Americans Are Being Warned About Creepy Clowns Trying To Lure Children Into The Woods
A South Carolina town is on edge after it has seemingly been invaded by people dressed as clowns causing mild peril.
When I say mild peril, I don’t mean genuine mild peril like sticking a hose pipe in a post box or tagging a Tesco with “the police are bad”, I mean that there’s the potential for serious peril but, currently, the clowns are only flirting with trouble.
Reports have claimed that they have tried to lure children into the woods but, so far, have been unsuccessful.
Warner Bros.A letter sent by the property management company which owns the Fleetwood Manor apartments in Greenville said:
“There [have] been several [conversations] and a lot of complaints to the office regarding a clown or a person dressed in clown clothing talking to children or trying to lure children into the woods.
At no times should a child be alone at night, or walking in the roads or wooded area at night“
Greenville County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Master Deputy Drew Pinciaro told BuzzFeed News that there was a call on 20th August complaining that there were clowns in the woods behind the apartments.
The next day, a woman told the police that her son had, two days earlier “seen clowns in the woods whispering and making strange noises“. After that, she went to investigate and “observed several clowns in the woods flashing green laser lights [who] then ran away into the woods“. Her oldest son also told her that he heard “chains and banging” coming from the woods.
Google MapsDonna and James Arnold live in the Fleetwood Manor Complex with their two sons, 10 and 13, and said in their report:
iStock“[Our children] mentioned, there’s clowns out there in the woods and they’re trying to get us to come out there. Some had chains, some had knives, and some were holding out money, saying, ‘Come here, we’ve got candy for you,’ but they wouldn’t go.
It’s getting a little ridiculous. My son, he’s seen 10 at one time. It doesn’t make no sense that they would be targeting kids.
I was thinking about the movie It, the Stephen King one. I was a little scared.”
Another resident was mentioned in the sheriff’s report, stating that when she was walking home at 2:30 AM, on the 21st August, she saw a clown:
“[She] saw a clown with a blinking nose, standing under a post light near the garbage dumpster area. She stated the suspect waved at her and she waved back while she made her way to her residence safely. The suspect did not approach her or harm her“
The sheriff also reported that children have claimed the clown resides in an abandoned house by a pond at the end of a trail in the woods… this is seriously sounding like a ridiculously creepy indie video game. I want to play it.
James Arnold said:
“We talk to [the kids] constantly [about stranger danger] because this is a bad neighbourhood, but nothing like this has happened. This is one of the neighbourhoods where guys are walking around carrying guns, but we’ve had no clowns before.“
America…
It seems to me that, if you live in a place where people are packing, you probably shouldn’t let your kids wander about alone, regardless of clowns but, you know, I’m not a parent…
I mean, this is an incredibly weird story and, the more you hear about it, the more questions are raised. Having said that, it does have the makings of some really good Stranger Things style TV series… actually scratch that, I’m flying to South Carolina and investigating myself. I’ll make it more of a Blair Witch Project affair.
It has to be a prank, right?
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