people: clowns

When I was a child I used to think that killer clowns were a thing that applied to any clown I saw.
My fear of clowns came for the first time when my dad made me look at the teaser for the first "IT" film and since that day I have been scared of them.
It was at the nearest halloween from when my dad showed me the teaser for the "IT" film, i was at my mom's house and I was getting ready in my room to go out in my skeleton outfit, when suddenly two huge clown entered my room I got so scared I started crying so much that the clown removed their mask and it was my brother and dad i stopped crying when I saw it was them but because of that im still scared of clown even now and i can't stand looking at one and it was still pretty funny to look at them getting lectured by mom.

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.

I met Ronald McDonald when I was seven and asked him how old he was. He told me to count his stripes and that he gets a new stripe every year. He gave me an autographed photo and tried to count his stripes, but I couldn't see them all.

When I was young, I used to believe that clowns evil existed. I used to be scared of them.One day,I celebrated Halloween with my friends and we went in the street to ask for candys. It was the night and we were alone. I saw which was big and very evil. I ran and was so afraid. I cried and cracked at came back in the house of unknow people. Today, I don't celebrate Halloween any more.

When I was 6, I saw a clown on TV. I believed that clowns were a separate species and they wore that make up all the time. I always wondered why i never saw clowns at walmart or anywhere like that.

I used to believe that the clowns were monsters, maybe it was for the movies that i watched when i was child but I was afraid to the clowns, on children's parties, on TV, at the circus when I saw a clown I started to cry. it was funny because clowns make you laugh but they gave me a lot of scare. After that when I grew up I found silly this fear and now remember this is funny.

I used to believe that clowns were a different species, born with their faces like that.

I used to believe that the clown from poltergist was really under my bed and used to call my mom to come get me outta bed in the mornings! I wouldn't even get up to pee in the middle of the night causing me to pee the bed! I STILL HATE CLOWNS!

I watched "Poltergeist" when I was eight, and was scared a clown was going to strangle me just before I went to sleep.

When I was little, I saw Steven King's 'IT'. Oddly enough, it didn't scare me. I asked my dad if Pennywise and Ronald McDonald were related, and he said yes.

A few days later my parents and I went to McDonalds and a guy dressed like Ronald was there. I went up to him and asked if he was ashamed at having a psychotic murderer for a brother. He just looked at me and went "...Huh?"

I am absolutely terrified of clowns. My sister gave me one when I was about12 and it used to laugh by itself!! After that I was already scared when I saw the movie IT ....I will be 30years old next month and still cannot see one without completely freaking out and running and screaming.

i used to think all clowns were named emmett like the staues, I couodn't beleive that they didnt want to come home and have a meal. I had them confused with the homeless and my mother often got upset about me trying to invite clowns to come to our house and eat.

When my boyfriend was a kid, he used to believe that clowns constituted a race of their own. He believed that clowns had clown parents and clown children. So cute!

I was on the Bozo the Clown show once. When I saw him in person I could see the line where the cap that held his fake hair met his face. To me it looked like his head was cracked and I was so afraid that it would break open and all his brains would spill out. I sat in terror during the entire show.

My little sister who is two years younger than me used to think Ronald McDonald was what the devil must look like. She was really scared of him. Once there was a man dressed up (obviously) as Ronald McDonald doing some promotion at the local McDonalds and handing out games to the kids. My sister got so scared when he said 'Hello little girl, would you like one of these games?' that she kicked him in the shin and ran away screaming. As my siblings and I knew how afraid she was of Ronald McDonald we'd send my sister downstairs for some water or for something and then turn out the lights and shout 'RONALD McDONALD!' and she'd come running up the stairs screaming and crying. I know, children can be so cruel. She laughs about it now, but she still thinks he's well scary :p

When I was a kid my parents were going to take me to see Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke. I did not know who they were or what the movie would be about. I asked Dad and he said they were a couple of 'clowns' that ran around smoking pot and running from the cops. Oh how I was disappointed when the movie started and they did not look like Bozo or Cookie. I really thought they would be clowns. :-(