More reports of creepy clowns trying to lure kids into the woods surface.
As if Hollywood is taking marketing to a whole new level, a South Carolina town is warning residents about clowns hiding in the woods. In the last few weeks we have seen reports of a clown hanging around the woods by an apartment complex in Greenville, allegedly attempting to lure children according to reports.
A letter put up by the apartment complex including the following statement.
At no time should a child be alone at night, or walking in the roads or wooded areas at night. Also if a person or persons are seen you are to immediately call the police.
Another incident has been reported on Tuesday, this time around an apartment complex in Greensboro, South Carolina. The difference this time a witness decided to chase the clown with a machete.
A statement from police in Greensboro, North Carolina, says officers responded to a 911 call Tuesday from an apartment complex, where a witness reported seeing a person wearing a clown mask, red curly wig, yellow spotted shirt, blue clown pants and clown shoes coming out of the woods.
Spokeswoman Susan Danielsen said another witness wielding a machete chased the person, who disappeared into the woods. Officers searched the area, but couldn’t find anyone matching the description. She says no children were involved in the incident.
This news comes as Hollywood is currently working on a IT reboot feature film.
The new IT (2017) feature film centers around a small town in Maine, where seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise. The upcoming feature film features Finn Wolfhard, Bill Skarsgård, and Javier Botet. Skarsgard will play Pennywise, the evil monster who terrorizes a group of kids in a small Maine town. Lieberher will play the leader of the group, who was portrayed by Jonathan Brandis in the original 1991 film.
New Line recently announced the movie, directed by “Mama” helmer Andres Muschietti, would bow on Sept. 8, 2017. Muschietti came on board following Cary Fukunaga’s departure from the project last year, and quickly turned around a rewrite of the script.
It’s important to point out that Hollywood has a history of starting viral “news” stories in order to promote feature films.
In fact, the feature film The Gallows created a viral hoax that you might remember as “The Charlie Charlie Challenge”. the insane that social media trend #CharlieCharlieChallenge, which teenagers use pencils like a Ouija board to summon a demon.
As the video shows above, this Charlie Charlie Challenge thing comes from a scene in the upcoming movie ‘The Gallows,’ a horror movie that was filmed before this challenge started. They are obviously behind the social media trend.
Some people took this #CharlieCharlieCharlieChallenge very seriously. One priest in Philadelphia wrote an open letter to students about the dangers of this “demonic” challenge. When it actuality it was all a giant marketing campaign.
At the end of the day, I wouldn’t take any chances.
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