For some strange cosmic reason, for which I have no explanation or care, the full moon and Emergency Rooms don't mix well.

I've had real live tinfoil-hat wearing freaks, illegal aliens from Melmac (Alf's home planet), a confection-sugar snorting couple (please don't try it), a middle-aged male who thought he was a real live vampire (this one made the news, blood wasn't human after testing - but he became a guest of the psych ward), and a supposed single-person MVA with no trace of the car(turned into a drug-induced victim being thrown from a moving car - his garbled story at the time was that he was the driver, highway tapes showed he was thrown)

Articles have been written, most showing that its a real phenomenon. If it's quiet, it's considered really bad luck to comment on it - all hell breaks lose within minutes. So in preparation for the full moon, and since I know I'm already jinxing the entire staff:

What's your strangest "Full Moon" story? (no degree required)

The full moon was yesterday.

It was, and the last few evenings have been off-the-wall. Tonight is 97.3%, full to the naked eye.

Have you ever heard of a Luanatic Asylum?

Lunatic is an antiquated term referring to a person who is considered as mentally ill, dangerous, foolish, unpredictable, or crazy—conditions once attributed to lunacy. The word derives from lunaticus meaning "of the moon" or "moonstruck". The term was once commonly used in law.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunatic

Philosophers such as Aristotle and Pliny the Elder argued that the full moon induced insane individuals with bipolar disorder by providing light during nights which would otherwise have been dark, and affecting susceptible individuals through the well-known route of sleep deprivation.

On December 5, 2012, the US House of Representatives passed legislation approved earlier by the US Senate removing the word "lunatic" from all federal laws in the United States.[1] President Barack Obama signed this legislation into law on December 28, 2012.[6]

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Yes, I looked up at the moon last night and thought, "Thank God I'm not working tonight."

Yes, full moons and craziness go hand in hand when working the ER. Getting ready to go in tonight, hopefully the crazy has died down some...

I worked for several years in a prison mental ward. The moon had no effect-or it was so nuts all the time we didn't notice.

Only thing worse is when your partner looks at the radio and says “it sure is quiet tonight”

My customers have gone completely insane, CS reps too.

My wife is a mental health professional -- Licensed Clinical (psychiatric) Social Worker.

She tells me that the full moon syndrome is not a joke.

911 dispatcher here. It’s no joke at all. We always get our craziest calls around the full moon.

I can feel my nose getting longer and hairier.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
The full moon was yesterday.

I live out in the country, They have a delayed response out here.

Full moon around middle school students is no joke either.

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Originally posted by drtenb330:
It was, and the last few evenings have been off-the-wall. Tonight is 97.3%, full to the naked eye.

Athens, Greece has a spectacular display of the Acropolis every Full Moon. They consider the Moon to be full for 3 consecutive nights. Normal visitations to the Acropolis at night are curtailed on Full Moon nights.

FWIW, the Moon has been partially obscured by clouds the last couple of nights here.

flashguy

Years ago when I was active in a volunteer first aid squad I used to hate duty crew on a full moon.
It was always guaranteed to be a busy night.
As a firefighter we did not see a difference in the number of calls.

Working in John Gaston Hospital (affectionately known as "The John"), four guys (by report) ran their car through a house. Worked on three of them for about six hours, and the fourth, supposedly in the car, was never found. Not in the car. Not in the house. Not in his place of residence. Not at his job. Pals swear he was there. Memphis cops stumped. Full moon.

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Originally posted by Doc H.:
Working in John Gaston Hospital (affectionately known as "The John"), four guys (by report) ran their car through a house. Worked on three of them for about six hours, and the fourth, supposedly in the car, was never found. Not in the car. Not in the house. Not in his place of residence. Not at his job. Pals swear he was there. Memphis cops stumped. Full moon.

Nah. Alien abduction.

flashguy