A cellar full rotting potatoes
His father was searching for vampires and Carlisle was put in charge of the search. He was with a mob chasing vampires and the leader of the vampires he was chasing bit Carlisle. He hid in some potato sacks for several days to escape the mob. When he came out he was a vampire.
He didn't die at all. his father was a minister and he was part of a mob chasing a vampire when the vampire bit him but before it could kill him the mob chased away the vampire and carlisle crawled into an alley where he turned into a vampire.
Lions are apex predators, an as such nothing predates them so the have no need to hide or escape.
They fly away to escape or hide
they hide!
Wolves are the apex predator in most of their habitat so have no animals from which they need to escape or hide.
Carlisle Cullen was originally born Stregone Benefice, but changed his name to hide his identity. Actually, Stregone Benefici was a type of vampire off of vampiresaz.com. Stephenie never really said what his full name was.
they blend in.
fly away
the principal reason for the family to hide themselves was to escape from Nazis
They either run or hide.
dark, abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of town. The air is thick with dust, and the creaking floorboards echo their every move. They huddle behind a stack of crates, whispering about their next steps while the sounds of the mob grow louder outside. Time is running out, and they must devise a plan to escape before they are discovered.