# 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:** 17
**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 15, 2016, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/321 "2016-10-15T04:28:05Z")
It had to happen. [Clown porn](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/clown-porn-rise-after-killer-9043553.amp&ved=0ahUKEwjbiLTX-9vPAhVD6SYKHccSDBQQqUMILDAF&usg=AFQjCNFRxU5igEhKQNSgbSi0eiS4hjHndA&sig2=fdXkAEssYFjJGAzTO-KhRA) ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/322 "2016-10-15T04:52:21Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > It had to happen. > > [Clown porn](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/clown-porn-rise-after-killer-9043553.amp&ved=0ahUKEwjbiLTX-9vPAhVD6SYKHccSDBQQqUMILDAF&usg=AFQjCNFRxU5igEhKQNSgbSi0eiS4hjHndA&sig2=fdXkAEssYFjJGAzTO-KhRA) Clown porn has been around forever. One of the first porn mags I ever saw had a shoot of a guy with (IIRC) two women in clown makeup. More Harley Quinn than Bozo. This would have been in the 80s. A Penthouse, I think. I still occasionally go for a little clown porn. ---
**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 15, 2016, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/323 "2016-10-15T05:14:14Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Clown porn has been around forever. One of the first porn mags I ever saw had a shoot of a guy with (IIRC) two women in clown makeup. More Harley Quinn than Bozo. This would have been in the 80s. A Penthouse, I think. I still occasionally go for a little clown porn. I. Don’t. Know. What. To. Say. There’s got to be a good joke response. Why can’t I think of it? ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/324 "2016-10-15T07:23:16Z")
Clowns seem like a natural fit for porn. I mean, look at the size of their shoes! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/325 "2016-10-18T00:13:33Z")
This Doper wants you to help him be a better clown > **[Please Critique My New Clown Outfit](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=685481)** > > Reviews of the last one were almost entirely negative. You said the colors were too dark. You said the stitching on the coat was shabby. You said some other stuff. I took it all into account and made a new clown outfit. Here are the hat and rainbow... ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/326 "2016-10-18T01:15:25Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Clown porn has been around forever. One of the first porn mags I ever saw had a shoot of a guy with (IIRC) two women in clown makeup. More Harley Quinn than Bozo. This would have been in the 80s. A Penthouse, I think. I still occasionally go for a little clown porn. Do they say “Fuck me silly” a lot? ---
**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 18, 2016, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/327 "2016-10-18T01:53:19Z")
> [@edwards\_beard](#): > > Do they say “Fuck me silly” a lot? Is it “Fuck me silly”, or “Fuck me, silly”? Or come to think of it, “Fuck, me silly”? ---
**Author:** ![ultimate11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/49beb7/32.png) [@ultimate11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultimate11)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/328 "2016-10-18T02:04:56Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Clowns seem like a natural fit for porn. I mean, look at the size of their shoes! :eek: Where is my handy Robot Chicken reference where I need it? ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/329 "2016-10-18T04:04:53Z")
> [@edwards\_beard](#): > > Do they say “Fuck me silly” a lot? Things to keep in mind when viewing clown porn: - You know it’s going to be a gang bang when the tiny car pulls up to the house. - That’s not seltzer water! - Even the sad clowns get a happy ending. - “Face paint” might not mean what you think. More seriously, once in a great while I kind of have a thing for women in clown type makeup. Not the whole getup with the big shoes and wig and everything. It’s really just the face paint. I guess it’s more of a mask fetish. I guess I wouldn’t really say it’s a full blown fetish. Just an occasional diversion. And now I have officially posted more about my sexual interests in the past couple of days than I have in the previous 9 years I’ve been on the SDMB. ---
**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 18, 2016, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/330 "2016-10-18T05:32:48Z")
Oh, geez, when I was growing up, we lived about two blocks from a guy who did an afternoon children’s cartoon/variety show, as the clown “Rusty Nails”. Now, if that is not a clown porn name, what is? ---
