Cocaine Princess here.
Have you heard about the killer clown sightings?
After a wave of "creepy" clowns were spotted across the United States late this summer, the phenomenon seems to have migrated north all the way up here in Canada. Why are these sightings spreading?
"Killer clown" sightings have been investigated by local police in Gatineau, Quebec, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton and Bowmanville, Ontario, Toronto, and Ottawa. More reports have spread on Twitter and Facebook.
Since late last summer, "killer clowns" have been spotted from Alabama to Nova Scotia. Schools in Texas and Alabama have shut down, and police have made a handful of arrests - both for people making false reports and for people actually dressing up in clown costumes.
The paranoia has even reached the White House, where press secretary Josh Earnest had to field questions about the president's stance on "creepy clowns" during a press briefing last month.
The creepy clown problem has gotten so bad that the US's second-largest discount retailer, Target, made the decision to pull creepy clown costumes and masks off its store shelves just before Halloween, despite the fact that clown costume sales have skyrocketed this season.
What is behind the ‘creepy clown’ sensation?
Jason Seacat, an associate professor of psychology at Western New England University in Springfield, Mass., said while clown sightings are nothing new the recent incidents spread quickly due to a combination of sensational headlines and social media. “It’s like an infection that spreads through social networks,” he said. “If I go into the woods and come out and tell friends and family and put on social media I saw a Sasquatch, inevitably reports of Sasquatch in my area would go up.”
Other suggestions for the creepy clown trend include it’s simply a social media fad or a viral marketing stunt for a remake the Stephen King novel “It” which is currently shooting in Toronto. Producers for the film, which is scheduled to be released September 2017, have denied any association with the sightings.
Aside from needing their head examined, I myself have no theory as to why someone would want to dress up like a clown and scare the living daylights out of someone. All I can say is, if I ever came face to face with a clown such as the one below, it's more than likely I would drop to the ground from fainting.
I wish everyone a safe and Happy Halloween and for the love of God--- do not hand out anything healthy--- apples, raisins or frigging dental floss! Because truly you are asking to have your windows egged! Chocolate! Hand the trick or treaters chocolate!
My loyal and dear readers it's finally Halloween!
Wishing you a wicked and devilish night......
XOXOXO,
Cocaine Princess
