This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
Maybe there are vampires after all.
And they're collecting Social Security.
That stunning conclusion comes from Elon Musk, chief of President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, and is a result of DOGE's initial review of the nation's Social Security, its payouts, and more specifically, those getting the benefits.
Musk posted on social media the comment, "According to the Social Security database, these are the numbers of people in each age bucket with the death field set to FALSE!"
He continued, "Maybe Twilight is real and there are a lot of vampires collecting Social Security."
The chart, for example, lists one person each in the age range 360-369 and 240-249.
That would make those beneficiaries older than the Civil War, older than the Revolutionary War, older than the Constitution, older than … the United States, which is coming up on its 250th next year.
Musk noted that, "This might be the biggest fraud in history."
Some 20 million are beyond the age 100, including about 2,700 who, purportedly, already have celebrated their 200th birthdays.
Social media commenters suggested the impossible age scenarios have come about because illegal aliens have been using the numbers of deceased Americans.
And a comment at the Gateway Pundit explained Musk unearthed a "jaw-dropping irregularity from the U.S. Social Security database."
"The numbers are truly mind-boggling: over 25 million Americans registered aged 100 and older, with some purportedly older than the U.S. Constitution itself."
That report pointed, out, "As of 2024, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that approximately 101,000 Americans are aged 100 and older, representing about 0.03% of the total U.S. population. This group, known as centenarians, is projected to more than quadruple over the next three decades, reaching around 422,000 by 2054, according to the Pew Research Center."
The report noted there are 136 Americans considered "supercentenarians," who are 110 or more.
