Nicolas Cage is a vampire?

A mysterious photo that emerged on eBay suggests that there might be more to Nicolas Cage than meets the eye. A late nineteenth century photograph of a Tennessee man looks uncannily like the actor and this, suggests the seller, proves he is a vampire.

Jack_Mord posted the photo, which he unearthed from the Seattle-based Thanatos Archive, and was trying to sell the photo for $1million (around £636,000).

Cage has been a magnet for strange stories recently, it was only last week that he revealed he was once awoken by a naked intruder who donned Cage's jacket, ate his ice-lollies and watched him sleep. And now this eerie picture surfaces.



Perhaps the intruder knew something we didn't however, and he was just keeping a wary eye on the creature of the night. At least that's what the Seattle-based seller of the antique image would have us believe.



One hole in his logic comes in Cage's long career in film. He's grown up on screen, from his young roles in 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' and 'Rumble Fish' to recent turns in 'Bad Lieutenant', 'Ghost Rider' and 'Kick-Ass'. Though the auctioner even has his own theory on this front. He wrote on the listing:

"My theory is that he allows himself to age to a certain point, maybe 70, 80 or so, then the actor 'Nicolas Cage' will 'die'... but in reality, the undead vampire 'Nicolas Cage' will have rejuvenated himself and appeared in some other part of the world, young again, and ready to start all over."

Mysteriously, the listing has now been removed from eBay. However, Yahoo! Movies tracked the seller down and he revealed that "eBay took it down because they said it might confuse people who are looking for Nicolas Cage items."