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Summary Woman, 22, found outside a vacant Hooters restaurant, covered in man's blood.
A self-proclaimed vampire attacked an elderly wheelchair-bound man outside a Florida Hooters Restaurant just before midnight, leaving him bloodied and in need of stitches, police said.Milton Ellis, 69, had fallen asleep on the porch of the deserted Hooters in St. Petersburg when he woke up to find Josephine Rebecca Smith, 22, on top of him, he told police.Smith told Ellis she was a vampire and then proceeded to bite him, tearing off chunks of his face and a part of his lip, St. Petersburg police spokesman Mike Puetz said.After he fell asleep on the ground, he claims that she attacked him, started yelling that she was a vampire, that she was going to eat him and started biting him by his face and body, Puetz said.Blood dripping from bite marks on his neck and face, Ellis managed to scramble back into his motorized wheelchair and reach a nearby Shell gas station, where he called police.Police found Smith on the blood-stained Hooters porch, half-naked. She was covered in Ellis blood and said she didnt remember anything about the attack.She wasnt injured and hadnt been assaulted, police said. Ellis was hospitalized and given stitches and was expected to recover.Smith was arrested and jailed on charges of aggravated battery on an elderly person, with bail set for $50,000.
