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MotherGunner

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Wow, you can't make this stuff up!
« on: October 06, 2016, 09:10:14 AM »
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munchiaz

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Re: Wow, you can't make this stuff up!
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2016, 12:32:19 PM »
yeah places are banning clown costumes for Halloween now. So people theorize this is all just a way to make ppl fear clowns again before the IT remake comes out
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Re: Wow, you can't make this stuff up!
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2016, 01:13:47 PM »
A friend of my sister's is a professional clown (yes I know how ridiculous that sounds) and has actually gotten death threats over this whole thing.

What a wacky situation.
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HailingTheThings

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Re: Wow, you can't make this stuff up!
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2016, 06:15:35 PM »
Quote from: munchiaz on October 07, 2016, 12:32:19 PM
yeah places are banning clown costumes for Halloween now. So people theorize this is all just a way to make ppl fear clowns again before the IT remake comes out

Nailed it.
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seieienbu

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Re: Wow, you can't make this stuff up!
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2016, 09:42:18 PM »
I don't get the whole clown thing.  It seems like a dumb internet hoax, except then this happened a few miles from where I live:

http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/collin-county/man-says-he-had-encounter-with-scary-clown-in-plano-last-week/328773377

I'm guessing it's viral marketing that has a few me-too idiots that decide to be "scary clowns"?
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esteban

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Re: Wow, you can't make this stuff up!
« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2016, 12:39:47 AM »
Quote from: seieienbu on October 07, 2016, 09:42:18 PM
I don't get the whole clown thing.  It seems like a dumb internet hoax, except then this happened a few miles from where I live:

http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/collin-county/man-says-he-had-encounter-with-scary-clown-in-plano-last-week/328773377

I'm guessing it's viral marketing that has a few me-too idiots that decide to be "scary clowns"?



I think some of these sightings are just figments of fearful imaginations, most are pranks, with a sprinkling odd/imbalanced folks (not necessarily dangerous, though).

I don't want anyone to be terrorized, but at the same time, if you read the police reports, it becomes hilariously absurd.

Some phrases and/or details = unintentionally hilarious

"A car filled with clowns"
"Green and orange hair, with red nose"
"Last seen running into woods, holding 3-4 balloons"
"Shadow-boxing pantomime in street"
"Blue and white hair, with red nose"


Anyway, I hope this doesn't blow up into an even bigger moral panic, because the last thing the dying art of Le Clown needs is bad PR.

ALSO: Fellini's *I Clowns* is a movie I really love. Give it a try. Really. :)
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