# Machete wielding, one-armed clown arrested in Maine **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 27, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machete-wielding-one-armed-clown-arrested-in-maine/792260 "2017-07-27T13:10:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machete-wielding-one-armed-clown-arrested-in-maine/792260/1 "2017-07-27T13:10:01Z")
[Cite](https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/07/26/one-armed-machete-wielding-clown-arrested-maine-police-say/dOGgJTNMoqSXwQxc8T9PbM/story.html) No, I did not make that one up. Nobody could make that one up. Even Stephen King. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Crap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.crap/32/3131_2.png) [@Dr.Crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Crap)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machete-wielding-one-armed-clown-arrested-in-maine/792260/2 "2017-07-27T13:32:38Z")
He’s come a long way from Florida. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machete-wielding-one-armed-clown-arrested-in-maine/792260/3 "2017-07-27T19:12:02Z")
“Quick, close the door! We’ll be safe because he won’t be able to turn the knob!” ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machete-wielding-one-armed-clown-arrested-in-maine/792260/4 "2017-07-27T19:48:58Z")
How close is Hollis, Maine, to Derry? Yes, I’m aware that Derry, Maine, is a fictitious town. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machete-wielding-one-armed-clown-arrested-in-maine/792260/5 "2017-07-27T20:16:05Z")
Well, that’s at least two of my childhood nightmares brought to life… ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machete-wielding-one-armed-clown-arrested-in-maine/792260/6 "2017-07-27T20:20:24Z")
Did he kill Richard Kimble’s wife? ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machete-wielding-one-armed-clown-arrested-in-maine/792260/7 "2017-07-27T20:24:33Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > How close is Hollis, Maine, to Derry? > > Yes, I’m aware that Derry, Maine, is a fictitious town. just down the rud a piece, on the TR-90. Turn left at the Kenduskeag stand-pipe, you can’t miss it. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machete-wielding-one-armed-clown-arrested-in-maine/792260/8 "2017-07-27T20:26:13Z")
He was wearing clothes; if he was in just his underwear & chasing some screaming Jehovah’s Witnesses, I’d have to say we know the IRL name of a certain Doper. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machete-wielding-one-armed-clown-arrested-in-maine/792260/9 "2017-07-27T21:40:54Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Did he kill Richard Kimble’s wife? He strangled her with a length of multicolored scarves. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machete-wielding-one-armed-clown-arrested-in-maine/792260/10 "2017-07-27T22:01:14Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > How close is Hollis, Maine, to Derry? It’s getting late so you’ll want to avoid taking the shortcut through the Lot. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machete-wielding-one-armed-clown-arrested-in-maine/792260/11 "2017-07-27T22:04:11Z")
I assume it was an [intricate scenario](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJw2lFWJ4aY) staged by someone to teach a valuable life lesson. And that’s why you never trust a clown! ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machete-wielding-one-armed-clown-arrested-in-maine/792260/12 "2017-07-28T00:40:54Z")
A [Posse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insane_Clown_Posse) of one. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machete-wielding-one-armed-clown-arrested-in-maine/792260/13 "2017-07-28T13:52:45Z")
Reminds me of: [Flesh Wound Clip - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAW6D21ICdg&t=0m40s) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machete-wielding-one-armed-clown-arrested-in-maine/792260/14 "2017-07-28T14:54:11Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > A [Posse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insane_Clown_Posse) of one. There is no such thing as a sane clown posse. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machete-wielding-one-armed-clown-arrested-in-maine/792260/15 "2017-07-28T15:19:41Z")
At least it’s not a mime. THAT would be scary. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machete-wielding-one-armed-clown-arrested-in-maine/792260/16 "2017-07-28T16:16:41Z")
> [@DinoR](#): > > At least it’s not a mime. THAT would be scary. Silent AND deadly. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machete-wielding-one-armed-clown-arrested-in-maine/792260/17 "2017-07-28T16:44:57Z")
Mimes: Ninjas in white face. Who’da thunk it? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machete-wielding-one-armed-clown-arrested-in-maine/792260/18 "2017-07-31T13:34:40Z")
Come to think of it, I wish I could have seen the look on Stephen King’s face when he heard about this one. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machete-wielding-one-armed-clown-arrested-in-maine/792260/19 "2017-08-01T11:56:52Z")
I love the article headline that I read a few days ago, and was saddened that I did not go into journalism, as I will never get to write the headline, “One-armed clown wielding machete…” ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machete-wielding-one-armed-clown-arrested-in-maine/792260/20 "2017-08-01T19:34:04Z")
Wait, how can a machete wield a one armed clown? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machete-wielding-one-armed-clown-arrested-in-maine/792260.md?page=2)