Creepy Clown Hoaxes Lead to 12 Arrests in Multiple States

[SummerMadness]

Creepy Clown Hoaxes Lead to 12 Arrests in Multiple States

The reports to the police had one thing in common with the circus act involving an improbable number of clowns emerging from a small car.

They just kept coming, and coming, and coming, across multiple states. Clowns in vans. Clowns in the woods. Clowns lurking in the shadows. Clowns chasing people or doing crimes.

 

[USincognito]

That's not funny.

 

[777Sloan]

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[TerranceL]

Too much fuss. Clowns are fine.

I would argue that if you are doing something with the intention of causing fear in others it's not fine.

 

[Sistrin]

I have been following this story. I still don't know what to make of it. Interesting in a creepy kind of way.

 

[Moral Orel]

A clown and a little boy are walking into a deep dark forest.

"I'm scared!" said the little boy.

"You're scared?!" retorted the clown. "I'm the one who has to walk back out of here alone!"

 

[TerranceL]

A clown and a little boy are walking into a deep dark forest.

"I'm scared!" said the little boy.

"You're scared?!" retorted the clown. "I'm the one who has to walk back out of here alone!"

That joke and your avatar go perfect together. Haha.

 

[Moral Orel]

That joke and your avatar go perfect together. Haha.

That little guy is Orel Puffington from a TV show called "Moral Orel". If you haven't seen it, it's a cancelled series from Adult Swim. It is definitely an experience...

It's about a town where everyone in it is the most psychotically fundamentalist Christians you can imagine.

 

[SummerMadness]

 

[TerranceL]

That little guy is Orel Puffington from a TV show called "Moral Orel". If you haven't seen it, it's a cancelled series from Adult Swim. It is definitely an experience...

It's about a town where everyone in it is the most psychotically fundamentalist Christians you can imagine.

Loved that show!

 

[TerranceL]

The Treehouse of Horror episodes were always my favorite episodes.

 

[ThatRobGuy]

How soon before the first creepy clown gets shot and people blame guns?

 

[rambot]

I would argue that if you are doing something with the intention of causing fear in others it's not fine.

Not trying to be facetious but could this whole situation be considered "terrorism"? It seems the expressed purpose is to scare...

 

[cow451]

I actually saw one of the Creepy Clowns..... man, was it scary!

 

[TerranceL]

Not trying to be facetious but could this whole situation be considered "terrorism"? It seems the expressed purpose is to scare...

20 years ago I would have said no. But now? Over the past two decades we've seen groups that go around torching condo build sites and vandalizing vehicles put on the terror watch lists so... I honestly can't say man.

Now if you're asking me my personal opinion, no this isn't terrorism. This is just being a massive jerk.

 

[TerranceL]

I actually saw one of the Creepy Clowns..... man, was it scary!

Those Chuck E Cheese animatronics just get more lifelike every year.

 

[USincognito]

Apparently this has gone viral among high school students here in North Texas.

 

[VanillaSunflowers]

Clown hoaxes in all those States and here we have two clowns running for the office that will let them preside over all 50 States. Coincidence?

 

[Chesterton]

The article's title says "clown hoaxes". I'm confused. Are these clowns or just people dressed up as clowns?

 

[MrSpikey]

How soon before the first creepy clown gets shot and people blame guns?

I'm sure it won't be long.

To dissuade people from blaming guns, all you need to do is demonstrate that being creepy outweighs.....uh, getting shot.