Can Full Moon Cause Havoc? Hospital Staff Links Full Moon To The Increase Of Admissions

Many people all around the globe witnessed the supermoon on Nov. 14, which was the brightest and biggest supermoon of all in the past decades. On the other hand, it is also reported that some people including hospital staff witnessed unusual things, especially in the hospital wherein the surge of admissions increased on the night of the visibility of supermoon or also referred to as full moon.

Mail Online reports that two people are brought into a city hospital on the night people saw the biggest moon for 70 years. They were seen walking completely naked. It is also reported that a mother delivered a baby "en caul," which means still moving around in its amniotic sac. The nurses mumbled that the healthy child will have psychic powers.

Meanwhile, men became more irritable and susceptible to violence in prisons and on the street. The vets also reported that there was an increased number of pets such as dogs and cats that were injured. In Africa, the lions went on a rampage.

There was also an investigation conducted by Wall Street Journal that showed that medical staff in hospitals across the U.S. are persuaded that full moons "harbingers of chaos in their emergency rooms and delivery wards." Other full moon effects observed and experienced by some people are epileptic seizures, psychiatric symptoms, lunacy, pet injuries, animals gone wild and sleep deprivation, according to Live Science.

So, is there a possible link between these scenarios and conditions with the full moon? In reasoning, there is no association of full moon with these untoward happenings. On the other hand, several people and centuries of folklore link full moon to madness mythology and as the time to witchcraft and sorcery.

It is also associated to "lunatic," wherein it is derived from the Roman goddess Luna of ancient Roman religion and myth. Luna is conceived as god and the divine embodiment of the Moon. In witchcraft, the Moon is also worshiped, both in its modern form and Medieval times.

There are many speculations arise tying these happenings to a celestial event. Other speculations point to the composition of the human body. Michelle Schusky, a veteran radiologist, said that human bodies are 70 percent water and, because the moon moves the oceans, it moves the water in human body -- people "flip out."

Many people including doctors, nurses and police officers have linked full moon to the cause of havoc yet skeptics may not believe this link based on some scientific studies. Still, some people are looking for answers behind the myths of the full moon.