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Well, that's a relief: Northborough school clown report just a hoax
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Why are we suddenly
Why are we suddenly sheltering in place for clown sightings?
Because Pokemon Go
That's why.
Oh, and being very afraid is our civic duty in America now. Not having all that many real things to fear, we need to make them up!
Too Many Bozos In Charge?
Because, the internet
About a month ago, a news story from South Carolina started going viral. Cops were investigating reports from some students that they saw someone in the woods near their school wearing a clown outfit.
When the Internet found out, kids started laughing about how there were people stomping around looking for a clown that hadn't even been accused of doing anything wrong but had cops wasting their time investigating anyways. It has snowballed into other kids now calling in clown hoaxes across the country after reading the initial stories and all the follow up ones that keep coming out and making broad splashes on the Internet.
Are you sure it wasn't a small town in Maine?
Are you sure it wasn't a small town in Maine named Derry? Maybe they were looking for a clown that looked like this:
Of course the irony is.. Stephen King spoke about about these clown sightings..
http://www.maxim.com/news/stephen-king-clown-sight...
And the lazy kids...
The kids too lazy to even phone it in are still starting rumors of clowns in their neighborhoods. I heard of clown rumors in multiple suburbs yesterday.
Because people are afraid of
Because people are afraid of everything?
in lieu of a clown joke
i would just like 2 thank all the first responders!!!
Meanwhile, at UMass Amherst ...
UMass students patrol Southwest after ‘creepy clown’ hoax shuts down Merrimack College.