As far as I can remember, full moons always have fascinated the interests of young ones and the young at heart. There is no definite explanation though if what my grandparents used to share about aswangs, kapres, mananaggals and tikabalangs are true. But full moon is always the best time to gather around with siblings, cousins and friends while the elders talk about the enchanted world that we live in.
By the way, the words mentioned above are the local names of the damned creatures found in the different islands and islets of this archipelago. But does full moon really have any affect to both human and animal behavior?
Here's what the experts have to say...
When there is an unusual occurrence of just about anything, people tend to associate it to the strangest things which do not have any relation with each other at all. This is caused by a person's selective memory. When there's a full moon, we notice that moon and put the blame to it just because it looks so mysterious and it has been always associated with darkness.
And since this has been the usual reaction of everybody, the media tend to sensationalize the situation. But, we must all admit that its what they do – to sensationalize a slightly obscure scenario. That makes the full moon and a weird occurrence even more strange.
A psychiatrist have studied this particular belief and explains that people behave in a mischievous way because this belief has been carried down from one generation to another. Legends and folklores tell about people from an ancient civilization dancing and prancing about whenever a full moon occurs. Hmm...this is probably why people also tend to behave madly whenever there is full moon. The feeling of being carefree doesn't have anything to do with the forces of the moon. It simply is what people believed before up to now.
I wonder if going out to the woods during a full moon will not be safe now?
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