 Various regions of Africa have folktales featuring beings with vampiric abilities : in West Africa the Ashanti people tell of the iron @-@ toothed and tree @-@ dwelling <unk> , and the Ewe people of the adze , which can take the form of a firefly and hunts children . The eastern Cape region has the <unk> , which can take the form of a large taloned bird and can summon thunder and lightning , and the Betsileo people of Madagascar tell of the <unk> , an outlaw or living vampire who drinks the blood and eats the nail clippings of nobles . 
