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Back when Clinton was president, I steered clear from talking much about the supernatural. The truth is, however, I used to study it some.

Actually, pagan holidays are often lunar-triggered events, particularly in October. The complete fullness of the moon is required, if I'm not mistaken, for Wiccans. The gravitational pull is slightly less during that time. Our bodies, made largely of liquid, are affected the same way the tides are. However, the time of destruction is when the moon is in its smallest stage. Note that gravitational pull is stronger at that time, causing a heart to be that much more vulnerable, for example.

IMHO, Halloween is not a serious night to anyone who takes his or her pagan religion seriously. Parlor mystics or fakes might think it's a big deal, however.

On the other hand, theoretically, there could be a lot of psychic energy produced by everyone going to haunted houses, telling ghost stories, watching horror movies, etc. Al G. Manning wrote that one could tap into that communal energy pool, kind of like a spiritual or ectoplasmic 'vampire'. If it were spread out on random days, that would be more difficult. But everyone doing all this on the same night, who knows? If Al G. Manning is correct, it would be an ideal night for satanics to harness that energy.

The gravitational pull is slightly less during that time

Perhaps the poster is referring to the spiritual gravity of the moon, because both new and full moons are physical periods of maximum tides caused by gravity.

It is serious to Wiccans. I used to live in Manitou Springs, Colorado, one of their "preferred" holy sites, and until the Christians really came together to deal with them, there was an influx at this time of year every year. People's pets would turn up missing and there was all kinds of mischief went on. You never actually saw much because they took their ceremonies to the surrounding foothills.

One year there were satanists caught holding a ceremony in our church.