Biten by curiosity? So was I at this article

Was Captain James Cook a vampire? Was that the secret of his extraordinary powers?

Daft idea, you think. Maybe. But just answer me these two questions. Where did Cook acquire the skill and endurance that made him famous? Right. The Yorkshire port of Whitby.

And where did the legend of vampires originate? Wrong. Not Transylvania. Whitby again.

It was while he was holidaying in Whitby that Bram Stoker got the idea for his book Dracula, which first told the world about these undying creatures who draw their special powers from drinking human blood.

So … isn’t there something a little … strange … about a farm manager’s son from Middlesbrough suddenly becoming the greatest navigator the world has known?

Might Stoker have hit upon the explanation for the … transformation? You be the judge. – New Zealand Herald.