2007-09-03 13:55:59 · 7 answers · asked by Domina 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
As a new supervisor on a women's maximum security unit in a state hospital I was asked this question by a subordinate. I said it was an old wives tale. The old timer told me to mark on a calendar for one month how many 'special incidents' of violent behavior we had each night but not to look at the moon. At the end of the 30 days we compared the incidents with the phases of the moon. The highest number of incidents was on the full moon. The second highest was on the new moon. I believe! We beefed up staffing for eclipses. The human body is 98% water. The moon and eclipses effect the tides. Maybe that doesn't explain it fully. The best I can do.
2007-09-03 14:13:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Urban Myth that people are affected by the moon, tho I haven't heard about eclipses.
Sometimes the moon looks very dramatic. I remember one time seeing a blood red sickle rising above the trees and thinking about an old story that refered to this as 'Devil's Horns'. I could see someone acting different with that in the sky. It would make a creepy backdrop as a serial killer approaches a line of parked cars, each filled with a young couple, windows steamed....
Anyway. Its all a Myth. Anecdotal evidence not beared out with any police files.
2007-09-03 21:32:55 · answer #2 · answered by Faesson 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If someone thinks that their behaviour will be affected by a lunar eclipse, then this may trigger a behavioural change. This change is caused by their beliefs, not by the Moon directly.
2007-09-03 21:07:31 · answer #3 · answered by Labsci 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it does. When there's a lunar eclipse, a lot more people are outside looking at the moon than usual!
(Just for fun)
2007-09-03 21:05:22 · answer #4 · answered by virtualswede 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know about eclipses, but my mom, who worked as a mental health nurse, and my dad, who was a police officer, always said that when there was a full moon, people got crazier. I never believed it until I was teaching. The kids would get more....animated and harder to control for a couple of days, like they do before holidays, and we all couldn't figure it out until someone found out it was a full moon.
2007-09-03 21:04:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes.
2007-09-03 21:35:53 · answer #6 · answered by Stony 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no
2007-09-03 21:12:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