So, this clown thing ...

[Gator]

I really had only seen it as I whipped through my Facebook feed, but Mrs. Gator, a teacher, received a robo-call from the school district saying there had been a threat made against the school, that a clown was coming to kill students. I'm not always at the fore of pop-culture news, but this seems to be growing, even if most of the threats seem empty.

Spike in creepy clown sightings and hoaxes with more arrests

 

[Bradley Guire]

There were at least four clown stories on the state wire on Monday.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Bryce Harper will be on high alert.

 

[Songbird]

STAND
YOUR
CLOWN'D

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Clown topic, bro.

 

[OscarMadison]

Someone speculated that it might be a PR stunt to promote the newest version of "It" that took on a life of its own. Clowns were supposedly seen near my high school in Nashville. If that was the case, I would suspect they were on staff there.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

What's the big deal? We've had clowns on the payroll at Pitt for decades. Now Penn State has some too.

 

[Killick]

 

[Ace]

Steve Miller Band saw this coming 40 years ago.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Steve Miller Band saw this coming 40 years ago.

Stephen Sondheim, 43 years.

 

[dixiehack]

Stephen Sondheim, 43 years.

Smokey Robinson, 49 years.

 

[JohnHammond]

Betting the majority of hoaxes are from kids who want to cut class, or townie boyfriends who want to spend more time with their ninth- and tenth-grade girlfriends.

 

[HanSenSE]

Betting the majority of hoaxes are from kids who want to cut class, or townie boyfriends who want to spend more time with their ninth- and tenth-grade girlfriends.

Or they didn't do their homework.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Says he's not to blame:

 

[Vombatus]

It's all fun and games until a cop kills one of them. Then it will be... All Clowns Matter.

 

[Football_Bat]

ICP making a comeback?

 

[LongTimeListener]

Clown kidnapping, bro.

Concord cops investigate clown kidnapping attempt of 1-year-old

 

[Starman]

Why so serious?

 

[Dick Whitman]

My kid literally will not stay in his bed at night. This is all that the kids talk about.

 

[LongTimeListener]

My kid literally will not stay in his bed at night. This is all that the kids talk about.

My very large 14-year-old son took the dog out for a walk last night. He said they ran home because he saw something in the dark and thought it was a clown.