OVER
OVER THERE. NOT SAYING NOT AT ALL EITHER. AND THE REASON WHY WE ASK YOU
THAT QUESTION, OF COURSE, IS
BECAUSE TODAY IS FRIDAY THE
13th.
FOR CENTURY FULL MOONS AND 4@
FRIDAY THE 13th HAD ODD
INCIDENTS, VIOLENCE AND EVEN 4@
STRANGE BEHAVIOR4@4@4@ LIKE
SLEEPWALKING.
>> Anchor: TONIGHT IT'S A
DOUBLE DOSE OF THOSE NATURAL
FORCES.
>> Anchor: MEDICAL REPORTER
ROSE MARIE CHECKED INTO IF
THERE'S ANY TRUTH BEHIND ALL OF
THESE OLD WIFE'S TAILS.
>> MORE BABIES BORN.
MORE POLICE CALLS.
A LOT MORE NUTTINESS.
SO WHAT'S SPOOKIER?4@
HOW ABOUT A FULL MOON ON FRIDAY
THE 13th.
THE WORD4@ DOES COME FROM THE W@
LUNA OR MOON.
THIS MAY ADD TO YOUR CONCERN.
DON'T WORRY.4@
THERE IS NO CONNECTION BETWEEN
MOOD PHASES, PSYCHOLOGICAL
PROBLEMS OR MORE TRIPS TO THE
ER.
I PAGED THROUGH4@ SEVERAL
SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS AND THERE'S
ER. I PAGED THROUGH4@ SEVERAL SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS AND THERE'S@
NO EVIDENCE TO BACK UP THESE
BELIEFS.
IT'S ALL SELF-FULFILLING
PROPHECIES4@.
NOW, THERE ARE SOME STUDIES
LINKING MOON PHASES TO SLEEP
PATTERNS, BUT THOSE EFFECTS ARE
SMALL.
THE FULL MOON EFFECT COU4@LD BE
CAUSED BY OTHER THINGS LIKE
G4@OING TO BED LATER AND NOT
GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP BECAUSE OF
CAUSED BY OTHER THINGS LIKE G4@OING TO BED LATER AND NOT GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP BECAUSE OF@
STRESS AND WORRYING ABOUT THE4@
TH4@INGS AT NIGHT.
SOME PEOPLE PO4@INT TO THE BRIG
LIGHT FROM A FULL MOON.
BUT RESEARCHERS SAY THE
BRIGHTNESS OF THE MOON IS
NOTHING COMPARED TO MODERN DAY @
TECHNOLOGY.
THE COMPUTERS THEMSELVES MANY
PEOPLE SLEEP WITH NEXT TO THEIR
BED.
SCIENTISTS SAY EVEN THOUGH IT
DOES CREATE HIGHER THAN USUAL
TOOID
SCIENTISTS SAY EVEN THOUGH IT DOES CREATE HIGHER THAN USUAL TOO
TIDE DS, THOSE DO NOT AFFECT THE
FULL BODY.
EVEN THOUGH THE BODIES CONTAIN
OVER 50% WATER, MOST LIKELY ANY
CHANGES FELT FROM LUNAR CYCLES
ARE NOT NOTICEABLE.
THERE ARE ALSO OLD4@ WIVES' TAI
LINKING A WOMAN'S FERTILITY AND
CHILDBIRTH TO A FULL MOON.
YES, WOMEN'S MENSTRUAL CYCLE ARE
ABOUT FOUR WEEKS AND SOON TO BE
ON A LUNAR CALENDAR.
HOWEVER, THE PART OF THE MOON
PLAYS IS STILL DEBATABLE.
STUDIES PUBLISHED BY THE
OBSTETRICS AND4@ GYNECOLOGICAL @
PROVED YOU PROBABLY WILL END UP
IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM ON FRIDAY
THE 13th.
IT TURNS OUT FRIDAY THE 13th IS
A LITTLE MISUNDERSTOOD BUT
LIKELY NOT THE4@ DOOMS' DAY PEOE
EXPE4@CT.
AND THEN YOU MIGHT WANT TO ADD
THIS TO YOUR CALENDAR.
BECAUSE THE FARMER'S ALMANAC
SAID THIS HARVEST MOON AND
FRIDAY THE 13th WON'T HAPPEN
AGAIN UNTIL AUGUST 2049.
SO IF YOU'RE CONSIDERING STAYING
UP PAST YOUR BEDTIME TO CHECK
OUT THE FULL MOON AND FRIDAY
NIGHT ACTIVITY AND SOMETHING
GOES UNEXPECTED, IT 4@ISN'T REAY
BAD LUCK.
IT'S PROBABLY MORE THAN LIKELY
YOU ARE4@ SLEEP DEPRIVED.
>> Anchor: IS THAT WHAT IT IS?
>> Anchor: YES.
>> Anchor: ALL RIGHT.
SO IT'S NO4@T THE DATE.
IT'S NOT THE CALENDAR.
IT'S NOT THE MOON.
IT'S JUST THE FACT YOU'RE
SLEEPY.
>> YOU'RE4@ SLEEPY.
[ LAUGHING ].
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY
INTERESTING.
I WAS LOOKING.
I WAS SEARCHING.
BECAUSE WE'LL ALL EXPERIENCED
IT.
EVEN US IN THE 4@OR.
WE SAY WHO IS ON CALL.
WHO IS ON CALL.4@
IT'S GOING TO BE CRAZY.
IT REALLY ISN'T.
IT'S JUST THOSE THINGS STANDOUT.
I WAS CURIOUS, DO YOU GUYS HAVE
ANY SUPERSTITIONS?
>>4@ Anchor: WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT IT EARLIER.
DARCI DO4@ESN'T REALLY BELIEVE
SUPERSTITIONS.
>> Anchor: YEAH.
I DON'T.
>> Anchor: AND I'M WITH
EVERYONE ON OUR MEGAPHONE.4@
I'M SOMEWHAT SUPERSTITIOUS.
IT DEPENDS ON WHAT IT IS.
NO RHYME OR REASON WHY I'M
SUPERSTITIOUS.
IT DEPENDS ON WHAT IT IS. NO RHYME OR REASON WHY I'M SUPERSTITIOUS.4@
>> I'M4@ THINKING THE CRAZIEST
THING YOU HEARD IS YOU HAVE TO
LIFT YOUR F4@EE4@T WHEN YOU GO
THE RAILROAD TRACK.
THE CRAZIEST SUPERSTITION THAT
SAID IF WOMEN WHISTLE IN THE
HOUSE, IT WILL KILL ALL OF THE
CHICKENS IN THE 4@YARD.
THAT'S WHAT SHE TOLD ME.
HOW ABOUT YOU?
>> OH, WELL, ON FRIDAYS, LIKE I
SAID, WE DON'T ASK WHO IS ON
CALL.
WE DON'T SAY, OH, IT'S