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A vampire is created when a person ingests vampire blood, but the transformation is not complete until they feed on human blood.<ref name="one20">[[1.20 Dead Man's Blood]]</ref><ref name="six05">[[6.05 Live Free or Twihard]]</ref> Once turned, they suffer from [[Bloodlust (Pad of Definitions)|bloodlust]] and must feed on blood, human or animal, to survive.<ref name="two03">[[2.03 Bloodlust]]</ref> In rare cases, the transformation results in bloodshot eyes as seen with [[Gordon Walker]] and [[Alex Jones]]<ref name="three07">[[3.07 Fresh Blood]]</ref><ref name="nine19">[[9.19 Alex Annie Alexis Ann]]</ref>. Unlike folkloric vampires, they do not require an invitation to enter a home and are not killed by sunlight, however prolonged exposure to sunlight can be painful. They also prefer to live in packs in locations called nests, and will mate for life.<ref name="one20"/> After death, like all monsters, vampire [[souls]] go to [[Purgatory]].<ref name="six07">[[6.07 Family Matters]]</ref>
[[File:VampPOV.jpg|right|350px|right|thumb|[[Gordon Walker]]'s POV after being turned into a vampire.]]
A vampire must feed on blood to survive — preferably human blood — although they can subsist on animal blood.<ref name="two03"/> Some vampires, such as those formerly led by [[Sheriff Len Cuse]], also devour organs and flesh, as part of a new age philosophy related to not wasting any part of the kill.<ref>[[10.08 Hibbing 911]]</ref>
===Powers and abilities===
* Enhanced senses – Vampires are able to smell humans and vampires over long distances, once a vampire has your scent, they have it for life. Vampires also have the ability to see in pitch darkness, and have been known to exhibit an animalistic eyeshine effect (only shown in [[1.20 Dead Man's Blood]] and [[12.14 The Raid]]).<ref name="one20"/>
* [[The Colt]] – A special bullet fired from the Colt can kill a vampire.<ref name="one20"/> The gun is capable of even killing the [[Alpha Vampire]].<ref>[[12.14 The Raid]]</ref>
* [[Dead man's blood]] – A syringe of blood from a corpse can paralyze a vampire and cause wounds that are slow to heal.<ref name="one20"/><ref name="two03"/> More recently, hunters have taken to coating bullets with dead man's blood to achieve the same effect.
[[File:VampireCure.jpg|right|350px|thumb|The cure for vampirism.]]
* Decapitation – Cutting off the head of a vampire will kill it.<ref name="one20"/>
* Scent masking – Burning saffron, skunk's cabbage and trillium blocks a vampires scent. John Winchester gives these to Dean to put on the fire. He also tells Dean to dust their clothes with the ashes to stand a chance of not being detected.<ref name="one20"/>. Sam and Dean later use it when hiding from [[Gordon]] <ref>[[3.07 Fresh Blood]]</ref>
[[Dean]] decapitates a vampire on the hood of the [[Impala]], quoting: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH_wQKbigyI "Eat it ''Twilight''!"]
[[File:VampireCureDeanVampCure.jpg|left|350px|thumb|The [[Dean]] being given the cure for to vampirism.]]
===[[6.05 Live Free or Twihard]]===
:''Vampires:'' [[Alpha Vampire]], [[Boris]], [[Dean Winchester]], [[Kristen]] and [[Robert]]
In Limestone, Illinois, [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] investigate the disappearances of several young women. They discover that the most recent victim was obsessed with ''Twiligh''-style vampires, and that she was communicating with someone who claimed to be a vampire online. At the same time, a blood bank van is robbed. Sam and Dean go to a club called the Black Rose, the girl's last destination, and discover vampires trying to "recruit" new members. Sam kills one vampire, but Dean is turned by a vamp named [[Boris]]. Sam intervenes, belatedly, and chases the vampire away. The Winchesters return to their hotel room, and Sam calls [[Samuel Campbell|Samuel]]. Dean, who is prepared to be killed by Samuel, sneaks away to bid [[Lisa]] goodbye. He is nearly overwhelmed by his hunger, but resists and returns to Sam and Samuel. Samuel surprises Dean by revealing a cure in his grandfather's hunting journal. In order for it to work, Dean must consume no human blood, and must acquire the blood of the vampire that turned him, so Dean goes to the nest of the vampires with a syringe of [[dead man's blood]].
At the nest, a "recruiter" named [[Robert]] offers [[Dean]] blood, which he declines, and reveals that they are not longer allowed to kill people. Dean meets Boris, and tries to stab him with the dead man's blood, but Boris is too quick. Before Boris can kill Dean, all the vampires collapse, Dean included. He has a shared vision of the [[Alpha Vampire]], and perceives that the [[Alpha]] wishes to build an army. When he awakes, Dean must fight the vampires in the nest. He eventually kills all the members—except one beheaded by Sam and Samuel—and gets Boris's blood. Samuel prepares the cure and Dean drinks it. He vomits blood and passes out, but re-awakens as a human.