All across America the new scare has surfaced itself in the flamboyant apparel of spots and stripes. The newest craze to be heard of around America is Creepy Clowns; friends or foes? Middle aged men have been patrolling the streets dressed in gaudy attire, luring in children with the promise of candy and/or money. It began as a simple sighting of these characters around woods and in streets, simply making themselves known. Now they've grown more criminal with their behaviors; chasing people with weaponry and breaking onto property have been the most we've seen from them. Why they even began is still a mystery to us. Many claim them to be the copy-cats of the Clown featured in the television series American Horror Story; Freak-show. The Clown created there also kidnapped children from their homes and lured in the younger generation to the woods. Other theories suggest that it's a publicity stunt made by an upcoming movie, but the majority of the beliefs stem from the fear of this being some new type of freaky gang. Whatever the cause may be, people can't decide on anything but the fact that it terrifies them to no ends.
It began in the Southeastern United states and has now spread across the country. Schools have been forced to close due to these sightings and threats made. Many sightings have been reported of by families with children mainly, the clowns terrorize them in futile attempts to lure children from their homes and into the woods. Many other reports have been called in dealing with the Clowns harassing students on their way home from the bus-stop. Clowns by the reference of “Flomo Klowns” threatened schools through social media, the schools were closed down but the Clowns still followed through with their threats and showed up on the property. The threats have gotten so believing and so scary that a little girl in Athens, Georgia brought in a knife to school for “protection from the Clowns”. Aside from the life-threatening claims they make, they've also acted upon fear by chasing various people on the streets in both the daytime and night. Robberies have been made by various suspects wearing clown masks, the police still have yet to identify if these clowns belong to the same “gang” that the other clowns seem to be part of. The clowns have even been contacted by children to come to their school and kill one of their least favorite teachers.
Between teenagers thinking it's a funny fad to copy and actual threats, it's difficult for the police to identify who they should treat with brutality. Teenagers who see this epidemic as a joke continuously dress up and patrol the streets carelessly, striking fear into the hearts of anyone they come across. The police have sent out mass media to tell teenagers to stop dressing like these clowns as a joke, they will be treated as hostile and arrested immediately. Police as well confirmed various children reports of “Clown sightings” as a hoax, not to say that the Clowns aren't out there. They most definitely are, and within the past month more and more of them have been popping up along woodland areas and places with many children. They mainly try and lure in children but they have been reported for chasing around adults just as much as they chase around children.
As Halloween approaches faster and faster police send out more warnings to civilians to remain vigilant. There have already been numerous accounts over booming social media websites of people claiming to not partake in Halloween this year at all. Within these accounts there are the threats plastered to the websites, it seems the Clowns have even made an account for themselves to get all the information they want out. These people many keep deeming as “harmless” are everything but, they're absolutely dangerous and if given the chance would hurt you and your children.
Photographed in Bakersfield, California
