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California police field reports of creepy clowns
reuters ^
| Sun Oct 12, 2014 5:18pm EDT
Posted on 10/12/2014 2:34:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Reports of creepy clowns carrying knives and other weapons have been scaring people in the California city of Bakersfield for the past week, police said on Sunday.
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"We've been having sightings all over the city," Matson said. "They range from anywhere from a guy carrying a gun to a guy carrying a knife running up to houses."
The Bakersfield Californian newspaper reported earlier in the week that at least some of the reports were hoaxes. Matson said he did not know whether the incidents were pranks.
At least one of the reports was not a hoax - police arrested a teen on Friday who had dressed up as a clown and was chasing children on the west side of town, Matson said. The juvenile, whose name was not released, said he was doing it to perpetrate a hoax he had seen online.
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TOPICS: Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: california; clowns; teen; teens
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posted on
10/12/2014 2:34:55 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
IT’s Stephen King’s fault.
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posted on
10/12/2014 2:36:16 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: BenLurkin
A hoax, eh? That's what The Evil Clowns want you to believe...
To: left that other site; BenLurkin
John wayne Gacy back from the dead?
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posted on
10/12/2014 2:36:54 PM PDT
by
Morgana
( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
To: BenLurkin
Bakersfield ain’t exactly a safe place to be pulling this sort of prank.
In many of the neighborhoods, the attitudes about self defense are a lot more Texas than California.
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posted on
10/12/2014 2:38:49 PM PDT
by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: Morgana
Just in time for Halloween.
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posted on
10/12/2014 2:39:06 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
10/12/2014 2:40:13 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
10/12/2014 2:40:59 PM PDT
by
Ray76
(We must destroy the Uniparty or be destroyed by them.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
10/12/2014 2:41:15 PM PDT
by
Stormdog
(A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
10/12/2014 2:42:08 PM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
10/12/2014 2:42:48 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(Ask Yourself This..Are You More Likely to be Infected or Beheaded Today Than You Were 6 Years Ago?)
To: BenLurkin
Watch for a creepy clown to get his head blown off.
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posted on
10/12/2014 2:43:47 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
To: BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
All clowns are creepy!
Never trust a clown.
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posted on
10/12/2014 2:45:33 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: BenLurkin
What about creepy rodeo clowns?
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posted on
10/12/2014 2:46:03 PM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
To: BenLurkin
He was arrested on suspicion of annoying a minor...Why do some arrests throw in the word "suspicion" and others don't? Aren't all arrests by definition an arrest for "alleged criminal activity" of some kind? Why the "suspicion". Does it indicate less certainty on the part of the arresting officers?
Anybody have any suspicions about this?
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
10/12/2014 2:51:21 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: BenLurkin
To: Snickering Hound
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posted on
10/12/2014 2:53:10 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: Huskrrrr
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posted on
10/12/2014 2:54:48 PM PDT
by
Bobalu
(Hashem Yerachem (May God Have Mercy)
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