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MichaelMyers

09-01-2016 01:36 PM

Occult clown phenomenon sweeping US

Starting a new thread on this alarming and creepy new trend. Will update as news breaks.

Last week reports emerged that a coven of clowns are trying to lure children into woods and scaring people in Greenville, South Carolina.

Quote:

Mystery clowns bring fear to South Carolina town

Residents of a small town in South Carolina have been told to call the police if they see a clown, following reports that people donning luminous noses and oversized shoes may be trying to lure children into a nearby woods

Parents are on alert after a number of mysterious sightings of clowns standing near basketball courts, in woodlands and under streetlights in and around Greenville.

Ryan Flood, a master deputy with the Greenville County sheriff's office told the Telegraph that they were taking the reports very seriously.

"These kids have notified their parents they saw these clowns near the woods. The clowns had lasers and a lot of cash," he said. "Our view is to take it seriously in case there is someone dressed as a clown trying to lure them away."

Mr Flood said that their investigations and patrols had found no evidence to support the claims yet: "We haven't found any clown costume stuff or irregular footprints or other indicators," he said.

But police have begun daily patrols near Fleetwood Manor Apartments, where a number of parents said their children had come home with stories of speaking to clowns.

There have been "a lot of complaints to the office regarding a clown or a person dressed in clown clothing taking children or trying to lure children in the woods," the administrators of Fleetwood Manor Apartments wrote to residents in a note slipped under their doors.

Donna Arnold, one of the residents, said she called the Greenville County Sheriff's Office because her son told her he had seen a clown behind the basketball court.

“I thought my child was seeing things," Mrs Arnold told a local news channel. "And then the next day I had about 30 kids come up to me and say, ‘Did you see the clown in the woods?”

The sightings began earlier this month when a resident, who is not named, told the police that her son had seen clowns “whispering and making strange noises” in the nearby woods, according to an incident report.

The resident said she later saw “several clowns in the woods flashing green laser lights.” The figures then ran away into the woods. And then, the following night, at about 10.30pm the woman said that her elder son heard "chains and banging" at their front door.

A day later, on 20 August, at around 2.30am another resident said she came across a “a large-figured clown with a blinking nose", standing under a post light near the garbage dumpster area.” She said the clown waved at her so she waved back and kept walking.

Police however also interviewed children who told them clowns tried "to persuade them into the woods further by displaying large amounts of money."

The children said they believed that the clowns lived in a house near a pond at the end of a trail in the woods.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...carolina-town/

To reiterate, apparently it is not just one lone wolf having fun but a coordinated and planned group effort:

Quote:

> One resident said she was in front of her apartment one evening when one of her sons "approached her and stated that he [had] seen clowns in the woods whispering and making strange noises."

The resident added that she "went over to the area that her son mentioned and observed several clowns in the woods flashing green laser lights" before seeing them run off.

Another resident said she was walking to her residence one morning when she "saw a large-figured clown with a blinking nose, standing under a post light near the garbage dumpster area."

She said that the clown "waved at her and she waved back while she made her way to her residence safely," according to the incident report. "The suspect did not approach her or harm her."

http://horrorfuel.com/wp-content/upl...2546567167.jpg

http://i4.mirror.co.uk/incoming/arti...lle-County.jpg

MichaelMyers

09-01-2016 01:39 PM

I figured this was viral marketing or an isolated event. Then I see it occurred again yesterday elsewhere in South Carolina. The sightings are spreading statewide. My contact in SC is saying they have been sighted at three different apartment complexes.

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South Carolina clown sightings starting to spread

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Multiple law enforcement agencies are investigating a rash of incidents involving clown sighting at apartment complexes and other areas of Greenville and Spartanburg counties, according to WHNS.

Both the Greenville Police Department and Greenville County Sheriff’s Office have open cases and the Spartanburg Police Department confirmed Thursday that a clown sighting had been reported at an apartment complex there.

Captain Art Littlejohn with the Spartanburg Police Department said officers were called to Canaan Pointe Apartments Wednesday night for reports of a suspicious person. The complainant, a woman, told officers that a person dresses as a clown was standing in her back yard.

She snapped a photo and the person ran off. Littlejohn said the responding officer tried to view the photo on the woman’s phone but the image was too dark to make out.

