and portray the character of a mad axe murderer or a
vampire on the loose.
It is but right for the authorities of the high school to start worrying
about students who are carrying wooden stakes and silver bullets and grow amok
to those suspected vampires. In addition, someone biting the neck of random
students can prove to be fatal. Another
student claimed that he is a werewolf and posted his status as such on a social
networking site. It is interesting to know, that somewhere in a place that is a
birthplace civilization and advancement a medieval type of story can be so
popular.
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