# Clowns in woods try to lure children with money, residents say **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 31, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567 "2016-08-31T14:27:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/281 "2016-10-06T18:19:35Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Police [find 2 clown masks in the woods](http://mynorthwest.com/410319/threat-forces-administration-to-close-puyallup-schools/), put nearby High School on “modified lockdown”. [17-year-old arrested for false report](https://kiro7.relaymedia.com/amp/news/south-sound-news/teen-arrested-in-clown-related-threats-at-puyallup-school/453837354), as well as two felony harassment charges for texting threats to two female students. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/282 "2016-10-06T19:07:46Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > [Montana](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://963theblaze.com/scary-clown-sightings-reported-in-montana/&ved=0ahUKEwju_vWC3sbPAhXFgj4KHWtjAg4QqG8IHTAB&usg=AFQjCNEf4yNhGgplTrKND8yzXa6MQP0yOA&sig2=o-TKcUavlai3pqtjpfY9KQ) > > I am pretty sure this was the last of the lower 48 states to be removed from the clownless list. That just leaves Alaska and Hawaii. They fear those giant mosquitoes in Alaska, and clowns can’t swim. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/283 "2016-10-06T19:09:01Z")
[Clowns want our babies](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/10/05/clown-tries-to-kidnap-child-in-concord/amp/&ved=0ahUKEwiaw-PC78bPAhWC8j4KHSh2ACAQqUMIaTAU&usg=AFQjCNHr3QxXyGb7Tfvm6vqA-8-tkZGujA&sig2=2Lfhn7xSgp2h0p4AkDxI4Q) ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/284 "2016-10-06T19:35:13Z")
This is what they look like under the mask. From today’s Portland news. Ooops. > **[Man wearing clown mask arrested after shadow boxing outside Portland school](https://katu.com/news/local/man-wearing-clown-mask-arrested-after-shadow-boxing-outside-portland-school)** > > PORTLAND, Ore. – A man wearing a clown mask and boxing gloves was arrested early Thursday morning outside a Portland middle school.Police responded to Floyd Light Middle School around 8:30 a.m. for a report a man in a clown mask was chasing kids and... ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/285 "2016-10-06T19:37:49Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > Unless they were terrible. They’re mimes, they’re \*all \*terrible. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/286 "2016-10-06T19:55:56Z")
This is starting to look a lot like the satanic panic of the 1990s. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/287 "2016-10-06T20:25:30Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > This is starting to look a lot like the satanic panic of the 1990s. Pardon me? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/288 "2016-10-06T20:54:45Z")
_Don’t you panic, I’ll get you a satanic mechanic_ It is kind of sad that we have so much auto-correct, these days, or “clpwned” would be a widespread meme by now. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/289 "2016-10-07T02:45:57Z")
[Amusing article about the clown menace](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/here-are-the-best-and-most-ridiculous-evil-clown-safet-1787503905/amp&ved=0ahUKEwjO0tmQ1cfPAhWBeyYKHYIVBYQQqUMIHTAA&usg=AFQjCNHctPQJS_WdVklLVKHt45Ny0kfi5A&sig2=VHp5TXu9VBKW1pIanVTEZQ) ---
**Author:** ![I\_wasn\_t\_truly\_absent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4da419/32.png) [@I\_wasn\_t\_truly\_absent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_wasn_t_truly_absent)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/290 "2016-10-07T13:04:27Z")
[quote=“Accidental\_Martyr, post:262, topic:764567”] Clowns vs. Mimes (NSFW language) [/QUOTE] ha haha!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/291 "2016-10-07T15:58:08Z")
[Australia](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/37586908&ved=0ahUKEwiRwYqWhcnPAhVGQSYKHSaVCe8QqUMIIzAC&usg=AFQjCNEy4TwMhscG8ZNS-wuFG-gLew-6Dw&sig2=rNN6ub2XiBuY3QYQRUL4bQ) ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/292 "2016-10-07T19:48:36Z")
