# Clowns in woods try to lure children with money, residents say
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567
**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
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### Author:  [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/101 "2016-09-08T21:54:43Z")
> [@eschereal](#):
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> Perhaps they are trying to attract attention to their new indy film, _The Blair Clown Project_?
There’s a film I would pay good money to see.
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/102 "2016-09-09T00:46:27Z")
> [@Biotop](#):
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> After watching several of those videos with a sick fascination, I believe they have to be faked.
I think they all are. I can’t imagine pedophiles dressing up as clowns to attract children, or serial killers in clown outfits looking for victims.
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### Author:  [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/103 "2016-09-09T03:00:45Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> I think they all are. I can’t imagine pedophiles dressing up as clowns to attract children, or serial killers in clown outfits looking for victims.
It depends on what you mean by “fake”. If you mean that none of the incidents reported in the news are real (and _everyone_ involved is an actor) then I’d have to disagree. If “fake” includes people dressing up in order to frighten real victims for lulz with no intent to truly hurt or molest, then yeah, I think that’s the case.
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### Author:  [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2016, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/104 "2016-09-09T03:40:57Z")
> [@davidm](#):
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> It depends on what you mean by “fake”. If you mean that none of the incidents reported in the news are real (and _everyone_ involved is an actor) then I’d have to disagree. If “fake” includes people dressing up in order to frighten real victims for lulz with no intent to truly hurt or molest, then yeah, I think that’s the case.
Yes. I think those videos are fake and the supposedly panicky victims part of the fake. I think many other sightings are either imagined or someone trying to scare people, but that these claimants are mostly sincere.
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### Author:  [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/105 "2016-09-09T03:48:09Z")
> [@Biotop](#):
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> Yes. I think those videos are fake and the supposedly panicky victims part of the fake. I think many other sightings are either imagined or someone trying to scare people, but that these claimants are mostly sincere.
Agreed.
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/106 "2016-09-10T19:47:34Z")
First Satanists luring children, now clowns.
You people are all a bunch of Bozo’s.
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### Author:  [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/107 "2016-09-10T20:17:34Z")
I think we’re all Bozos on this bus.
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### Author:  [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/108 "2016-09-12T02:37:20Z")
\ “You guys are stupid, they’re gonna’ be looking for Army guys…”
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### Author:  [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2016, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/109 "2016-09-14T12:00:48Z")
Clowns vs Firefighters:
“How a Fight With Clowns Led to the Birth of Modern Policing in Toronto”
> **[How a Fight With Clowns Led to the Birth of Modern Policing in Toronto](https://torontoist.com/2013/09/how-a-fight-with-clowns-led-to-the-birth-of-modern-policing-in-toronto/)**
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> A 19th-century bordello brouhaha led to big changes for Toronto's police force.
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### Author:  [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2016, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/110 "2016-09-14T17:29:08Z")
A North Carolina man has been charged with fabricating a clown sighting.
> **[North Carolina man charged with fabricating clown sighting](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/clown-sightings-creepy-north-carolina-man-charged-with-fabricating/)**
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> The hoax comes as reports of creepy clowns have expanded throughout the southeast
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> Police in Winston-Salem, North Carolina say a man who reported a clown knocking on his window Friday made the story up, reports CBS affiliate WFMY.
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### Author:  [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2016, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/111 "2016-09-15T03:24:21Z")
> [@davidm](#):
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> A North Carolina man has been charged with fabricating a clown sighting.
> [http://www.cbsnews.com/news/clown-sightings-creepy-north-carolina-man-charged-with-fabricating/](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/clown-sightings-creepy-north-carolina-man-charged-with-fabricating/)
The troubles with sighted clowns: too much make-up.
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### Author:  [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2016, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/112 "2016-09-15T04:34:17Z")
> [@running\_coach](#):
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> Mimes wouldn’t be making noise.
One word: Camouflage
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### Author:  [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/113 "2016-09-15T15:54:42Z")
[Clowns now on the attack in Georgia](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/clown-sightings-macon-georgia-children-say-clowns-chased-them-from-bus-stop/).
[Uncute evil clown on Facebook](http://www.11alive.com/news/local/lagrange-police-to-creepy-clown-not-cute/317903754)
[Another clown in Georgia, possibly armed](http://savannahnow.com/news/2016-09-14/sighting-clown-gun-reported-georgia)
[Clown (with photo!) in West Virginia](http://www.whsv.com/content/news/393294201.html)
[Evil clown in Arizona on Bike](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TosqvVKnztU)
[Uh oh… now Virginia](http://www.roanoke.com/news/local/roanoke_county/roanoke-county-police-say-creepy-clown-sighting-unsubstantiated/article_3d46468d-1398-5c99-b7fe-c26d428e1e0c.html)
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### Author:  [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/114 "2016-09-15T16:48:54Z")
That’s the problem with kids, they don’t take credit cards
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### Author:  [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/115 "2016-09-15T17:13:20Z")
That’s it! Seal the borders - NOW! No one with any clown DNA is getting in. Also stop all compact vehicles with more than 4 occupants. And bring in the grease paint sniffing dogs.
All clowns, jugglers, children’s party magicians, and circus performers should immediately be brought in for _vigorous_ interrogation, and we should seriously consider internment camps until we figure out what’s going on!
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### Author:  [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/116 "2016-09-15T17:19:00Z")
> [@davidm](#):
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> That’s it! Seal the borders - NOW! No one with any clown DNA is getting in. Also stop all compact vehicles with more than 4 occupants. And bring in the grease paint sniffing dogs.
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> All clowns, jugglers, children’s party magicians, and circus performers should immediately be brought in for _vigorous_ interrogation, and we should seriously consider internment camps until we figure out what’s going on!
Can’t we make exceptions for the good ones?
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/117 "2016-09-15T17:23:55Z")
> [@Biotop](#):
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> Can’t we make exceptions for the good ones?
There _are_ no good clowns.
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### Author:  [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2016, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/118 "2016-09-15T17:44:44Z")
The only good clown is a dead clown.
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/119 "2016-09-15T18:51:51Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#):
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> The only good clown is a dead clown.
I stand corrected.
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### Author:  [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/764567/120 "2016-09-15T19:29:01Z")
That Lou Ferrigno wore an awful lot of makeup… Is he on TV at all any more? Wouldn’t want him fluencing the kids.
Thinking about that, now I’m a little suspicious of Bill Bixby… but I suppose he’d be one of the good ones if **TokyoBayer** is correct.
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