our-spooky-world:Our Spooky World: Reports of Mysterious Clowns Attempting toLure Children Into the
our-spooky-world:Our Spooky World: Reports of Mysterious Clowns Attempting toLure Children Into the Woods(NOTE: This is a summary of various CBS News articles. It is NOT my own material, nor do I claimthat I wrote the article in any way. As stated before, this is a summary of thereports put together for your convenience. Please visit CBS News for the fullarticles, listed at the bottom of the summary)According to CBS News, there have been ongoing reports ofclowns appearing and attempting to lure children into the woods in the countyof Greenville South Carolina. The first clown sighting took place on August 21st,2016. A police report, which was filedafter a woman’s son had seen clowns in the woods “Whispering and making strangenoises,” stated that a “suspicious character dressed in circus clown attire andwhite face paint (was) enticing kids to follow him/her into the woods.” Accordingto the woman, her son had led her to the area where he saw the clowns where shetoo witnessed the clowns. The woman saidthat they flashed green laser lights before fleeing into the woods. During thistime, the woman’s older son stated that he heard “chains and banging” on thefront door. Another woman in the same apartment as the former told police thatshe had also seen a clown around 2:30 a.m that same morning. Soon after the initial sighting, multiple children in thearea told police that clowns had shown them lots of money in an attempt to lurethem into the woods. The children alsotold police that they believe that the clowns live in “a house located near apond at the end of a man-made trail in the woods.” Police investigated the home only to find noleads. The home was still abandoned with no evidence of recent human activity. Eight days after the initial sighting, more residents beganto complain of seeing clowns near the woods. One woman said that she saw a man taking pictures of children only tolater see a man with a clown mask coming out of the woods later on. Other residents chased clowns away from alocal playground where the clowns had been staring at the kids. The clowns drove away in a dark car. As of Yesterday, 9/5/16, eerily similar reports started to flood infrom Winston-Salem North Carolina. Inthis state, two children reported that a clown was trying to lure kids into thewoods with candy. One adult also reported hearing the clown. Four hours later, an anonymous caller said hesaw a clown about two miles away. The latest report from today,9/6/16, said that earlier this morning,officers responded to a call in an apartment complex where someone had seen aclown coming out of the woods. Anotherwitness grabbed a machete and chased the clown into the woods, where it thendisappeared. Officers searched the area,but no one was found. (SOURCES:Report 8/30/16: http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2016/08/30/more-reports-of-clowns-in-woods-in-south-carolina/Report 9/5/16: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/clown-sightings-reports-of-clowns-luring-kids-expand-into-second-state-south-carolina-north-carolina/Report 9/6/16: http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2016/09/06/police-man-chases-person-wearing-clown-mask-into-woods/) -- source link