User blog comment:KillRoy231/One thing that always bugged me/@comment-3169324-20200129235648

Because when you have humans like Ted Bundy and Jack the Ripper, it's more likely that one of those is the mass murdering sociopath, as opposed to a fictional monster. I'd sooner buy that an insane individual drank someone's blood than I would a vampire.

Also, where do monsters usually attack? Small, often rural towns. People in small towns are notoriously superstitious due to lower education rates, so if they say it was a monster, everyone else will assume it was something else.