# Birthday party. Clown. Sheer terror. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 6, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-party-clown-sheer-terror/418198 "2007-09-06T02:40:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-party-clown-sheer-terror/418198/1 "2007-09-06T02:40:18Z")
[Click here.](http://image.bayimg.com/laglhaabl.jpg) Or the clown will eat you. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-party-clown-sheer-terror/418198/2 "2007-09-06T03:11:02Z")
I took my twin grand daughters to a circus when they were 5 years old. All was fine till Samantha saw a bunch of clowns come out to entertain the audience. She got this look of terror on her face and she really wanted to go. One of the clowns came by and made Alicia a balloon animal. The clown then asked Samantha what her favorite animal was but she wouldn’t answer, she had her head buried in my jacket. I told the clown about Samantha being afraid of clowns, this clown said he had the perfect thing for her. He left and returned a few minutes later with a woman that was a makeup artist for the circus. She talked to both twins and explained to Samantha that clowns were fun and were nothing to be afraid of. She put clown faces on both of the girls then the balloon clown took them to the middle of the ring with the other clowns and introduced them as the newest members of the circus. Each of the girls was given a couple of clown props and were part of a skit. After that Samantha had a smile on her face that no one was going to ever take away from her. I found out later that she was allowed to watch a scary movie that had a clown as the bad guy and she thought they were all that way. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-party-clown-sheer-terror/418198/3 "2007-09-06T03:14:38Z")
[QUOTE=racer72] She talked to both twins and explained to Samantha that clowns were fun and were nothing to be afraid of. [/quote] SHE LIED! Clowns are scary. > [@](#): > > …she thought they were all that way. THEY ARE! ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-party-clown-sheer-terror/418198/4 "2007-09-06T03:15:09Z")
I _want_ to click the link, but I’m honestly too scared. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-party-clown-sheer-terror/418198/5 "2007-09-06T03:19:03Z")
What **BiblioCat** said. 🙂 But, seriously, **racer72,** that’s a very cool story. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-party-clown-sheer-terror/418198/6 "2007-09-06T03:20:25Z")
[QUOTE=racer72] I tI found out later that she was allowed to watch a scary movie that had a clown as the bad guy and she thought they were all that way. [/QUOTE] It wasn’t [http://imdb.com/title/tt0095444/](http://imdb.com/title/tt0095444/) was it? ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-party-clown-sheer-terror/418198/7 "2007-09-06T03:33:24Z")
[QUOTE=beowulff] It wasn’t [http://imdb.com/title/tt0095444/](http://imdb.com/title/tt0095444/) was it? [/QUOTE] Maybe it was [this one.](http://imdb.com/title/tt0099864/) Because we all float down here. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-party-clown-sheer-terror/418198/8 "2007-09-06T03:41:31Z")
[QUOTE=BiblioCat] SHE LIED! Clowns are scary. THEY ARE! [/QUOTE] Ditto! ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-party-clown-sheer-terror/418198/9 "2007-09-06T03:56:57Z")
_sigh_ This again … clowns are not that scary and they don’t eat people … much. _clicks link_ HOLY MOTHER OF OG! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!? That’s not a clown, that’s some kind of mutant cross between a clown and a chupacabra. Yikes! ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-party-clown-sheer-terror/418198/10 "2007-09-06T03:58:13Z")
Hey, I’ve got no problem with clowns. They don’t firghten me one bit. But the thing in that picture is downright SCARY! ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-party-clown-sheer-terror/418198/11 "2007-09-06T04:42:16Z")
Ever since someone pointed me to this [website](http://www.ouchytheclown.com/index.htm)\* I’ve been scared to look at clowns on the internet. And that picture in the OP - it’s more evidence for the “don’t look” school! :eek: \*The website linked is, I believe, SFW, but I won’t vouch for **any** of the links on that page. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-party-clown-sheer-terror/418198/12 "2007-09-06T11:00:00Z")
Clowns are pure fucking evil. That picture confirms it. Dear sweet God, I think I’m sleeping with the lights on tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-party-clown-sheer-terror/418198/13 "2007-09-06T11:09:14Z")
[QUOTE=Scissorjack] Clowns are pure fucking evil. That picture confirms it. Dear sweet God, I think I’m sleeping with the lights on tonight. [/QUOTE] Can’t sleep: Clowns will eat me! :eek: :eek: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-party-clown-sheer-terror/418198/14 "2007-09-06T13:14:21Z")
Another vote for scary. In fact I’m so scared of clowns I won’t even open the link but I usually open spider links when they are linked out of curiosty and spiders are one of my worst fears. John Wayne Gacy was a clown for a while. We know how that turned out. I was talking about my fear of clowns with a friend and he said, think about it, how much do you think a person could get away with dressed as a clown. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-party-clown-sheer-terror/418198/15 "2007-09-06T15:06:23Z")
THEY WORE THE MAKEUP! That is what makes clowns evil. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-party-clown-sheer-terror/418198/16 "2007-09-06T15:42:08Z")
But this guy is [cuddly and adorable!](http://www.jamesryman.com/illustration/misc/gallery/Evil%20Clown%20small.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-party-clown-sheer-terror/418198/17 "2007-09-06T15:53:00Z")
No wonder that kid was crying. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-party-clown-sheer-terror/418198/18 "2007-09-06T16:04:21Z")
A recent issue of “Fortean Times” has an evil-looking clown on the cover, and has a muti-page article on clowns, coulrophobia (fear of clowns), and folklore about clowns. Fascinating reading! ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-party-clown-sheer-terror/418198/19 "2007-09-06T17:11:53Z")
Um, I clicked the image and it came up blocked as “pornography”. What kind of clown is this, anyhow? ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-party-clown-sheer-terror/418198/20 "2007-09-06T17:24:39Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] But this guy is [cuddly and adorable!](http://www.jamesryman.com/illustration/misc/gallery/Evil%20Clown%20small.jpg) [/QUOTE] DAMN you. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-party-clown-sheer-terror/418198.md?page=2)