Deputies in Greenville County said the clowns were initially seen in wooded areas, where they reportedly tried to encourage children to join them, but the situation escalated to reports that clowns were also knocking on the doors of homes.

http://myfox8.com/2016/09/01/south-c...ing-to-spread/

Quote:

New clown sighting in Spartanburg, standing in backyard

There has been another clown sighting. This time in Spartanburg.

Police responded to a suspicious person call last night around 10:25 at Canaan Pointe Apartments.

The caller said the person was dressed as a clown and was standing in her backyard.

She said she took a picture of the clown and he ran away.

Police say the photo was too dark to make out an image.

Police weren’t able to find the clown.

http://wspa.com/2016/09/01/new-clown...n-spartanburg/

Edit: Per Twitter, a rumored photo of some of the clowns:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CrIW9_tWIAA4GKQ.jpg:large

MichaelMyers

09-01-2016 01:42 PM

Finally this afternoon I read that a masked clown is chasing people at a bus stop near a wooded area in Ohio.

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CCS officials say person in clown mask with a knife chased student

Police will be monitoring a north Columbus bus stop this morning after one student said a person in a clown mask chased him with a knife.

The 14-year-old boy was headed to the bus stop Tuesday morning near Sandalwood Place on his way to school at Columbus North International School. He said around 6:15 a.m., a guy in a clown mask, dressed in all black, chased him with a knife.

Moms in that neighborhood said they’re reminding their kids to pay attention and follow their gut.

“I thought it was crazy!” said mom of two Tombi Williams, who lives in the neighborhood where it happened.

http://nbc4i.com/2016/08/31/ccs-offi...hased-student/

And in a Chicago cemetery a few months ago, another clown was caught on video:

Quote:

A clown was recently sighted in a Chicago cemetery late at night, raising questions and alarm among many locals. A couple saw and recorded the brief encounter with the colorful creeper. As Dave Savini of CBS Chicago reported:

“The cell phone video tells it all: A person dressed in a clown suit, trespassing at historic Rosehill Cemetery in the dead of night. Julia Graham says she was ‘freaked out’ at the figure as it ran toward the main gate. She and her husband were driving by around 10 p.m. ‘When we get closer, we realize it’s a clown, which is super weird,’ she says. The first picture her husband snapped was of the clown scaling the 7-foot-tall gate at the Ravenswood Avenue entrance.”

The clown apparently stood in front of the cemetery waiting to be illuminated by the headlights of a passing car. Once he (or, possibly, she) was seen, the clown paused, waved slowly for maximum creepy effect — likely inspired by the famous scary film clown Pennywise of Stephen King’s novel and TV miniseries “It” — then scaled the gate and ran away.

Officials investigated and found no vandalism in the cemetery — just a clown waiting for an audience.

http://www.seeker.com/creepy-clown-s...770066555.html

Video of the Chicago clown via YouTube:

MichaelMyers

09-01-2016 01:52 PM

Thus the evidence points to these clown sightings as a nationwide event.

What do you think these clown mobs are intending to accomplish by menacing the public? Are they breaking a law?

Is this a form of terrorism, and should President Obama and Homeland Security now take action debriefing the public on what they know and when they knew it?

Most important, is the supernatural and/or occult involved (note that the authorities have not been able to locate the "persons" dressing as clowns, despite large dragnets and manhunts)?

Bloof

09-01-2016 04:15 PM

Why am I thinking I recently heard something about a clown movie coming out soon. Was it Deadbeat? Do you think it's a publicity stunt of some kind?

MichaelMyers

09-01-2016 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bloof (Post 1017609)

Why am I thinking I recently heard something about a clown movie coming out soon. Was it Deadbeat? Do you think it's a publicity stunt of some kind?

Can't rule that out. Perhaps. Rob Zombie released this film today, featuring evil clowns. Nobody knew because, well, it's Rob Zombie.

But I don't think people would risk arrest, detention, or deportation for such a stunt. No, I suspect something more sinister is afoot.

Dead Bad Things

09-01-2016 04:27 PM

Cooool!!!! Now I know what I wanna do when I grow up!

