What manner of man is this, or what manner of creature is it in the semblance of a man? I feel the dread of this horrible place overpowering me; I am in fear – in awful fear – and there is no escape for me; I am encompassed about with terrors that I dare not think of.
– Bram Stoker
Dracula, Chapter 3. Jonathan Harker wonders what kind of creature Dracula is after seeing him scaling the sheer castle wall like a lizard and "his cloak spreading out around him like great wings." He knows this powerful creature is no human.