Welp, because of the creepy clowns they’re now shutting down schools
Welp, because of the creepy clowns they’re now shutting down schools
It started out a creepy anomaly: Someone dressed as a clown was trying to lure kids into the woods near a South Carolina apartment building. It’s weird, to be sure, and disconcerting, absolutely – but it’s more a shudder-lightly-then-go-about-your-day level of unsettling.
However, things began to escalate – clowns began popping up in North Carolina and California, too, all of them trying to coax children into secluded areas or just straight up chasing them. The clown situation began to go from odd to completely disturbing.
Yesterday, a host of clowns popped up in New Jersey, taking joy rides and chasing kids – which is certainly eerie but seems more of a “WTF?” thing until you know that a couple of the clowns were WIELDING SWORDS as they chased children. Just when we thought things were totally out of hand, though, new developments in Ohio have made the whole situation so, so much worse, and we’re pretty sure we’re never going to sleep again.
According to USA Today, a woman in Reading, OH reported BEING ATTACKED by a man dressed as a clown, who made threats against students. This prompted the community to close down their schools for today out of concern for students – no arrests have been mad in the attack, and there was a lot of (totally valid) worry for children who walk to school early in the morning.
On Thursday, police in nearby Colerain Township arrested a juvenile in connection with a “clown threat” *shudder* – apparently, the young person eluded to harming students at Colerain High School.
On Facebook, Colerain police said, “This suspect used the current ‘clown’ trend to further terrorize parents and students and has been charged with Making Terrorist Threats and Inducing Panic.”
At approximately 10:30 this evening, investigators from the Colerain Police Department made an arrest on a suspect...
Posted by Colerain Township Police on Thursday, September 29, 2016
The police said the account was causing “annoyance and alarm to communities,” and if “annoyance and alarm” is measured police talk for “frightening community members with spine-chilling and sinister posts” then yeah, that seems to be the case.
It’s unclear whether the attack, or the juvenile’s arrest, are connected, but either way we’re wishing safety to the citizens of Ohio through our disturbed shivers.
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