--- title: Internet Reacts to First October Friday the 13th in 11 Years description: Friday the 13th is happening in October for the first time in 11 years and the Internet has absolutely zero chill about it. canonical: https://time.com/4981400/friday-the-13th-october-2017/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-13T15:58:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:59.663Z og:title: It's the 1st Friday the 13th Happening in October in 11 Years og:description: Seriously spooky og:url: https://time.com/4981400/friday-the-13th-october-2017/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8528dba016f9d5b1/6988e1db8fd2ee84c535942a/fridy-the-13th-october-2017.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Friday The 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: It's the 1st Friday the 13th Happening in October in 11 Years twitter:description: Seriously spooky twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8528dba016f9d5b1/6988e1db8fd2ee84c535942a/fridy-the-13th-october-2017.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Is Freaking Out About the First Friday the 13th Happening in October in 11 Years  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 13, 2017 3:58 PM UTC  Jason grabs cop in a scene from the film 'Friday The 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan', 1989\. (Photo by Paramount/Getty Images) Jason grabs cop in a scene from the film 'Friday The 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan', 1989\. (Photo by Paramount/Getty Images)Archive Photos—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 13, 2017 3:58 PM UTC For those invested in [superstition](http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1890165,00.html), [Friday the 13th](http://time.com/4325675/friday-the-13th-unlucky-why/) is a date generally associated with [bad luck](http://time.com/money/4980358/friday-the-13th-scary-stock-market/). This year, however, for the first time in 11 years, Friday the 13th is happening during the month of October, a.k.a. a month-long lead-up to Halloween. As might be expected, this appropriately spooky timing has got the Internet freaking out over the spook potential of today. While some Internet users have leaned into other elements of superstition by tweeting out photos of their black cats, others have taken a proactive approach to combating bad luck by showing talismans like four-leaf clovers. See the best of the Internet’s thoughts about the first October Friday the 13th in 11 years below. Some Halloween enthusiasts avidly welcomed the unlucky date. > [](https://twitter.com/ChiIIVlbes/status/918813380491796480) > [](https://twitter.com/k%5Fba%5Fbay/status/918784083286806528) While others had some less excited feelings about it. > [](https://twitter.com/coolcam101/status/918808205421035520) Some had equally superstitious solutions to potential bad luck. > [](https://twitter.com/TreasuryMog/status/918734509285281792) While others referenced the villain of the _Friday the 13th_ movies. > [](https://twitter.com/RoxyfromGotham/status/918627162185502720) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4981400/friday-the-13th-october-2017/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4981400/friday-the-13th-october-2017/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Freaking Out About the First Friday the 13th Happening in October in 11 Years","datePublished":"2017-10-13T15:58:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:59.663Z","description":"Seriously spooky","url":"https://time.com/4981400/friday-the-13th-october-2017/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","Bizarre"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8528dba016f9d5b1/6988e1db8fd2ee84c535942a/fridy-the-13th-october-2017.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8528dba016f9d5b1/6988e1db8fd2ee84c535942a/fridy-the-13th-october-2017.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Friday The 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan","caption":"Friday The 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan","creditText":"Archive Photos—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4981400/friday-the-13th-october-2017/","name":"The Internet Is Freaking Out About the First Friday the 13th Happening in October in 11 Years"}}]}] ```