I must have been surrounded by a lot of optimists, then.
[Private] If you're trying to tell me that you are Dracula, going to have to call bullshit. While Vlad Tepes was an actual person, he was not an actual vampire, being merely the basis for Bram's novel.
If you're telling me that you're a vampire... well. That would indeed be something. I've investigated a few cases where I've suspected as such, but due to lack of any actual evidence, deemed inconclusive.