US woman claims she is a ‘real-life vampire’, ‘feeds on energy of people’

A woman in the United States has been claiming that she is a "real-life vampire" and has been feeding on the energy of humans.

The woman, identified as Hellen Schweizer, has earned for herself the title "Vampire Hellie" and is known to wear cloaks and fangs. 

The 29-year-old claims to "feed on people's energy" and eat bloody sausages and has now become a viral sensation.

Hellie says she does not like daylight and when she is out in the sun, her energy is depleted and she feels nauseous, irritable and dizzy.

The woman, who hails from Ohio, United States, said that vampirism interested her from an early age, but when she grew older, she did more research on it and started to live her life like a vampire.

Speaking to The Mirror, Hellie said, "I was interested in vampires from a young age, but because I grew up in a religious household, I was not encouraged." 

She does a lot of live videos, and speaks in a hushed voice, where she creates "what would you do if this vampire entered your home" videos while in costume.

"People love me dressing up, and I embrace that - it is very good for business. It really did start out as a cosplay on TikTok for fun, but one day I looked at myself in the mirror and thought, 'this is not the costume'. When all of the fangs and costume are off - that's the costume. So I started digging deeper into what real vampirism is," Hellie said.

"While I do love wearing fangs, that's not exactly what being a real vampire is all about," she added. 

"For me, I feed off energy. Not in the sense of sucking the energy out of a room, but energy is everywhere and is in every living thing, and there is ambient energy, which is great and you can take that. In a spiritual sense, I don't have enough energy of my own, so I need a little help from my friends," Hellie said.