Bloof

09-01-2016 04:29 PM

Creepy for sure, but other than appearing "odd" they actually haven't done any thing yet. Trying to lure children but not actually doing it, etc. This is definitely intriguing.

anglewitch

09-01-2016 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dead Bad Things (Post 1017613)

Cooool!!!! Now I know what I wanna do when I grow up!

What, be part of the radical clown group? These could be kidnappers (no shit Sherlock) or child molesters. So far they have been trying lure young children into the woodland with money. If I was living there and one of those mugs attempted to steal my kid (If I had one) I would shoot the bastard. That or use a shrink spell on them and then squish them.

Sculpt

09-01-2016 10:04 PM

yea, where's our drugs?

MichaelMyers

09-05-2016 04:55 AM

Quote:

Clown tries to lure kids in Winston-Salem, two clown sightings reported

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Winston-Salem police say someone in a clown costume tried to lure kids into the woods Sunday night.

The incident happened in the 1200 block of East 29th Street off Hwy. 52 about 8:30 p.m.

The “clown” was described as wearing white overalls, white gloves, red shoes with red bushy hair, a white face and a red nose.

The suspect allegedly tried to lure the kids with treats. The suspect was reportedly seen by two children and heard, but not seen, by one adult. The suspect fled the area when officers arrived.

A second clown sighting happened just after midnight in the 1600 block of Hope Lane, two miles from the first sighting. Officers attempted to locate the subject but were unsuccessful.

Both spots where clowns were reported are in very residential areas near parks/woods.

http://myfox8.com/2016/09/05/two-clo...last-12-hours/

Dead Bad Things

09-05-2016 05:20 AM

Come on admit it....Fear generated from corruption of innocence is one the hallmarks of horror....Ain't nothin' in them stories about anythin' happenin' to them kids except gettin' the shit scared outta of 'em ::big grin::

Dead Bad Things

09-06-2016 04:45 AM

So.....clandestine organization, dedication to generating fear, scary lookin' costumes......am I the only one thinkin' of startin' a local chapter?

anglewitch

09-06-2016 10:16 AM

I'm setting a defensive barrier of magic around our house. Winston Salem is only 25 minutes away from our house.

They wont know or see what hits them when they touch that barrier.

MichaelMyers

09-06-2016 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anglewitch (Post 1017878)

I'm setting a defensive barrier of magic around our house. Winston Salem is only 25 minutes away from our house.

They wont know or see what hits them when they touch that barrier.

Just make sure the pizza guy can pass thru.

MichaelMyers

09-06-2016 12:52 PM

Yet another....police have no clue what's happening or how to stop it....

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Third clown sighting in Piedmont Triad, this time in Guilford County

GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. -- Greensboro Police on Tuesday morning received a call about another clown sighting in the Piedmont Triad.

The sighting occurred at The Park at Oakridge apartments off Old Oak Ridge Road not far from Interstate 73. A man said he saw a clown near the wooded area behind the complex at about 10 a.m.

Chris Bass told FOX8 he lives at the complex with his wife and two children. He was on his balcony when he spotted a man in a white mask, red curly hair, yellow dotted shirt, blue clown pants and clown shoes in the wooded area.

Bass tried to chase the clown but could not catch him. He called his actions his "fatherly instinct."

Tuesday's clown sighting comes after someone in a clown costume tried to lure kids into the woods Sunday night in Winston-Salem. A second sighting happened about two miles away later that same evening.

http://myfox8.com/2016/09/06/third-c...in-greensboro/

MichaelMyers

09-06-2016 05:51 PM

One more sighting. This time brandishing a machete in the woods.

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Fourth creepy clown sighting reported in Triad, this one near Walkertown

A woman said a clown wielding a machete tried to lure her into some woods near the intersection of Phelps Drive and Morrell Road near Walkertown.

The incident occurred about 11 p.m. Monday, and comes on the heels of two reports of clowns trying to lure children in Winston-Salem.

In the latest report, the woman said the clown, who was male, had red bushy hair and a red nose, and was wearing black gloves, a black tie and white shoes, the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. He was holding a machete and tried to get her to come closer to him.

