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Why?
Some may think this is woo woo or superstition, but I lost count of how many times I’ve been like, “why are all the kids acting crazy (even the ones who are normally sane)?” and it turns out it’s a super moon or just a regular full moon.
I think it’s because kids still have that animal brain that sometimes overrides their logical brain.
From Wikipedia
TL;DR: Overall, studies show different answers, which could be the cause of:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_moon#cite_ref-12 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_effect
Probably a case of: only people that experience out of the ordinary rates or behaviors around those periods or days will speak up about it due to the phenomenon having some popularity, while others forget or don't talk about it.
It seems that not a lot of people care about this, and the subject suffers from low sample sizes in my opinion (often around a few thousands at best). Due to the highly random nature of these events, I believe big sample sizes should be required.
Werewolves, obviously.