Creepy clown sightings no laughing matter as Halloween nears

Randy Christensen, the president of the World Clown Association, recently shared his thoughts on the scary clown craze.

There have also been reports of children being terrorised in other areas, with residents in Crumlin reporting a killer clown hanging around a children’s play area.

Martin Wilson, director at TIN Arts in Durham – who run the clown programme – said they were disappointed, but hoped the hype would die down soon.

Staffers and school administrators had to be called to calm the anxious students.

There have been more than 18 reports of creepy or threatening clowns across Victoria over the past two weeks, according to the state’s police chief.

Attention. In several instances, police have determined that individuals falsely reported seeing clowns because they wanted to be “famous” for having survived a clown attack. Police forces have dealt with reports of “clowns” jumping out to scare people and lurking in dark places, chasing people and carrying weapons. While a majority of the people you will see in these clown masks are only doing it as an innocent prank, with the reports of some clowns causing harm to people, it’s better to be overly cautious, as ridiculous as it may seem.

It is reported a so called “creepy clown” was spotted in Farnborough Gate on Tuesday (October 11).

According to reports, people have shot at and been shot at by clowns. “We’re encouraging parents to discuss the power of social media”, she said, “because really, that’s where this all started”.

A film adaptation of King’s book is due to be released next year but the studio has denied any link to the scary clown sightings.

Griffiths favours the copycat explanation for the sudden proliferation of fake “killer clowns” in Britain.

Let’s knock off the clown pranks, which have now turned violent. “Evil clowns came to my town”, he asked. “Like mannequins or androids, they are human but something is not quite right and this can make people feel uncomfortable”. At least one death has been linked to a clown hoax.

The folks at Vox have created a video detailing not only this current “creepy clown epidemic“, but also why we’ve come to fear clowns so much in the first place, and why the victims of these clown pranks may be more unsafe than the clowns themselves.

King should know a thing or two about killer clowns.

The force said it had received 23 reports of “creepy clowns” incidents in the past 24 hours alone. However, the alleged victim did not even contact police until almost 24 hours later.

“In a way, we could be protecting people if someone unknowingly dresses as a clown”.

True clowns, meanwhile, are outraged at the clown rampage. No, I don’t and you shouldn’t either. He was left covered in blood after a branch was thrown at him by a clown trying to terrorise people in South Yorkshire. “It is harder to communicate and bring pleasure”.