I thought clowns that had “X” over their eyes while they performed were supposed to be zombie clowns. I remember seeing one on a news report at Applebees in Salinas and being baffled.
A childhood belief about clowns

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that clowns were born that way.— Kelly
- Clowns were born like thatAnon
- My sister used to believe that clowns were born that way.— Bonnie
- I used to believe that clowns lived at the circus, until I was 10.— PikachuGirl123
- I believed that evil clowns wanted to eat me.— Joe
- When I was a child I used to be afraid of clowns because they used to have very big shoes— LIZA