It is generally accepted that a clown is a person who is called upon to make people laugh, causing laughter. However, a kind person is not always hidden behind bright makeup.
There are dozens of stories of evil clowns who have appeared and disappeared under mysterious circumstances. How did this manic craving of people with an unstable psyche begin to the image of a terrible clown? For the first time, the idea that a clown can be incredibly cruel and even monstrous person came to the writer Stephen King in the novel "It", which has repeatedly been used in Hollywood horror films.
However, in real life there were clowns who turned out to be killers and rapists. There are many cases when people suddenly disappeared: children, adolescents and adults, and clowns were involved in the story of their disappearance. This article provides several examples of strange and frightening clown appearances that still have not found a reasonable explanation.
Scary fishing incident
In West Virginia (USA), a man, while fishing at night, heard an incomprehensible noise that came from the thicket. He decided to take a camera and flashlight and see what was happening. Five meters from the fishing spot, a man in clown makeup was standing, who, when the light hit him, began to laugh terribly.
This greatly frightened the man, and he, leaving all his fishing equipment, rushed to the car. But the strange incident did not end there. Sitting behind the wheel and engaging reverse gear, the fisherman did not stop filming, and a second later the clown reappeared in the camera lens. This time, he no longer stood, but ran to the car with the same eerie laugh. The man stopped going fishing to those places forever. The clown's identity was never established.
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Clown with chainsaw
The scary clown phenomenon is known not only in America. In Canada, there were also many cases of such meetings. So, one day several guys were driving in a car and, in order to shorten the road, turned off the central highway onto a dirt road.
Leaving the car out of natural necessity, they were about to continue their journey, when suddenly a man in makeup and a clown's outfit appeared right in front of the car, who stood and looked at the car. The guys decided that they were a fan of practical jokes, but the clown suddenly had a chainsaw in his hands, and he began to quickly approach the car. The friends flew into the salon with a bullet and pressed the gas. They had never experienced such a strong shock.
Clowns attack Europe
The killer clown game has gained popularity in some European countries. For example, in Germany in October 2016, there were several attacks by hooligans in clown costumes within one week. "Jokers" tried to imitate the famous American maniac John Wayne Gacy Jr., who was nicknamed the killer clown. John Gacy was accused of murdering more than 30 people, for which he was sentenced to death.
On the eve of Halloween, a group called "Hunter Clowns" appeared on Facebook. Its members promised to arrange a "grandiose sweep" on All Saints' Night, which caused a serious public outcry. Fortunately, this time there were no casualties. However, more and more people are becoming afraid of clowns, and the plots of books and films prove that clowns are not always who they say they are.