With the latest Twilight film now playing at the local multiplex, it would appear that many people have vampires on their minds – or at least firmly embedded in their imaginations.

Case in point: A Fruita, Col. woman says she rolled her sport utility vehicle due to a vampire startling her. Well, at least that's what she told state troopers – and she's sticking to the story.

According to KKCO-TV, Susan Eggen, 58, told police she was driving on a dirt road when a vampire suddenly appeared. She threw her 2002 Chevrolet Blazer into reverse, eventually driving her SUV into a ditch. The vehicle rolled before coming to a rest facing northbound on its side.

Paranormal alert: Astute readers of this space will recall that in May, a pair of teens in Laconia, N. H. claimed a Ford Focus they had borrowed was damaged thanks to a hit-and-run by an unidentified flying object. Maybe Mulder and Scully can be convinced to come back and do their shtick investigating paranormal commuting cases. We could even call the new show, The Gremlin X-Files, but we digress...

In any event, although authorities are highly skeptical that a member of the Dracula clan caused Eggen to crash, amazingly, state troopers don't believe drugs or alcohol were factors in the accident. However, police say it's possible the woman "may not have taken certain medications that day." (Never skip your meds, folks.)

Trooper Nate Reid, a spokesman for the Colorado State Patrol, notes there will be no manhunt for any real or imagined Nosferatus. "We investigate crashes," Reid says. "We don't investigate vampires."

I reiterate: where's David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson when you really need 'em?