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Friday the 13th, It's Just not the Same Anymore

If you suffer from paraskevidekatriaphobia then today is not your lucky day. For those who don't, it's life as normal.

The sky was bright, the breeze was light and the fun was plentiful on Thursday at Crandall Park. Few suspected, or even gave a second thought to what tomorrow could bring.

Friday the 13th. It's just not the same anymore.

There was nary a one of the estimated 21 million Americans who suffer from paraskevidekatriaphobia, or the morbid, irrational fear of Friday the 13th, partaking in any springtime activities Thursday.

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Patch asked many, but just three were willing to go on camera to say what the day means to them.

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