Fear Of Clowns

Fear Of ClownsAuthor: Kenneth MccormickFear of Clowns By Kenneth J. McCormick It's a funny thing about clowns, they can make us laugh with their looks and antics. When one sees about 15 clowns getting out of a Volkswagen Beetle at the circus it amazes us. Clowns can be really funny. Then there is the flip side. Many children and even adults are just plain freaked out by clowns. What is it about clowns that gives them the power to scare the pants off some people? The famous serial killer John Wayne Gacy, who killed 33 boys and men that we know about, liked to dress like a clown.

He liked to throw block parties and would dress up like a clown to entertain children and called himself "Pogo the Clown." This is how he gained the nickname "The killer clown". This certainly did not do anything to enhance feelings of well being toward clowns. Recently I mentioned the fact that there was a clown that died and all of his fellow clowns put on their clown outfits and attended his wake and funeral and even carried the casket. when they were in full clown attire. To some this had to be one of the creepiest things that they had ever saw. In all fairness not everyone feels that way, it was sort of a nice tribute, but to those that already had feeling of dread when looking at clowns, this had to really send them over the edge. Maybe clowns should be more sensitive to these feelings and try not to appear in these types of situations in full clown garb? Sometimes children are scared of clowns, children that are too young to have been affected by movies or television, they just feel that clowns are scarey.

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