When the woman refused, the man ran away. Deputies searched for the man, but were unable to find him.

http://www.journalnow.com/news/crime...gib6A.facebook

anglewitch

09-06-2016 06:02 PM

I AM SICK AND TIRED OF THESE F$@&ING CLOWNS!

If I hear or see another report about an evil clown, I will call up the Nemean Lion!

anglewitch

09-06-2016 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MichaelMyers (Post 1017879)

Just make sure the pizza guy can pass thru.

We make our own pizza 8)>

MichaelMyers

09-07-2016 08:24 AM

Live google map of all the sightings:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/vi...hsuZDcqq7MjRP0

MichaelMyers

09-07-2016 03:31 PM

Three more reports today.

Quote:

Everybody loves a clown - unless it's hovering in the woods at dark.

There were two such reports in Cumberland County on Tuesday - one in Fayetteville, one in Hope Mills - and another in the Scotland County town of Laurinburg, authorities said.

Nothing was found after investigations by lawmen.

In Fayetteville, someone called police about 10 p.m. Tuesday and reported there were clowns in the area of Fillyaw Road and Applewood Lane, less than a quarter-mile from North Reilly Road.

The caller said the clowns were in a wood line and trying to flag down vehicles, said Officer A. Cannon, a police spokeswoman. They were described as wearing red clown masks and brightly colored vests.

But when the officers arrived, they were unable to locate any clowns.

http://www.fayobserver.com/news/crim...740653bc3.html

http://imgix.scout.com/142/1420127.jpg

MichaelMyers

09-07-2016 05:32 PM

New clown in Wilmington, NC.

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Parents on alert after clown sighting

Creepy Clowns have been making headlines across the state of North Carolina, and now a neighborhood in Wilmington says it is happening right where many children play.

There have been at least two reports of a person dressed as a clown trying to lure children into the woods of the Tidewater Townhomes.

"As a concerned parent, I'm not going to test and go see, because it could be danger, you know I don't want nobody's child to be in danger," said Maretha Brown-Lewis. "I've been an educator for 14 years, never in my life have I had children be in danger, because if I could protect them I would, I am the neighborhood mom."

Parents are concerned for their children, and management says they have taken every precaution they can. A letter was sent to residents Tuesday about the clown encouraging them to call the police if they see anything.

http://www.wbtv.com/story/33043669/p...medium=twitter

http://wect.images.worldnow.com/images/11751002_G.jpg

anglewitch

09-07-2016 06:09 PM

I F$&@ING HATE CLOWNS!

When I summon the Nemean lion back from the dead, it will smash them, wipe them out and shove them off the face of the Earth....
MASSACRE THE DIRTY RAT SCUM!
KILL! KILL! FILTHY BASTARDS! I HATE EM'! I HATE EM'! GRRRRR!
(John cleese)

Repo'd

09-07-2016 07:24 PM

I bet they aren't real clowns. I bet it's just people in clown costumes. Real clowns have top secret clown business and wouldn't trifle with this stuff.

Bloof

09-08-2016 10:36 AM

It's not like it's hard to access a clown costume. Just copycats.

anglewitch

09-08-2016 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bloof (Post 1017987)

It's not like it's hard to access a clown costume. Just copycats.

It's a damn publicity stunt that's what it is. I bet that there is some evil clown movie that's coming to theaters soon and that they're not telling anyone about it. This clown bullshit is to get people to go to the theater and give the maker of the film a nice fat paycheck!

Repo'd

09-08-2016 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bloof (Post 1017987)

It's not like it's hard to access a clown costume. Just copycats.

I thought my tongue was firmly enough in cheek with that post, but I guess not my friend. ::big grin::

MichaelMyers

09-09-2016 03:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anglewitch (Post 1017988)

There is an IT remake coming out soon....

Still, I doubt anyone would commit criminal acts to promote a movie. I am still working through the motives but there is no question this is terrorism. Obama needs to be holding daily press briefings on these clown sightings instead of talking about Colin Kaepernick.

MichaelMyers

09-09-2016 08:20 AM

The clowns have a website:

http://clownsincarolina.com

hammerfan

09-09-2016 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MichaelMyers (Post 1018045)

The clowns have a website:

http://clownsincarolina.com

Hmmm

anglewitch

09-09-2016 09:56 AM

Clowns are not entertaining! The y are the most annoying creation ever! What they should do to make the clown thing at a circus entertaining is to put a clown in a cage with a really hungry lion. The clown will be given a small swiss army knife to defend himself with.

