The Crazy Clown Craze In North America
The Crazy Clown Craze
Recently this nation and social media have erupted in a massive search for these mysterious clowns. After the first sighting in North Carolina this craze has spread like wildfire across our nation. Although there are some people that do not care about these clowns, many people are very concerned for their and their children's safety, security, and peace of mind. Everybody and their brother have been hunting these clowns down like their lives depend on it. The purpose of people dressing up as clowns is not clear but we are about to dive in and examine as much as we can about this recent flood of “clown sightings” and threats and how our schools and communities are handling this new situation. In my opinion this entire …show more content…
The windows were boarded up and the balcony was sagging, as though it could fall at any moment. There were bags of potting soil and what looked to be a modern security system by the door.When darkness came a pale white mercedes came to the house, the driver exited the vehicle and said she recently bought the house because it sits on 5 acres of land.“You think it looks bad now, you should have seen it before I came in,” she said. She said she did not want to give her name, but she had heard about these clown sightings in the area. She made the argument though that with all of the apartments around, how had somebody not managed to take a photo or video of one of these …show more content…
Maybe old classic clowns could still possibly bring a smile to our face. But clowns that were once viewed as legends in the business such as Yu Sze and Stupidus would be unrecognizable. The first really funny clown, you know with the makeup and the frilled collar and big shoes, was Joseph Grimaldi. He entertained the people of london in the 19th century but he had a dark side, stating “ I am Grim-all-day”. Charles Dickens wrote Grimaldi's memoirs, which was a tale of abuse, addiction, and agony. In Dickens words it was “absolutely distasteful”. When the white house spokesman Josh Earnest was asked about this epidemic . “I don't know that the president has been briefed on this particular situation,” Coulrophobia, the fear of clowns, has been around for over a hundred years, although it was much more
Recently this nation and social media have erupted in a massive search for these mysterious clowns. After the first sighting in North Carolina this craze has spread like wildfire across our nation. Although there are some people that do not care about these clowns, many people are very concerned for their and their children's safety, security, and peace of mind. Everybody and their brother have been hunting these clowns down like their lives depend on it. The purpose of people dressing up as clowns is not clear but we are about to dive in and examine as much as we can about this recent flood of “clown sightings” and threats and how our schools and communities are handling this new situation. In my opinion this entire …show more content…
The windows were boarded up and the balcony was sagging, as though it could fall at any moment. There were bags of potting soil and what looked to be a modern security system by the door.When darkness came a pale white mercedes came to the house, the driver exited the vehicle and said she recently bought the house because it sits on 5 acres of land.“You think it looks bad now, you should have seen it before I came in,” she said. She said she did not want to give her name, but she had heard about these clown sightings in the area. She made the argument though that with all of the apartments around, how had somebody not managed to take a photo or video of one of these …show more content…
Maybe old classic clowns could still possibly bring a smile to our face. But clowns that were once viewed as legends in the business such as Yu Sze and Stupidus would be unrecognizable. The first really funny clown, you know with the makeup and the frilled collar and big shoes, was Joseph Grimaldi. He entertained the people of london in the 19th century but he had a dark side, stating “ I am Grim-all-day”. Charles Dickens wrote Grimaldi's memoirs, which was a tale of abuse, addiction, and agony. In Dickens words it was “absolutely distasteful”. When the white house spokesman Josh Earnest was asked about this epidemic . “I don't know that the president has been briefed on this particular situation,” Coulrophobia, the fear of clowns, has been around for over a hundred years, although it was much more