**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 19, 2016, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/331 "2016-10-19T06:34:06Z")
Only two weeks until all this goes away at Halloween. It will go away, right? [Flying Clown in Oregon](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://gizmodo.com/clown-pranksters-have-already-killed-the-only-good-joke-1787955189/amp&ved=0ahUKEwjnysrUnObPAhWBbD4KHbiXB3UQqUMIHTAA&usg=AFQjCNHSB5SJ9SbPkKnatMwDJG73MyCNxA&sig2=q_Pe525rmYnTkB9QUooaHw) [Copenhagen Clown hunt](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/37692010&ved=0ahUKEwjn9-W5nebPAhWJeD4KHQ98CfoQqUMIIDAB&usg=AFQjCNH3Sp-ju48ydxefAv7Rcm7XptyyMQ&sig2=pS13_UbGHZPOjcUJa1gp_w) [Evil Clown in Germany](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://amp.dw.com/en/first-creepy-clown-reported-in-germany-as-us-trend-spreads-across-europe/a-36074433&ved=0ahUKEwjn9-W5nebPAhWJeD4KHQ98CfoQqUMINTAI&usg=AFQjCNENjXIm0sbLF3FER2oLi_3iAXZnrA&sig2=aRjIE7p4PCqOHRFPvpFWiQ) [Swedish Clown punched](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.thelocal.se/20161018/swede-punches-clown-that-scared-his-grandmother&ved=0ahUKEwjn9-W5nebPAhWJeD4KHQ98CfoQqG8IOzAK&usg=AFQjCNF1wBUl_O7ASMzo15wdKAirH3-5WQ&sig2=yN0ix5bddZqRfIRlh03ZyA) ---
**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 20, 2016, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/332 "2016-10-20T05:45:39Z")
Halloween quote: Little boy who jumped out of window to avoid creepy jester now says he does not want to go outside at night because [“that’s when the clowns come.”](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=/amp/s/amp.ibtimes.co.uk/eight-year-old-swedish-boy-jumps-balcony-escape-killer-clown-1587222&ved=0ahUKEwjL38nI1ejPAhUIdT4KHTkXD54QqUMILzAG&usg=AFQjCNHDpV9FjP0XbQS0n9c7JK_s6z9jLg&sig2=xt2Iw_GFSy7H3UAjUIaLYQ) ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2016, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/333 "2016-10-20T06:06:19Z")
“[It’ll be dark soon and they mostly come at night… Mostly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B436avtEXzs).” ---
**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 20, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/334 "2016-10-20T14:34:07Z")
Don’t send in the clowns: [Clowns off the train](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=/amp/www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/clowns-scrapped-ghost-train-because-9087585.amp&ved=0ahUKEwjqqvGKyunPAhXG8j4KHQtGD64QqUMIHTAA&usg=AFQjCNGS6SO7UDe9h8GBg8pQVyxoyig8Kg&sig2=33W99PyFbm9T3Z2CnokNjg) [No clowns in the yard](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=/amp/fox8.com/2016/10/17/clown-scares-forcing-local-haunted-houses-to-make-changes-this-year/amp/&ved=0ahUKEwijhNqDy-nPAhXBVj4KHZUGDUAQiJQBCEEwDA&usg=AFQjCNHMzDitwcluggn7VJoc1cFgBGEmHQ&sig2=nbv7idj-PQ5Z3cPi0paqFQ) [Clowns ousted from the Target](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=/amp/amp.usatoday.com/story/92276390/&ved=0ahUKEwjUkfXgy-nPAhUG4D4KHdEkD80QqUMILDAF&usg=AFQjCNGs5kUMQg9oMtM5Npy6O5rYAnakmQ&sig2=RmjkT1TAt9Wc-OFYB-R_EA) [Clowns out of the festival](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=/amp/s/wsoctv.relaymedia.com/amp/entertainment/halloween/target-pulls-clown-masks-from-store-shelves-online_/458036895&ved=0ahUKEwjS2_zDzOnPAhVCWD4KHZK6D3gQqUMIMjAH&usg=AFQjCNHxxKDmQSrbdsXz3d_QYtcGGy56AQ&sig2=kZFVkeY74WPTpsxvngkA-A) ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/335 "2016-10-20T14:49:32Z")
Well, with the economy heating up and unemployment rates dropping, the next thing will be men in business suits standing in parks trying to lure workers with money. [Then there’s only one way to deal with the problem](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITLXo19248g). ---
**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 20, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/336 "2016-10-20T17:47:00Z")
[Here is a really bizarre one from Cambodia](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=/amp/www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/creepy-clown-blown-up-after-9089217.amp&ved=0ahUKEwjViu6F9-nPAhUJMj4KHV8TB2cQqUMIIDAB&usg=AFQjCNGbEw_UheJJW1eQvDS9tMyeoztEZw&sig2=8EN36v0olDBsHOF33fJYtQ) ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/337 "2016-10-20T18:11:15Z")
Batman vs. creepy clown panics: What drives copycats? > **[‘Batman’ Vs. Creepy Clown Panics: What Drives Copycats? | Center for Inquiry](https://centerforinquiry.org/blog/batman_vs._creepy_clown_panics_what_drives_copycats/)** > > Why would people dress up as clowns to scare people, and falsely report having seen a stalker clown when they didn't? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/338 "2016-10-20T18:30:02Z")
Damn, what has been read cannot be un-read… ---
**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 20, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/339 "2016-10-20T21:13:57Z")
Little did we know what was coming when those first clowns made their appearance in South Carolina now nearly two months ago. Total world domination. [Russian clown with plunger](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://sputniknews.com/society/201610201046561853-clown-attacks-car-russia/&ved=0ahUKEwiOjdyvperPAhWJVz4KHdsIB30QqG8IOzAK&usg=AFQjCNE-QYwyW-PAACGiCqXwiwr6iEDClw&sig2=aVzndt-gTPnaWAzhp-n28Q) ---
**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 21, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/340 "2016-10-21T00:41:36Z")
How to react if a BEEPing clown attacks your car. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567.md?page=18)