Clowns in the wood luring kids? I thought the clown was in Maine!

[raccoon]

• Clowns in woods try to lure children with money, residents say

Deputies say they found no evidence to back complaints

UPDATED 12:09 PM EDT Aug 29, 2016

• GREENVILLE, S.C. —Residents of a Greenville County apartment complex say clowns have tried to their children into the woods with large amounts of money, and deputies have released the report Monday in connection to the claims.
WYFF News 4 first asked the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office on Friday about the complaints. Drew Pinciaro, with GCSO, checked with Crimes against Children investigators and was told and they were not aware of anything like that being reported.
But Pinciaro sent out a release on Monday saying, “Many of you have inquired about clowns being spotted in the woods near Fleetwood Manor Apartments. As of today’s date, there has been one incident report filed with our office regarding this. I have attached a copy of the incident report for your review. In the report you will note there were two other calls related to this. One call was regarding the clown sightings and the other call was in reference to gunshots being heard in the area. In both calls, the complainants refused to give their names and no incident report was filed. Our deputies did not locate anyone matching the description when they responded.

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A woman told the deputy that her son told her that he saw several clowns in the woods “whispering and making strange noises.” She said she went with her son to the area where he said he had seen the clowns, and her son told her that he saw several clowns in the woods who were flashing green laser lights before they ran away. The woman’s older son told the deputy that he heard chains and banging on the front door of their home on the night of Aug. 20.
Another resident told the deputy that when she was walking to her home on Aug. 21 at about 2:30 a.m., she saw a large clown with a “blinking nose” standing under lamp post near a dumpster. She said the clown waved at her, but did not approach her or speak.
The deputy said other children told him that several clowns appeared in the woods and tried entice them into the woods by showing them large amounts of cash. The children said they think the clowns live in a house near a pond at the end of a trail in the woods.


http://www.wyff4.com/news/Clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/41418260

[KittyWampus]

1. Secret Society of Clowns?

[MowCowWhoHow III]

2. Spooky

[wheniwasincongress]

3. sounds like UFO sightings

just takes one initial "sighting" and then everyone else reports that, Yeah, I saw the same thing too!

best part of the article:

The children said they think the clowns live in a house near a pond at the end of a trail in the woods.

[etherealtruth]

4. Seroiusly ... and people wonder why I DESPISE clowns

[B2G]

5. I have a friend whose husband hates clowns.

He’s terrified of them. When she was pregnant with her second child, her mother bought a little clown for the nursery. She took to putting it in a new place in the baby’s room every few days to freak her husband out. He never knew where it would pop up…the crib, the bookshelf, the changing table.

One day she was feeling particularly evil. He was due home from work in about an hour and she knew he would head straight for the shower like he always did. She positioned the clown on the shower shelf right by his razor. Then she headed out to do the grocery shopping.
When she got home, she went up the front steps to the porch. There, nailed to the front door was the clown with a note…”NOW I’ll know where that little fucker is”.

[pinboy3niner]

7. A friend of mine used to crack up his girlfriend...

...by taking the figurines she had around the house and putting them together in sexual positions.

[Dustlawyer]

6. Pennywise is back!!!!

Stephen King is behind this!

[raccoon]

8. That's what I figured. I posted this here in case he's on DU. nt