7 Terrifying Monsters That Are (Sort Of) Definitely Real
3. Killer Clown
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Given that we've already discussed the potential existence of inherently supernatural beings like werewolves, it probably won't surprise you to learn that regular old killer clowns are very much out there too.
One notable individual became an internet sensation when an unnerving photo was posted online on Friday the 13th of September 2013. The image depicted a clown resembling Stephen Kings It standing on a Northampton street. Similar photos of the so-called Northampton Clown surfaced over the next few weeks, all showing the creepy figure standing outside at all hours of the day, sometimes holding balloons. Fortunately, it later turned out to be nothing more than a stunt by a local filmmaker who just wanted to give people a scare. However, there are actually a number of very real killer clowns out there.
On the 26th of May 1990, a Florida resident named Marlene Warren received a knock on the door and went to answer it. Her son who was also home then heard a gunshot and ran to the door to see what had happened. What he discovered was chilling. His mother was lying on the doorstep and a clown could be seen casually leaving the scene holding flowers and balloons. Nobody was ever convicted for the murder. However, this crime pales in comparison to a disturbing killing spree that had occurred two decades prior.
In 1978, police in Illinois searched the home of John Wayne Gacy in connection to the disappearance of a teenage boy named Robert Piest. The search and further questioning resulted in the discovery of 26 young men and teenage boys buried beneath the crawl space at Gacys house. Three other bodies were found elsewhere on the property and Gacy admitted to a further four murders, with the remains having been dumped in a nearby river. The murders had been invariably preceded by sexual assault.
The most disturbing part of this story was that John Wayne Gacy was known to have had an alter-ego during his 6-year killing spree; Pogo the Clown. Dressed in full make-up and costumes that hed designed himself, Pogo entertained at a number of local charity events and even claimed to have attended childrens hospitals. There was a media frenzy over the story and Macy was forever dubbed The Killer Clown, receiving the death sentence in 1994.
I say the circuses have got it all wrong. Lion tamers ought to spend five minutes in the ring with the clown, not some feeble big cat. It sounds much more dangerous.