Clown Hysteria Grips Australian Media After Group Vows to Descend on Suburbs
See the Series Send in the Clowns
SYDNEY, Australia — “We’re coming back for you,” a post on Facebook warned. The purported threat? To send in the clowns.
If Australian news outlets and social media are to be believed, “20,000 anonymous clowns” are plotting a reign of terror.
The clowns — grown-ups in face paint and giant shoes — have threatened to do little beyond show up late at night in a handful of suburbs and look scary. However, the local news media has breathlessly described the group as “a chilling threat” and “creepy clown fanatics.”