Overview
Creepy Clown Sightings refer to reports of people dressed as clowns attempting to lure kids into the woods in various locations in the United States. After police began receiving the reports in North and South Carolina in late August 2016, many internet users speculated the sightings were a viral marketing campaign for the upcoming 2017 remake of the 1986 horror film It.
Background
In late August 2016, rumors began circulating that clowns were attempting to lure children in the woods behind an apartment complex in Greenville, South Carolina, leading to increased police patrols in the area. One woman claimed her son had seen clowns in the woods, who whispered and flashed green laser lights before running off. According to another report,
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It’s illegal, it’s dangerous, it’s inappropriate, it’s creating community concern.”
On September 5th, the North Carolina news station WXII 12 aired a segment about clown sightings near a wooded area in Winston-Salem (shown below).
On September 7th, the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office in North Carolina published a Facebook post reporting that two clown sightings had been “investigated and found to be false” (shown below).
That day, the distributor of director Rob Zombie’s upcoming clown-themed horror film 31 claimed that the film was not involved in the “creepy clowns and costumed characters found roaming the South.”[7] On September 8th, several posts about the clown sightings were submitted to the /r/OutOfTheLoop[2][3][4] subreddit, where many speculated that the reports were part of a viral marketing campaign for the upcoming horror film It.
Florida Sighting
On September 22nd, 2016, Facebook user Caden Munro Parmelee posted a video of a clown standing on the side of the road at night, claiming he came across the costumed figure while driving (shown below). Within one week, the video gained over 1.1 million views, 20,500 shares and 30
The Quad City Clown Troupe is a life time member of the World Clown Association (WCA). The troupe is also a member of the Midwest Clown Association (MCA). The link to the MCA round-up information is: http://www.midwestclownassociation.org/2018-roundup.html. You will find more information there. You can also look through some of the pictures of previous round-ups.
Then, he goes on to call the men “clowns” and “ghostly”. The occupation of clowns is to alter their appearance through clothing for the entertainment of others. Similarly, ghosts are also rumored
The creature gave Patterson a look in which he explained as if in “disgust.” After so Patterson went to the Bluff Creek variety store to ship his film. The friends returned to their camp and continued to look for more evidence of Bigfoot. Long-term, Roger becomes somewhat popular in the Bigfoot community. Scientist reviewed the footage and many found a way to debunk the video. The public couldn't believe the exists of the monstrous creature that has been lurking in the woods for centuries. They didn't believe it, they couldn't. After many years multiple people have come out to say they are the creator of the costume or the man in the costume. So is it a hoax or are people afraid of the
In the movie, “IT,” this can been seen when Bill was in the IT House with Richie and Eddie, he kept on telling them that what they were seeing (their greatest fear) was not real. Before Bill went into the IT house with Richie and Eddie, they did research about the clown and Bill discovered that Pennywise, is more likely to kill the kids who are afraid so he will project images that are not real. He comes up with the solution that whatever Pennywise shapeshifts into, it is not real so when they go into the IT house, he reminds then that whatever they see is not real. This is also quality information to the audience because it shows that audience that fears should not define and you should conquer your fear because if you let it haunt you forever, you will always be afraid of
Finally, on Thursday October the 13th, a 16 year-old girl from Wilson was arrested for clown violence. Nine days after the original threats were made, the culprit behind the fear was discovered. Upon being arrested, the girl was placed into a juvenile detention center.
