I’d always thought the fear of Friday the 13th was triskaidekaphobia, but apparently that’s just the fear of the NUMBER 13. The actual fear of Friday the 13th is paraskavedekatriaphobia or paraskevodekatriaphobia or paraskevidekatriaphobia or friggatriskaidekaphobia. Honestly I didn’t make up that last one! I came across it in an article in today’s Toronto Star and looked it up on Google.
Just bumped into my boss’s boss in the hall. Ken’s a biker at heart and I was razzing him for being here instead of at Port Dover with all the other bikers. For those who don’t know it, Port Dover is a small Lake Erie town that every Friday the 13th is taken over by bikers of all shapes and sizes.
The Friday the 13th tradition started in 1981. Chris Simons and approximately 25 friends, through word of mouth, got together at the Commerical Hotel {The Zoo}, now known as Angelos of Dover. It was in November and it was Friday the 13th. They had such a good time they decided they should do it every Friday the 13th. And so the tradition was born. Every Friday the 13th thereafter, the number of people coming to the event has increased.
This year marks the 25th Anniversary. Now I’m no biker, but I’d love to head down there one time just to check it out.
Everyone also knows that Friday the 13th is a horror series … here is a look at every death scene in every Friday the 13th Movie in 7 minutes.
