Last Updated: October 26, 2023, 15:55 IST
Pennywise the Dancing Clown is a personality from Stephen King’s horror novel ‘It’. (Photo Credits: Facebook)
An nameless individual, dressed as ‘Pennywise the Dancing Clown’ has been reportedly stalking the streets of Skelmorlie, a small city in Scotland.
As the Halloween season inches shut, folks begin adorning their houses and neighborhoods with scary decorations. Now it seems that an individual in Scotland has taken their enthusiasm for Halloween one step forward as they’ve determined to decorate as one of the crucial well-liked horror characters and ‘terrorize’ a whole city with their shenanigans. Earlier this month, an nameless individual, dressed as ‘Pennywise the Dancing Clown’ from Stephen King’s horror novel ‘It’, started roaming on the streets of Skelmorlie, a small city in Scotland. The clown, who calls itself the ‘Skelmorlie Clown’ reportedly left pink balloons throughout the city, as an emblem of its presence.
It additionally began leaving cryptic messages on-line via a Facebook web page that goes by the identify ‘Cole Deimos’. This Facebook web page’s final publish dates to September 30, 2021. It is fascinating to notice that ‘Deimos’ is the Greek God of concern and terror.
As per the Facebook web page, Cole Deimos “Studied at Clown School” and “Went to Hellgate High School”. It hails from “Hell, Michigan”. On October 12, the nameless clown left a ‘Message to Media’ wherein he taunted the media and the police for being unable to catch him. It additionally known as folks to play certainly one of his video games however didn’t outline what the sport is. This publish quickly gathered a whole bunch of likes and feedback.
A number of days later, on October 22, the clown shared one other video message titled, “Message to the nation “. In this video, the clown urged people to visit Scotland’s landmarks, snap a picture of ‘their scariest faces’, and then share it online with the hashtag #Skelmorlieclown. Some of these landmarks were the Edinburgh Castle, Loch Ness, and the Duke of Wellington statue in Glasgow.
Commenting on this post, a Facebook user wrote, “That’s a joke. Probably some 30 year old man who’s bored trying to attract attention and fame for the laughs. Don’t blame him though, coming down to where I am would be funny!”. Another wrote, “Out of all the clowns in this village he’s the best”.
In the feedback, most individuals agreed that the nameless clown is offering innocent intrigue and leisure to the lots. So far, no studies of anybody being harmed by the ‘Skelmorlie Clown’ have surfaced.
As per Sky News, Scotland police personnel stated that the police division was conscious concerning the ‘Skelmorlie Clown’ however to date they’ve acquired no complaints with this regard. It can be fascinating to see the place the ‘Skelmorlie Clown’ saga goes from right here.
