Some Shriners back out of parade amid creepy clown reports

Police in Middlesboro arrested Jonathan Martin, 20, after his suspicious behavior near a wooded area attracted the attention of Barbourville officers on September 23.

More towns across America have been unnerved by alleged creepy clown sightings or related threats in three new states, according to reports on Thursday (29 September). Officials told us that they had no reports made and that the majority of calls were in reference to the posts on social media.

The person was not found, and no evidence of suspicious activity was located, police said.

“I’m assuming they aren’t professional clowns, number one, my first thought is it isn’t actually happening, but as an urban legend it perpetuates itself”, Gottwald said.

“I don’t think it should be severe penalties”, said Phillipsburg resident Rodney Smith.

“No such order has been issued by police and this post.is blatantly false”, the department posted through its own social media page. Investigators are concerned that these are prank calls. Moody. “Anyone could dress up like a doctor or a police officer and do scary things, but that doesn’t mean we assume all doctors and police officers are disgusting, scary people”.

“Update on the clowns”, reads one often-shared Muncie-area Facebook post.

One report includes students seeing a auto full of clowns on West Jackson Street. Law Enforcement have dubbed these reports as nothing more than pranks meant to scare people.

In Henrico County, Virginia, a mother and daughter got video of unusual looking clowns riding in a auto and stopped beside them at an intersection.

And on Tuesday night, someone caught a clown on camera just hanging out on a hearse at a Wawa.

The fear has been widespread, Cox said, and MPD has had kids in school and parents asking them about it.

“If he wants to chase people, we can chase, too”, Rodriguez said. “I guess we’re going to have this for the next few weeks”. “If they don’t perform, they don’t need supplies”. But Cox cautions against doing that. People have claimed to see them in White Hall and North Little Rock, and it is easy to go online and find people talking about them. “They may get partial information, and that partial information may lead to an understanding”.

But other incidents have been more serious.

“I wasn’t scared. I had 9-1-1 on speed dial, if anything had happened, I would have called”, Winbush said.

Kelsey Spridgeon, sophomore family studies major, was also out. “And that’s where I saw the ads and stuff like that, by my friends sharing it on her wall”.

There have been reports of clowns attempting to talk to children and lure them into the woods in some states, and other reports of them just staring at people on the street.

The rumors follow months of sinister clown sightings around the country, some of which were unconfirmed or exposed as hoaxes or publicity stunts.

There have been a number of clown sightings in North Carolina and SC this year as well. The video went viral on Facebook, generating over a million views.

“It’s social media driven, unfortunately”, Cox said. So let us hope that this “trend” fades away soon and people start moving on to other things.