Phantom Clown Reports: Real or Rumor?

by | Sep 2, 2016 | Bad Clowns, Benjamin Radford, Books, Folklore, Mass Hysteria, Media Literacy, News, Psychology, Skepticism | 1 comment

Creepy clowns have recently been reported in Greenville, S.C., allegedly luring children into the woods behind a block of apartments. It’s scary and alarming — but whether they’re real is another matter. Most of the handful of reports are from children, though a few are from adults. No one has actually been harmed or even touched. The children believe the clowns live in a house located near a pond at the end of a trail in the woods, though when police investigated they saw no signs of suspicious activity or anyone dressed as a clown….

You can read the rest of the story HERE. 

And, of course, you can read more about this mysterious menace in my new book Bad Clowns!

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1 Comment

  1. lucas

    so there real?

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