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nytemare

(10,888 posts) Mon Mar 24, 2014, 05:17 PM Mar 2014

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So apparently a guy dressed as a clown is creeping people out in Staten Island.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/alisonvingiano/this-terrifying-clown-has-been-roaming-the-streets-of-staten

Dude looks like Pennywise. Creepster.

Have any DU'ers seen this guy?

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So apparently a guy dressed as a clown is creeping people out in Staten Island. (Original Post) nytemare Mar 2014 OP

Is it this guy? KamaAina Mar 2014 #1

Aw Hell no! Arugula Latte Mar 2014 #2

Its some viral marketing for a local horror business dr.strangelove Mar 2014 #3

I'm glad Michael Bloomberg found work after being mayor gratuitous Mar 2014 #8

LOL dr.strangelove Mar 2014 #10

I just saw that yesterday afternoon! nytemare Mar 2014 #12

I am so not in to clowns. Xyzse Mar 2014 #4

Kiss me fatboy! Broken_Hero Mar 2014 #5

Yeah...when I was a kid in Maine, I think I encountered him a time or two... First Speaker Mar 2014 #6

They should get a dozen similar-looking guys in that same clothing/make-up aint_no_life_nowhere Mar 2014 #7

ROFL! nytemare Mar 2014 #13

Oh hell yeah, Joe Shlabotnik Mar 2014 #9

LOL! nytemare Mar 2014 #14

Time to cancel that summer trip to New York ok_cpu Mar 2014 #11

Clowns never creeped me out bigwillq Mar 2014 #15

Then there's this one. alphafemale Mar 2014 #16

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

1. Is it this guy?

Reply to nytemare (Original post)

Mon Mar 24, 2014, 05:22 PM

Mar 2014

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)

2. Aw Hell no!

Reply to nytemare (Original post)

Mon Mar 24, 2014, 05:26 PM

Mar 2014

dr.strangelove

(4,851 posts)

3. Its some viral marketing for a local horror business

Reply to nytemare (Original post)

Tue Mar 25, 2014, 08:12 AM

Mar 2014

I think its pretty clever. I never got the clown fear thing, but lots of people find clowns scary or creepy.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

8. I'm glad Michael Bloomberg found work after being mayor

Reply to dr.strangelove (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 25, 2014, 11:56 PM

Mar 2014

Oh come on, you were all thinking it.

dr.strangelove

(4,851 posts)

10. LOL

Reply to gratuitous (Reply #8)

Wed Mar 26, 2014, 12:19 PM

Mar 2014

That is funny!

nytemare

(10,888 posts)

12. I just saw that yesterday afternoon!

Reply to dr.strangelove (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 26, 2014, 05:16 PM

Mar 2014

I wonder what made them come out with it, if people were getting too freaked out or what. It would've been really good if they kept it going just a bit longer.

It was clever. I thought is was kinda funny, myself.

Xyzse

(8,217 posts)

4. I am so not in to clowns.

Reply to nytemare (Original post)

Tue Mar 25, 2014, 10:30 AM

Mar 2014

Still, that's pretty funny.

Scary, but funny.

Who came up with these things any way? They are never funny.

Broken_Hero

(59,305 posts)

5. Kiss me fatboy!

Reply to nytemare (Original post)

Tue Mar 25, 2014, 02:40 PM

Mar 2014

Yes...they all float, and you'll float too!

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)

6. Yeah...when I was a kid in Maine, I think I encountered him a time or two...

Reply to nytemare (Original post)

Tue Mar 25, 2014, 07:06 PM

Mar 2014

...but my memory of those days seems a bit hazy these days...

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)

7. They should get a dozen similar-looking guys in that same clothing/make-up

Reply to nytemare (Original post)

Tue Mar 25, 2014, 07:21 PM

Mar 2014

scattered evenly in the same area, so that it seems to people who go through that part of town at night that the same clown is coming out of the shadows wherever they go.

nytemare

(10,888 posts)

13. ROFL!

Reply to aint_no_life_nowhere (Reply #7)

Wed Mar 26, 2014, 05:17 PM

Mar 2014

The only problem I could see would be a "stand your ground against the clown" situation. I don't think NY is a SYG state, but, hey, creepy clown could have some people in fear of their lives.

Joe Shlabotnik

(5,604 posts)

9. Oh hell yeah,

Reply to nytemare (Original post)

Wed Mar 26, 2014, 12:07 AM

Mar 2014

that's Patches, hes a nice clown. He gave me some candy, and ride in his van and even a massage!

nytemare

(10,888 posts)

14. LOL!

Reply to Joe Shlabotnik (Reply #9)

Wed Mar 26, 2014, 05:18 PM

Mar 2014

Patches, eh?

ok_cpu

(2,051 posts)

11. Time to cancel that summer trip to New York

Reply to nytemare (Original post)

Wed Mar 26, 2014, 01:23 PM

Mar 2014

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)

15. Clowns never creeped me out

Reply to nytemare (Original post)

Wed Mar 26, 2014, 06:01 PM

Mar 2014

I just think most look very sad. I feel for clowns.

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)

16. Then there's this one.

Reply to nytemare (Original post)

Wed Mar 26, 2014, 06:11 PM

Mar 2014

http://boingboing.net/2013/06/06/horrifying-clown-statue-deep-i.html

Image being on that trail after dark and your flashlight hitting THAT.

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