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 Clowns with sinister undertones.

10/19/2015

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 Do you like clowns? Their original purpose was to make light of troubles within a circus performance. Hence the song: Send in The Clowns.
Listen to the hauntingly beautiful version of the song by Barbra Streisand, (ad. free), on YouTube. https://youtu.be/ODqj9Mq39FM

But clowns have never amused me. Perhaps children can appreciate their ridiculous appearance.
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That same childhood innocence has now caused a problem in the UK. Police are seeking a suspicious clown gang after they terrified young school children in Kent. Police patrols have been stepped up, especially after the two other attempted child abductions in the area where the perpetrators were dressed normally.

The men and women clowns in question were wearing black outfits with white clown masks.
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Police want to find them urgently amid fears their interest is more sinister than just a Halloween prank. School heads have issued warnings to pupils and parents. Special assemblies have been held and children have been told to go straight home after school and not to loiter anywhere. Source: Express. 




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Bonnie Gean link
10/19/2015 10:47:27 am

Wow, Francene...

This is such a shame that people have to ruin it for kids, especially so close Halloween time.

Even though I love Streisand, I don't particularly care for her version of the "Send in the Clowns" song. Too dreary for me to appreciate it, I guess. :)

- Bonnnie

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Salma link
10/19/2015 01:47:00 pm

That's very scary. I was never scared of clowns as a child, but the way they are being portrayed in movies and media can make them very scary.

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Amy link
10/19/2015 02:00:53 pm

Francene, it has always puzzled me how afraid some people can be of clowns, but there is definitely something sinister about them to some people, including a couple of my loved ones. This situation you write of is very scary.

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K.Lee Banks link
10/19/2015 04:49:58 pm

How disgusting that people would further corrupt the clown image doing stuff like this. I've never been a fan, either, but behavior like this certainly makes it worse!

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Amy Bovaird link
10/19/2015 09:57:52 pm

I think it's terrible how these images have become corrupted. I saw some video footage of it .... don't know if it was the US or the UK but as someone else commented, truly both terrifying and menacing.

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Ruthanne link
10/20/2015 04:04:37 am

Shocking.

When I was little, my Mom was part of a clown troupe which would go to hospitals and bring a smile to people's day. Mom would bring me on occasion, and I had a full clown costume too. It was really something going visiting complete strangers, spending a few minutes with them, and leaving with them smiling.

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