CallumSyxr Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 As this is been trending for, a couple a weeks now I thought I should make a Forum post on it. Clowns have been all over USA for the last couple weeks and some threatening and scaring people of the public. Some have been doing all kinds of stuff like carrying weapons jumping onto cars and just scaring people altogether. To be honest I am not Scared of clowns but many people are and I get why they are scared of them, but I think this Clown Kraze this october has gone a bit too far as, it has been lead to being the police involved and as far as people of the public being terrorised and even injured. Apparently reports say this Kraze is slowly moving over to the UK. I have seen no clowns yet, but many schools have been threatened, but this could be all hoax but I am slowly getting concerned about this Kraze as it is scaring many people. Leave your thought below on this Craze Have Fun! Han30 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 Simple really. Anyone giving up their time to dress up as creepy clowns and making a complete cock of themselves in public clearly have no life. Merry-go-girl, Han30, CallumSyxr and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han30 Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 1 hour ago, Kerfuffle said: Simple really. Anyone giving up their time to dress up as creepy clowns and making a complete cock of themselves in public clearly have no life. Couldn't have put it better myself! In all seriousness, I have a mild clown phobia - it used to be a lot worse than it is now and I've read some articles about this clown craze thing and some of them looking terrifying. It seems to be becoming more a thing over here and I don't like it. I had to walk to the shop in the dark last night and was mainly scared I would come across one of the freaky looking things. I get that Halloween is just around the corner and I'm all for people having fun but this is a tad extreme - jumping out on people etc - lots of people hate clowns and the shock of it could give someone a heart attack (might sound extreme but ya never know). I did see a funny video earlier on FB of someone that saw one who was blocking his way home so he confronted the "clown" and said clown bricked it and ran away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 8 hours ago, Kerfuffle said: Simple really. Anyone giving up their time to dress up as creepy clowns and making a complete cock of themselves in public clearly have no life. Halloween in a nut shell. Kerfuffle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planenut Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 2 hours ago, Mark9 said: Halloween in a nut shell. Nuts in shell suits! Kerfuffle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 A girl round here had a knife put to her throat by one the other night, I'm afraid if anybody approaches me in a clown unform they'll get the sharp end of my tounge and if I'm in the car they'll be used as a hood ornament for as long as they can hang on for. Roodie, yeah, Kerfuffle and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Someone near me claimed to have spotted one with a knife and reported it to the police, turns out it was her 9 year old son that saw it.... very reliable source lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Can't this be interpreted as terrorism - its causing harm to others (here it's mainly mental harm but still) for the purpose of causing panic and terror. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 3 minutes ago, ChessingtonSam said: Can't this be interpreted as terrorism - its causing harm to others (here it's mainly mental harm but still) for the purpose of causing panic and terror. People dressing up as clowns and making people jump is not terrorism. Mer, CallumSyxr and L7123456 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 25 minutes ago, Ryan said: People dressing up as clowns and making people jump is not terrorism. "The unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims." (https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/terrorism) so I was close, if it was for political reasons then it would be terrorism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 1 minute ago, ChessingtonSam said: "The unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims." (https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/terrorism) so I was close, if it was for political reasons then it would be terrorism. Yeah but it's not for political reasons, so it's not To quote a great Italian "if my nan had wheels, she'd be a bike". Cian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mer Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Yep - some of the ones in my area have been seen with knives too and tried to attack people! And many have actually been chasing after people. There was one recently who kept standing in the middle of a roundabout in quite a dark area (only becoming visible when the headlights shone on them), trying to distract/freak drivers out. Total idiots. How long before someone reacts out of self-defence and hits them, or they cause a car accident? There's harmless, Halloween pranks, and then there's just stupidity. This is what scare attractions are for - to be scared! Not your own neighbourhood! Luckily the police are now getting involved and urging people who see anyone to report it. CallumSyxr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 5 minutes ago, Ryan said: Yeah but it's not for political reasons, so it's not To quote a great Italian "if my nan had wheels, she'd be a bike". That's why I said I was close. CallumSyxr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatever Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 It's giving that poor Northampton Clown from a few years ago a bad name, tut tut. But in all honesty, this is getting out of hand. Probably started off in some kind of deep web forum, as some kind of creepy pact? And since that's happened a lot of silly people have taken it upon themselves to buy a cheap clown mask and scare the sh*t out of their neighbours. There's supposedly one near me, but I'm 99% sure it's someone having a laugh. CallumSyxr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Apparently it started out as marketing for the new IT film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 1 hour ago, Ryan said: Apparently it started out as marketing for the new IT film. And the award for dumbest company of 2016 goes to... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MachoMachine Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 It's actually a really clever marketing PR stunt as it reflects back to Pennywise, just the public took it too far and now they've claimed it and it's stupid lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 7 minutes ago, ChessingtonSam said: And the award for dumbest company of 2016 goes to... Do you not know how marketing works lol? Make people talk about how scary clowns are + release clown film = profit? Kerfuffle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Just now, Ryan said: Do you not know how marketing works lol? Make people talk about how scary clowns are + release clown film = profit? Yes, but there's a fine line between marketing and causing this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MachoMachine Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 I don't think it was the intention to fuel this, they merely just followed suit of the original and people thought it was super scary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 1 hour ago, ChessingtonSam said: And the award for dumbest company of 2016 goes to... If something is dumb and it works, is it *really* dumb? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 32 minutes ago, BaronC. said: If something is dumb and it works, is it *really* dumb? Well, yes, because if you do something dumb and it works it's dumb, but I guess you meant to do it so it's not dumb... Did you just drop a paradox on me, Mr. C? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 It's only genius marketing if people connect the "object" with the "target", for example that opera singer and his annoying song, everybody knows he represents Go Compare, you don't need to Google him. Until I read it here I had no idea the clowns were connected to a film, I just thought they were some bored inbred doing their thing, I didn't connect "clown" and "film", nor did I talk about said film as a result of the clown craze. So in that respect the marketing is an utter failure as you either have to be a film buff or avid Googler to know what it relates to. yeah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieN Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 22 hours ago, ChessingtonSam said: Yes, but there's a fine line between marketing and causing this... No publicity is bad publicity Sam! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 14 hours ago, CharlieN said: No publicity is bad publicity Sam! Unless it causes this and nobody even knows what its for... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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