Clowns are draped all over social media and the news. People are using clown outfits just to get a popular video up on the internet. Clowns showing up by lampposts and chasing people around city streets. They send a mind crippling fear into people when they think of being in a situation with a killer clown. Imagine walking down what could be any street when you look down an old dirt road that you have passed a million times; You see it, it is what looks to be a blood thirsty clown waiting for a victim. Ironically it is most likely a guy who wants a funny video or just trying to get a good Halloween scare. A killer clown who is actually just a regular guy in a clown mask from Target... wait Target has missed out on huge clown mask sales due
There was a remake of the movie called “IT”, which was released this year. This movie is about a demon, named Pennywise, who is dressed as a clown. Pennywise feasts on children’s fear, meaning that he eats the children that are afraid. When you think of clowns, you
In the opening scene of the movie, a little boy is shown playing in the rain. The boy’s name is Georgie and he is doing what kids have done in the rain for years, which is playing with a toy boat in the gutter. The camera then shows Georgie’s paper boat unfortunately flow into a gutter in the sidewalk. Georgie starts yelling “NOOO” at the loss of his boat and scarmbles up to the gutter. At first the gutter appears empty, until the audience hears a terrifying voice say “Hi Georgie!” and the terrifying clown head shown in my image appears inside the gutter. The clown we know as penywise. Pennywise asks if Georgie wants his boat back and Georgie says yes. Pennywise then asks Georgie if he wants a balloon and cotton candy. Georgie eagerly reaches inside and the demonic clown pulls him in and murders the boy.
It was past 8:00 everybody went to hide when The Killer Clowns came to the town. When they enter the town the people look out of there window and they see little midgets that look like Killer clowns but they had dangerous weapons. Then people came out of there homes and started laughing but the killer clowns they started to get there weapons and try to kill everybody but everyone
She fired three BBs quickly. The clown hit the ground from the pain. She fired five more as he ran away. And he ran far out of sight. Through the night she wondered if the clown would come for her again. She awoke in the middle of the night. Her clock read 3:33 AM. A loud bang woke Blue up from a deep sleep. She walked out into the hall. Her mom was on the stairs looking down to the living room. “Mom?” Bluzette asked quietly, ”what's going on?” Her mom seemed startled, “There is someone downstairs.” she whispered, “Go call the
Name’s Tom Foolery. I’m a clown. Or what the normal people had designated ‘Homo fossor’ or human clown. There were many new classes of ‘humans’ in Circus City. From the fire-breathers, acrobats, freaks, contortionists, clowns, and numerous other ‘pseudo’ humans the Big Top had to offer. It had only been about forty years since the rest of the world
“It” in its origins, is Stephen King’s 1100 page literary masterpiece that has bred Coulrophobia within many who dared to sojourn through the novel. Nevertheless, it was the novel’s subject in focus, Pennywise the Clown, embodied in full flesh by Tim Curry that amassed a sadistic following and obsession with the arrival of the 1990 TV miniseries on ABC. Curry’s portrayal of the dancing clown quickly became a hallmark image for the horror canon, if not the face of horror movies altogether. Flash forward 27 years later, the fear of clowns has burgeoned into a commonplace phobia and horror trope. With all this to say, no clown has terrorized us in our nightmares quite like Curry’s Pennywise. Well, that was the case until Bill Skarsgård came along with a darker rendition of the fiendish entity in Andrés Muschietti remake of “It.”
The next time I woke up I checked to make sure there wasn't any clowns and then checked again to be safe. Lucky for me there were none to be seen and I was relieved but still on edge from the whole encounter. My mom entered the room soon after I gathered all my nerves. She said that she thought that me seeing them and
It was a very hot rodeo that year. I remember my mom had to keep getting waters and wet wash cloths just to keep us hydrated. I also remember that even with the heat the audience was still so involved and energetic. The clown had his own horse that year that he played tricks with. He was wearing a fat suit and riding the horse around. Then the horse laid down and the clown was trying to make him stand back up. He said," Hey boy you wanna see all the pretty
“In the year of 1989, there was a street named Elm, in the state of Wyoming. Few chose to live on that street, and they all knew about the haunted house, up on the hill, on the west side of town, coming off of Elm. Once, I spent the week with some friends and, Halloween came upon us, while I stayed with them.” I was telling my first-grade brother and his friends stories to scare them out of their wits. Besides, no one wants little kids tagging along with you to go trick or treating, when you could go with your friends to Haunted Houses, and not ones set up by the town hall. “We were just about to pass the house, not thinking anything of it, when we heard a moan coming from Old Man Reaper’s house.” Their eyes grew wide with fear. Mr. G.