Bloof

09-09-2016 11:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bloof (Post 1017987)

It's not like it's hard to access a clown costume. Just copycats.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Repo'd (Post 1018031)

I thought my tongue was firmly enough in cheek with that post, but I guess not my friend. ::big grin::

Lol....still, I guess it wouldn't hurt to stock up on whipped cream pies.

Repo'd

09-09-2016 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bloof (Post 1018056)

Lol....still, I guess it wouldn't hurt to stock up on whipped cream pies.

Hahaha!! Yeah, better be prepared, juuuust in case.

MichaelMyers

09-09-2016 02:45 PM

Nation on Edge: Man arrested for reporting false "creepy clown" sighting....

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A North Carolina man who told police someone dressed as a clown had knocked on his window at night landed in jail on Friday after admitting he fabricated the story, the latest twist in a string of such reported sightings in recent weeks.

David Wayne Armstrong, 24, described to Winston-Salem police how he had chased the clown into nearby woods, but authorities said in a statement he had lied. He was arrested on a charge of filing a false police report.

Winston-Salem police also said Friday it had found no evidence to substantiate a report earlier this week of a clown attempting to lure children into a wooded area by offering them treats.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...a3ec?section=&

Meanwhile, Stephen King weighs in....

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King, whose 1986 novel "It" tells the story of a supernatural being that appears as a clown to terrorize the residents of a small Maine town, told the Bangor Daily News that fear of clowns touches a nerve with children and adults alike.

"Kids love clowns, but they also fear them; clowns with their white faces and red lips are so different and so grotesque compared to 'normal' people," the newspaper quoted King as saying in an article posted on Friday. "The clown furor will pass, as these things do, but it will come back, because under the right circumstances, clowns really can be terrifying."

......

King admitted he'd be unnerved to find a pale-faced, red-lipped prankster skulking near his Bangor home.

"If I saw a clown lurking under a lonely bridge (or peering up at me from a sewer grate, with or without balloons), I’d be scared, too," he told the newspaper.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-us...-idUSKCN11F1WH

http://i.imgur.com/bp0vBar.gif

anglewitch

09-11-2016 07:52 PM

If I see an evil clown in my yard, and if he is so much as wielding a twig I am going to get my muzzle loader off the rack and I'll put a bullet in his ass.

MichaelMyers

09-12-2016 08:40 AM

Clown sightings making their way westward.

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YUMA, AZ (KPHO/KTVK) -
There has been another creepy clown sighting, this time in Yuma.

While some say the costumed characters have become a real nuisance, police say there’s still very little they can do to stop it.

“I mean, it’s pretty scary,” one resident said. “He doesn’t do anything but he’s still kind of scary.”

A photo posted to Facebook shows someone biking down Fourth Avenue wearing a Department of Corrections jumpsuit and a clown mask – a popular new trend used to scare people around town.

“As long as they don’t harm anyone,” the resident said.

Police said they have not heard of this happening before in Yuma, even with some citizens frightened.

“I’m not a fan of clowns,” the resident said. “I hate clowns. I’m really terrified of clowns.”

PIC:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CsKlNMZUEAAuwxl.jpg

http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/33072...autostart=true

MichaelMyers

09-12-2016 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anglewitch (Post 1018208)

If I see an evil clown in my yard, and if he is so much as wielding a twig I am going to get my muzzle loader off the rack and I'll put a bullet in his ass.

Hail to the king, baby.

anglewitch

09-12-2016 09:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MichaelMyers (Post 1018241)

Hail to the king, baby.

They will learn to fear me.

Dead Bad Things

09-12-2016 05:41 PM

Come on y'all....Chaos..Panic..Fear...Doesn't incitin' that kinda thing sound like some real good fun? Right up there with startin' a riot or somethin'...
I'm really surprised ta keep hearin' that y'all wanna maintain order so strongly....

Chaos is the law of nature...Order is the dream of man...

anglewitch

09-12-2016 06:27 PM

I FEAR NO EVIL FOR I AM FEAR INCARNATE!

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