Black cloaks and pointed canines: the world record for people disguised as vampires was broken last night in Whitby, a small town in north-east England, on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the publication of the novel 'Dracula' by Irish writer Bram Stoker.
"We just broke the Guinness world record for the largest gathering of people disguised as vampires0: 1.369!", Wrote on Twitter English Heritage, the British charity that manages over 400 historical monuments in the country including the abbey of Whitby now in ruins, where the 'vampires' have met.
The dress code was only one: black shoes, black trousers or dress, black cloak and fangs planted on the upper canines.
Thus, the English fans of the most famous vampire in the world,
they broke the previous record set in Doswell, Virginia (USA), which counted 1,039 people disguised as Dracula.
Stoker's novel, which tells the story of this bloodthirsty earl, was first published in 1897 and numerous adaptations have been made since then, most notably in cinematic ones.
Whitby, a port town in North Yorkshire, where Stoker had been in 1890, served as the inspiration for the setting in which he placed his gothic novel by him.