It’s probably just viral marketing for next year’s It remake. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/293 "2016-10-07T21:31:17Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > It’s probably just viral marketing for next year’s It remake. No, it is real, murderous clowns bent on rapine! We must build a wall! ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/294 "2016-10-07T21:34:28Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > No, it is real, murderous clowns bent on rapine! > We must build a wall! Wouldn’t a box work better? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/295 "2016-10-07T21:51:41Z")
> [@mistymage](#): > > Wouldn’t a box work better? You’re gonna need a pretty large, sturdy box. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/296 "2016-10-08T02:35:23Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > You’re gonna need a pretty large, sturdy box. What is a box but four sturdy walls? (I feel like I just channelled Kwai Chang Caine before he met his Master.) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/297 "2016-10-08T02:50:53Z")
> [@mistymage](#): > > What is a box but four sturdy walls? > > (I feel like I just channelled Kwai Chang Caine before he met his Master.) It depends upon whether your box is made of cardboard, or concrete blocks. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/298 "2016-10-08T03:17:30Z")
> [@mistymage](#): > > Wouldn’t a box work better? [Not](http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i9gKle7qzbs) [a very good](http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qv7HDrnb-sA) [idea](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DKZYE87knHMc&ved=0ahUKEwjC-OT4nsrPAhWBRj4KHWI8CBo4ChC3AggjMAM&usg=AFQjCNFpu8lNw9K8s5B4xFtrzlTo27-JmA&sig2=ewlVg6yvp7CjNiwgIiPq6g). ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/299 "2016-10-08T15:47:57Z")
[Clown versus bow hunter](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.wideopenspaces.com/killer-clown-with-knife-harrasses-bow-hunter-all-caught-on-video/amp/&ved=0ahUKEwjNktDFw8vPAhXTdSYKHV4rBv4QqUMIIDAB&usg=AFQjCNFpC3dRy189-22sx5IDC94dtiuCXg&sig2=aT_2wbXreOleyzlKmiimTw) [Clowns in New Zealand](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.newshub.co.nz/nznews/creepy-clowns-spark-flurry-of-calls-to-nz-police-2016100615&ved=0ahUKEwiOg-G0xcvPAhXILSYKHQlXDBAQqG8ILTAC&usg=AFQjCNE9pC6HfAMhJK9BGpnYtdv8TWos-g&sig2=OibgrkoRcsTPGkaJbbMwig) [Scotland](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/terrified-ayr-parents-say-children-8992186.amp&ved=0ahUKEwjdpIqCxsvPAhUHJiYKHeU8CHoQiJQBCB4wAQ&usg=AFQjCNG7k3_kW5SVvFM2aMw59uWeebz7fw&sig2=tHZmaV_E3DsNATYMWbW9kg) [Wales](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/creepy-clown-spotted-near-children-s-playground-and-scaring-passing-motorists/story-29786682-detail/story.html&ved=0ahUKEwilhYHbxsvPAhVFJiYKHSVqBcYQqG8IHjAB&usg=AFQjCNHCfJhv4_DSJVKcKXsSbKr2SfCc0w&sig2=1aFd5zDu8uZzXCxZpGKh0A) ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/300 "2016-10-09T01:58:03Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > People are calling police if they even see a clown, regardless of if it’s doing anything threatening. With Halloween coming, the police are going to be swamped with calls. > > I’m planning on going to a Halloween/birthday party on the 8th as one of the Killer Klowns. > > Picture here: > [Fatso | Killer Klowns Wiki | Fandom](http://killerklowns.wikia.com/wiki/Fatso) > > I hope that I can get to the party without causing a law enforcement incident. > [@davidm](#): > > I was jokingly acting concerned in that post, but now I am seriously wondering if I should consider a different costume. Well, I went to the party tonight in my Killer Klown costume, and ended up spending several hours in a jail cell… JOKING, JOKING. Nothing happened. I had a good time and I didn’t cause any panics. I had to park a couple of blocks from the hall and had to walk those blocks in the clown outfit. A police cruiser drove by as I was walking, but kept going without even slowing down. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567.md?page=16)