Teagans Writing Challenge: Build Your Own Vampire

As with all myths, no one is really sure how the tale of Captain Moonlight came about.
Captain Moonlights escapades were reported by the newspapers of the time as the work of a bushranger, an outlaw who moved about the Australian bush at night.

The first story appeared in 1870 when a mysterious man appeared at a Wantabadgery Station just on dusk and entered the homestead. They say he walked through the wall, into the dining room where the family were just sitting down to eat by the light of candles and kerosene lamps.
By morning the family had been killed with only the three year old baby surviving. She was supposed to be asleep in her cot in another room but was awoken by the noise only to see Captain Moonlight leave the same way he came in.
The police report said all of the blood had been drained from the bodies and items of silverware and money had been taken.

By now, the tabloid press who attempted to link him to numerous crimes in the colony and printed fantastic rumours about supposed plots he had underway.
A sighting of him in the Blackwoods region say he had and air of a Victorian gentleman and a flamboyant way of speaking. His clothes resembled the functional and sombre sartorialism of the times, a black tailcoat with silk lapel facings, a black waistcoat and trousers, black polished boots with a low top hat.

His ability to be in one place and then another many miles away in a matter of minutes enhanced his reputation as he left a trail of blood-thirsty crimes in his wake.

No one knew what became of Captain Moonlight. Around the turn of the century, these blood draining murders disappeared.
Perhaps he still walks among us. What becomes of missing people?
Maybe Captain Moonlight sells vampire bites to gamers for in-game currency but take the payment without providing the service.
Or is a virtual vampire involved in crypto currency fraud scams like investment schemes promising high returns, “pig-butchering” (fake romance/investment), phishing for wallet keys, and fake job offers. Using high-pressure tactics, social media, and crypto ATMs to steal funds to earn a pay cheque.

Be careful out there, you never know who you are talking to online……do you?