April 21 (UPI) -- A British nonprofit that maintains culturally significant sites in England announced it is seeking 1,897 people to don vampire costumes in celebration of Dracula's anniversary.
English Heritage, which manages more than 400 cultural sites in the country, said it wants to break the Guinness World Record for largest gathering of people dressed as vampires May 26 at Whitby Abbey, a 13th century Gothic abbey that served as inspiration for Bram Stoker's classic vampire novel.