Even Pennywise thinks enough is enough?
As the “creepy clown” hysteria continues to frighten people across the country, one of the most frightening minds around decided it’s time to pout things into perspective.
“Hey, guys, time to cool the clown hysteria — most of em are good, cheer up the kiddies, make people laugh,” horror novelist Stephen King tweeted.
King’s tweet comes just days after clown sightings were reported in the Empire State (after a string of instances in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama).
The Daily News reported last Thursday that at least two people filed police reports after spotting a clown lurking around a suburb outside Albany.
Meanwhile, the News notes, police in New Jersey received at least four reports of clowns hanging around Phillipsburg in late September.
The clowns reportedly came from the woods and scared off a young boy, NJ.com reported.
Then the next day, also in Phillipsburg, a clown allegedly holding a sword appeared — while that night a truck full of clowns was spotted nearby.
This led Phillipsburg Police Captain Robert Stettner to say, “If somebody is running around with a sword, we have more of an issue.”
So when the king of horror — the man who created the frightening, balding clown Pennywise — tells you to stop, you best take note.
