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Witnesses say they have seen a "floating" man in a Victorian suit and top hat apparently gliding through locked gates.

Legend has it the vampire was a medieval nobleman who had practised black magic in medieval Romania.

He was brought to England in a coffin in the 18th century but was awoken from the dead by modern Satanists at his resting place at Highgate Cemetery in North London.

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David Farrant, who runs the British Psychic and Occult Society, said he was one of the first to see the so-called vampire in 1969.

In a letter to the Hampstead and Highgate Express, he wrote that when passing the cemetery he had glimpsed "a grey figure".

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He said: “My first reaction was like it was so real that I actually thought it was someone dressed up or messing about because all these stories about vampires were in the news.

“It was by some branches but as soon as I turned up I was aware of something standing there and it was exuding a feeling not of evil, but menace.

“It all happened so quickly. The whole thing lasted for four to five seconds and felt like whatever it was filled me with energy, it is difficult to explain, and suddenly it just vanished.”

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The next year a charred and headless body of a woman was found nearby.

The vampire was never seen again – or was it?

This year, Declan Walsh recalled seeing the vampire walk through a locked gate in 1991 on his walk to work.

This year, Declan Walsh recalled seeing the vampire walk through a locked gate in 1991 on his walk to work.

He said: “He was extremely tall, well over six feet in height and he was very thin.

“He wore a long black cape-like coat and a top hat. His dress looked Victorian in style and he appeared all black.

“He also appeared to glide and there was no sound. The ground was littered with leaves yet I heard no sound from him nor did he take any notice of me.”

Another witness watched the figure float from Swain's Lane, from the east side to the west side of the cemetery, in August 2005.

And in 2012 it appeared the vampire was captured on camera.

James Dobbin took a photo as he toured the historic Grade I-listed cemetery, which dates back to 1839.

He was taken aback by the image which appears to show a ghostly figure under a tree.

He said: “We took a lot of photographs and, reviewing them on my laptop, I noticed what looks like the apparition in the background of the photograph.”

So has the Highgate Vampire returned?

A video of a bloodsucking mystery white creature attacking a boy in a Tasmania graveyard may just sway your opinion.

Decide for yourself.